Zeger Reyers – Springûh…!

Zeger Reyers – Springûh…!

The bungee jump tower on The Pier is famous in The Hague and Scheveningen, along with its local dialect. This small language area is famous all around. In Zeger Reyers’ project ‘Springûh…!’ (meaning ‘jump!’), every bungee jumper gets his or her name shouted over The Pier in local slang.

Zeger Reyers (1966) is known for his installations in which he confronts the artificial, man-made world with nature. For instance, he made fungi grow on furniture and sank chairs down into the river Oosterschelde until they were overgrown with mussels. In the work Drum Kit  (2004), he linked a hundred empty oil drums and placed them in the sea. The tangle of oil drums thus became an instrument played by the sea, producing muffled, banging sounds. At the same time, it showed the enormous power of the sea: after seven weeks the drums had been dented and rusted almost beyond recognition. It is not Zeger Reyers’s aim to pass moral judgement on the harmful influence of mankind on its environment. In his installations he makes the marvels and strength of nature visible in an intensified way; at the same time the visitor becomes strongly aware of the vulnerability of the man-made environment.