2017

60 colour photographs

30 casettes each with an unique set of postcards. 

Société Minérale exists of 30 photographs of stones and 30 reversed photographs of rubbings on paper of these stones, that come from a collection which belonged to an individual who passed away after which the stones lost their value. Made in collaboration with ‘SØVN records’ for the release ‘Société Minérale’ by Acid Fountain.

2016

3 colour prints

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How to Flatten a Mountain - Rathfarnam Castle, Photo Ireland 2016

Wind going through grass on Vinegar Hill is a body of work that resulted out of the 10-day residency ‘How to Flatten a Mountain’ at Cow House Studio’s in Ireland in 2016. The photographs show details of Vinegar Hill in county Wexford, on which an important battle took place during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Vinegar Hill at that time served as the largest camp and headquarters of the Wexford United Irish rebels, which was attacked by over 15.000 British soldiers on 21 June 1798. It marked a turning point in the rebellion, as it was the last attempt by the rebels to hold and defend ground against the British military. The images depict the solid rock and the grass on top of the hill. Both are still images that existed before, during and after the battle. The recording accompanying the work is of a traditional Irish band playing in the streets of a small village in County Wexford. 

2016

70 plates of 14,5 x 14,5 cm

Notes on travelling is based on a trip of three and a half months to Georgia. On our way there and back I crossed 16 different countries, in each one of them of them spending a different variety of time. During this period I collected all the receipts that were given to me after every purchase. These pieces of paper formed a consistent trace of all the places I passed by - they were proof of all of the brief interactions that took place. After coming back I scanned the receipts and processed all of the logos using polymer press, a printing technique dating from the 60’s that makes use of a zinc plate covered with a light-sensitive layer, onto which a negative film is exposed to gain a plate image in reverse. This can be inked and printed right reading onto paper. The last part however has been left out so the images remain in reverse. 

2016

Pencil on paper

2x 11x15 cm, 1x 22x29 cm

Three drawings of the oasis.

2015

Pencil on paper

12,5 x 17 cm
12,5 x 17 cm
7 x 9 cm
12,5 x 17 cm

The drawings depict details of the Spanjaardshof, a former nursing home dating from 1880 located in The Hague which since 1980 houses 40 studio spaces for artists. For the open day in 2015 they invited a number of young artists to make an exhibition throughout the building in for instance old elevators, corridors and staircases.

2015

Pencil on Paper

9 x 12 cm

2014

Performance
Flour, water, yeast, baking tools, oven, table, pedestal, medium format mamiya, polaroid film, plumb rule

“What is worth more - A kilogram of stone or a kilogram of gold?” This famous question by the architect Adolf Loos inspired me to investigate the value of materials and objects. This performance focuses on bread, an everyday object, which has been consumed by men for ages. During the performance, bread is repeatedly being baked, after which each loaf is photographed with a Polaroid camera, to obtain an immediate and unique result. This repetitive act results in a growing collection of photographs. The title of the performance refers to the biblical story of the five loaves and two fishes, which took place by the lake of Capernaum in Israel.

Exhibition view:
Gallery Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, 2015

2013/2014

120 rubbings on paper
21 x 29,5 cm

‘Brisant’ consists of a series of rubbings on paper of the ancient pavement of the Binnenhof in The Hague. This complex of buildings is the eldest and most historic part of the city - the core around which the city arose and the political center of the Netherlands. The rubbings resemble the different characteristics of each stone, which was formed by time and history.

At: Tweede Kamer der Staten Generaal, Den Haag / House of Representatives, The Hague, 2014.

2012

12 digital photographs

"If you walk through the herd of sheep, it's like water; the sea of wool opens itself, lets you through as the animals outrun you and closes the whole you caused behind."
- Cecile Kruip, Wool artist

Interline is a series of photographs taken after the sheepfarm of my parents was burned down in october 2011. It was one of the twelve monumental farms in province Drenthe that were burned down between the years of 2010 and 2013 for unknown reasons. The photographs capture small monuments build with remains of the farm, by people who were part of the community that was connected to the place.