“Submerged” (2021), handwritten text and handwoven textile, plain weave, linen, textile ink, 15 cm x various lengths from 6 – 30 meters. Installed at Amsterdam University Hospital, location AMC. Long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long breath lung long ago.
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Layers of Memory
«Layers of Memory” (2019), handwoven textile, linen 85 cm x 650 cm, words, vinyl cut lettering, 85 cm x 450-650 cm. Typesetting by Nina Serebrenick. Lay down on layers of earth, layers of dust, layers of sand, layers of peat, layers of roots, layers of clay, layers of decay, layers of minerals, layers of gas, …
Layers of Traces
«Layers of Traces” (2019), handwoven textile, linen, 36 cm x 180 cm, ceramic pieces, various size. Collaboration with potter and artist Herman Verhagen. The work ‘Layers of Traces’ consists of ceramic sculptures in various sizes with imprints of a handwoven textile. The sculptures are shaped like vessels and are executed in unburned clay, fired clay …
Layers of Stone
“Layers of Stone” (2019), mono-print of handwoven textiles on paper, 45 x 65 cm. ’Layers of Stone’ is a series of mono-prints in negative made from different parts of a handwoven textile. The prints are in negative meaning that the entirety of the paper is covered in black ink except for the parts where the …
3 2 1 Zero and Beyond
3 2 1 zero and beyond. Time is irrelevant! 1 billion years ago I emerged from darkness. Wet skin, damp skin and then dry from the sun. Two legs I walked the earth, the sea was no longer my home. What kind of home sickness do I feel from a home I can never return …
To Dare to Listen
To dare to listen. Listen dear. Inner ear. Is it words we are talking about? Words, worlds. In another language, where ”to name” (something) also means ”to shatter” (something). Shatter to pieces or shatter the unspeakable! You know, I think. Shatter to pieces, destroying cultures. Pieces like sawdust, floating in the sea, taken by the …
From New to Renew
I don’t make anything new. Everything I do have already been done. Maybe even for a 100 years. Maybe even for 1000 years. Maybe even for 10.000 years. Maybe even for 100.000 years. I sure hope so. If what I do have been already done for 100.000 years I know I am on the right …
Transparency
Transparency. Shatter the surface! Splash the surface of the water too see what lies beyond. Darkness, wetness, not afraid. Maybe. Need it. Mould, earth, deep waters. Lying there floating, can neither go up or down. Floating in the North Sea, horizon only sea and sky. Water and air meeting on your spine. She sees the …
Migration
“Migration” (2016), indian-ink and paint, ca. 175m² including sidewalls, height 12 meters, for the exhibition Shifting Spaces at W139, Amsterdam. The wall-drawing (indian ink and acryl) was made for the exhibition “Shifting Spaces” at W139 in Amsterdam in 2016. The exhibition were centered on shared notions concerning equality, compassion and openness. During the exhibition period, …
Meganisoptera
“Meganisoptera” (2015), mono-print, textile, wood, 2,2 x 2,5 x 2,7m. Part of the exhibition, A Supernova, VU Hortus, the botanical gardens of the VU University Amsterdam. Photo: Kristina Benjocki. The tent has a mirrored red and blue mono-print of a drawing depicting a dragonfly. The tent is a spatial exploration of textile as dwelling and …