This Is Not a ChairIt’s an agreement This Is Not a ChairWe use signs and language to control the world aroundus. And this is not a chair -’So it’s NOT a chair?”We call it a chair, but actually it is an image of achair This is Not a ChairIt’s treachery. It’s an idea of a …
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Article in VRIJ Magazine
This article was published in VRIJ Magazine, the weekend supplement of the Noordhollands Dagblad, Haarlems Dagblad, Leidsch Dagblad, De Gooi- en Eemlander and the IJmuider Courant. Text is by Nina Bakker and photo by Erna Praust.
First Prize…
With the photo below I won the first prize of the photo contest Verlichte Boerderijen Route 2023.
Summer Pilot Academie van Leiden
This summer I’ll be teaching at the Summer Pilot of the brand new Academie van Leiden. The Summer Pilot offers a multidisciplinary program focussed on a further development of your artistry. The Academie is an initiative of Lyda Bekker and Miriam de Koning. Other teachers are Maurice Braspenning, Roland van Dierendonck, Iede Reckman, Maarten Slof …
Illuminated Farms
During the end of this year I’ll participate in the Illuminated Farms Route. It’s a 7 km long route where farms and other characteristic buildings are illuminated. The route runs from December 22 till January 1. On six of these nights there are lots of activities: film, theater, exhibitions, music etc. I will show the …
Projections for Pancras-West Side Story
For the Pancras-West Side Story I made the projections on stage. The Pancras-West Side Story is a musical story like Romeo & Julia with a four-part choir, ensemble (piano, cello, flute, guitar) and narrators. Performances were held in Leidse Volkshuis November 2022.
CHOOSE LOVE/SPREAD LOVE
During the summer of 2022 I worked on the CHOOSE LOVE/SPREAD LOVE-project. It contained three layers: The outside world, The digital world and The inner world. The outside world: Spreading Love in the streets of Leiden. For this I convicted a poster mounting space on a parking lot where I pasted the texts CHOOSE LOVE …
Makers 2.02122
I was asked by Dutch photographer and blogger Renzo Candido to contribute to his blog Makers 2.02122: an inspiring serie portraits of passionate creatives. Each creatives he asks the same two questions: ‘What brought you to do what you do now. And what does it bring you?’ It was an honour to participate (be sure …
Humble Arts Foundation New York
Two photos from the series My Tribe have been selected for the online Group Show 69: Photo for Non-Majors of the American Humble Arts Foundation… … “Is a photography degree essential to ‘making’ it in the art world (and how important is ‘making’ anyway?)?” This time, Humble Arts Foundation specifically asked for work by self-taught …
Is pas d’Espace?
‘Is pas d’ Espace’ is a bilingual title, taken from the book ‘Espèces d’espaces’ (Spaces around) by the French writer Georges Perec. Pas d’espace translates from French as: ‘no space’. By placing ‘is’ before this, the Dutch translation indicates ‘it is real, it is real space.’ Space is a doubt. Space is something that we must …
Contemporary Art Tour HOOGTIJ
Do you like contemporary art and do you live in or near The Hague? On Friday evening 24 September I will provide a tour for HOOGTIJ. During HOOGTIJ you can visit more than 20 art locations in the city center of The Hague: from white cube to underground; from established art in the galleries and …
Lockdown portrait in Museum De Lakenhal
Last year during quarantaine times photographer Leonie van der Helm portrayed citizens from Leiden through their window. At that time most of them were already more than a month at home. Museum De Lakenhal bought ten of these lockdown portraits including mine. On show starting today till the end of November 2021.