BODIES AT REST
A solo exhibition of Michael Hautemulle. Open from 21 September to 7 October 2024.
Opening: 20 September 2024, 19:00-22:00. Arkade Gallery, Aberdeen.
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A solo exhibition of Michael Hautemulle. Open from 21 September to 7 October 2024.
Opening: 20 September 2024, 19:00-22:00. Arkade Gallery, Aberdeen.
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Aberdeen
2024
2024
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SPRING RELIEF CASTING WORKSHOP
Bas-Relief Jesmonite Casting Workshop was led as part of the Snug Project artist-led workshop initiative
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Bas-Relief Jesmonite Casting Workshop was led as part of the Snug Project artist-led workshop initiative
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Aberdeen
2024
2024
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LOVE MUSSEL
Juxtaposing the grotesque and the delicate to examine themes of consumption and the illusion of purity, highlighting the tension between artifice and authenticity.
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Juxtaposing the grotesque and the delicate to examine themes of consumption and the illusion of purity, highlighting the tension between artifice and authenticity.
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Abderdeenshire/ Aberdeen
2023
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2023
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SEAGULL 1
A pen and ink drawing, exhibited as part of Alt D: Through Drawing at Arkade Gallery in 2023, reflects on the interaction between nature and industry and its impact on both wildlife and human existence.
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A pen and ink drawing, exhibited as part of Alt D: Through Drawing at Arkade Gallery in 2023, reflects on the interaction between nature and industry and its impact on both wildlife and human existence.
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Abderdeen
2023
2023
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INTERNATIONAL IRON CONFERENCE
Pour Crew for artists George Beasley and Eden Jolly, performance and sculpture, X, at the International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art.
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Pour Crew for artists George Beasley and Eden Jolly, performance and sculpture, X, at the International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art.
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Berlin
2022
2022
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FERRIERS STAND
Fabricated from steel L-section, horseshoes, old propane bottle, chain, mild steel, and antique agricultural equipment, this work was commissioned from the artist with the purpose of having a ferrier's stand able to change height to accommodate and support the hooves of both a pony and a Clydesdale
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Fabricated from steel L-section, horseshoes, old propane bottle, chain, mild steel, and antique agricultural equipment, this work was commissioned from the artist with the purpose of having a ferrier's stand able to change height to accommodate and support the hooves of both a pony and a Clydesdale
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Aberdeenshire
2022
2022
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SILVER RING
Hand-modeled and cast sterling silver ring, commissioned from the artist for a 70th birthday gift
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Hand-modeled and cast sterling silver ring, commissioned from the artist for a 70th birthday gift
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Aberdeenshire/ Flagstaff
2022
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2022
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SHABBAT CANDLE STICKS
Hand forged from mild steel. Commissioned from the artist as a bespoke wedding gift.
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Hand forged from mild steel. Commissioned from the artist as a bespoke wedding gift.
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Aberdeenshire/
Flagstaff
2022
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Flagstaff
2022
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TRYPTIC
A series of three works on paper, created using a combination of watercolor and acrylic ink. Building on the themes explored in “Semi-Circles” and “Alien Child Rising,” this series delves into the sensations of growth and transformation. As a self-portrait, it depicts the artist's experience of the body and soul stretching beyond familiar confines into the unknown. The works capture the inherent discomfort and impatience of wanting to change, grow, and learn, while also expressing the hope for calm and equilibrium in a new state of being. The series reflects the struggle inherent in personal evolution and the aspirations toward a more balanced existence.
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A series of three works on paper, created using a combination of watercolor and acrylic ink. Building on the themes explored in “Semi-Circles” and “Alien Child Rising,” this series delves into the sensations of growth and transformation. As a self-portrait, it depicts the artist's experience of the body and soul stretching beyond familiar confines into the unknown. The works capture the inherent discomfort and impatience of wanting to change, grow, and learn, while also expressing the hope for calm and equilibrium in a new state of being. The series reflects the struggle inherent in personal evolution and the aspirations toward a more balanced existence.
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Aberdeenshire
2021
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2021
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ON FILLING VOIDS, PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES, JELLY, AND SOULS
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Aberdeenshire
2021
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ALIEN CHILD RISING
Is the outcome of a lithography workshop in collaboration with Dutch artists Joop Striker and Ineke Hekman. This work continues an exploration of bodies, semi-circles, circles, celestial forms, and heliacal events.
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Assen
2021
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NEW RITUALS, NEUE RITUALE
New Rituals/Neue Rituale is a collective artists' book featuring emerging artists from Scotland and Austria, including Michael Hautemulle with works such as On Filling Voids, Protective Structures, Jelly, and Souls. Curated by Oktavia Schreiner, the book is a work of art that delves into the deep connection between rituals, art, and human experience. It examines how rituals offer structure and meaning in our lives, especially in the context of the post-Enlightenment era and the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic
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Scotland/
Austria
2021
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Austria
2021
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SEMI CIRCLES
Experiments on Paper explores the interplay between rigid geometric forms, particularly semi-circles, and the fluid characteristics of paint. This series investigates the contrast between structured geometry and the organic, dynamic qualities of paint application.
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Experiments on Paper explores the interplay between rigid geometric forms, particularly semi-circles, and the fluid characteristics of paint. This series investigates the contrast between structured geometry and the organic, dynamic qualities of paint application.
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Aberdeenshire
2021-
2021-
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LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE SERIOUS ALL THE TIME
An exhibition curated by Georgia Stephenson, in which artists Jack Evans, Michael Hautemulle and Richard Müller employ comedy to deal with issues arising from and grappling with the understanding of our current geological era, the Anthropocene.
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An exhibition curated by Georgia Stephenson, in which artists Jack Evans, Michael Hautemulle and Richard Müller employ comedy to deal with issues arising from and grappling with the understanding of our current geological era, the Anthropocene.
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London
2018
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2018
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I NEED A LIFETIME (AND) BEYOND LOVER
Exploring human connection, mortality, and the search for meaning in the face of our inevitable death. The work bridges the personal and the geological, using the rock as a symbol of permanence and continuity in contrast to human fragility and transience.
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Exploring human connection, mortality, and the search for meaning in the face of our inevitable death. The work bridges the personal and the geological, using the rock as a symbol of permanence and continuity in contrast to human fragility and transience.
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Isle of Eigg/ Glasgow/
London/
Aberdeenshire/ Aberdeen
2016-18+∞
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London/
Aberdeenshire/ Aberdeen
2016-18+∞
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LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU
An exhibition curated by Georgia Stephenson and Nina Davies, featuring works by Nina Davis, Flora Hunt, and Michael Hautemulle. It invited viewers to reflect on their interactions with moving bodies and performing objects. The exhibition explored the intersection of entertainment, sport, and fine art by reinterpreting language and action and reconfiguring bodies and objects.
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An exhibition curated by Georgia Stephenson and Nina Davies, featuring works by Nina Davis, Flora Hunt, and Michael Hautemulle. It invited viewers to reflect on their interactions with moving bodies and performing objects. The exhibition explored the intersection of entertainment, sport, and fine art by reinterpreting language and action and reconfiguring bodies and objects.
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London
2018
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2018
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COMFORTED BY THE ANTHROPOCENE
This essay explores the impact of moving a rock from its original landscape, creating a unique interaction with cosmic significance. It examines how rocks, as "hyperobjects," challenge our perception of space and time, especially in the face of ecological crises. By contrasting traditional views with Donna Haraway's "Chthulucene" and object-oriented ontology, it suggests a re-evaluation of human and rock relationships in our finite existence.
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This essay explores the impact of moving a rock from its original landscape, creating a unique interaction with cosmic significance. It examines how rocks, as "hyperobjects," challenge our perception of space and time, especially in the face of ecological crises. By contrasting traditional views with Donna Haraway's "Chthulucene" and object-oriented ontology, it suggests a re-evaluation of human and rock relationships in our finite existence.
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Glasgow
2017
2017
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ACT III, SCENE 1
Explores the contrast between human cultural achievements and the immensity of geological time. Flint rocks are placed on a table, and as the volume and tone of Richard Wagner’s Siegfried from Der Ring des Nibelungen (1871) fill the space, the rocks are moved by the sound waves.
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Explores the contrast between human cultural achievements and the immensity of geological time. Flint rocks are placed on a table, and as the volume and tone of Richard Wagner’s Siegfried from Der Ring des Nibelungen (1871) fill the space, the rocks are moved by the sound waves.
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Glasgow
2017
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2017
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RESEARCH INTO A CULTURAL APEX AND THE VOICE
Follows the artist over the course of several months as she embarks on a journey into the world of opera, documenting each lesson with professional opera singer Brian McBride. This work contemplates opera as a pinnacle of human cultural achievement.
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Follows the artist over the course of several months as she embarks on a journey into the world of opera, documenting each lesson with professional opera singer Brian McBride. This work contemplates opera as a pinnacle of human cultural achievement.
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Glasgow
2016-17
2016-17
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ECHOES (PART ONE)
Flint collected from Balloërveld, NL, and transported to Glasgow, UK, with the intention of making fire (see 'FIRE; ATTEMPT 1' and 'FIRE; ATTEMPT 2'). These stones, remnants from the Weichselian Ice Age (475,000 to 410,000 years ago), prompted a reflection on the vast temporal span they represent compared to human life. The artist’s initial disregard for their ancient origins led to a profound understanding of the immense difference between the stones' existence and her mortality.
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Flint collected from Balloërveld, NL, and transported to Glasgow, UK, with the intention of making fire (see 'FIRE; ATTEMPT 1' and 'FIRE; ATTEMPT 2'). These stones, remnants from the Weichselian Ice Age (475,000 to 410,000 years ago), prompted a reflection on the vast temporal span they represent compared to human life. The artist’s initial disregard for their ancient origins led to a profound understanding of the immense difference between the stones' existence and her mortality.
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Glasgow / Balloërveld
2016-17
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2016-17
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OBSERVATIONS AND PROPOSITIONS
An auto-ethnographic essay exploring Hautemulle’s reassessment of her femininity (at that time) through her experiences in professional wrestling. Confronted with a male-dominated environment, Michael challenges her gender assumptions and examines how her identity, and potentially others', is perceived and performed. The essay offers insights into the fluidity of gender and how environments shape her understanding of femininity.
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An auto-ethnographic essay exploring Hautemulle’s reassessment of her femininity (at that time) through her experiences in professional wrestling. Confronted with a male-dominated environment, Michael challenges her gender assumptions and examines how her identity, and potentially others', is perceived and performed. The essay offers insights into the fluidity of gender and how environments shape her understanding of femininity.
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Glasgow
2016
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2016
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I ♥ MEDUSA
I ♥ Medusa is a continuation of Hautemulle’s exploration of wrestling and pottery, where she intertwines the ancient with the contemporary. This work, exhibited at the Reid Gallery in Glasgow, juxtaposes realtime video documentation of professional wrestling classes with the ceramics co-created by the wrestlers in a coil-building workshop organized by the artist.
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I ♥ Medusa is a continuation of Hautemulle’s exploration of wrestling and pottery, where she intertwines the ancient with the contemporary. This work, exhibited at the Reid Gallery in Glasgow, juxtaposes realtime video documentation of professional wrestling classes with the ceramics co-created by the wrestlers in a coil-building workshop organized by the artist.
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Glasgow
2016
2016
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i...
i... is an exploration where the artist immersed herself in the world of Greco-Roman wrestling by participating in professional classes twice a week for three months. This work delves deeply into the foundations of sport and competition, using the ancient discipline of Greco-Roman wrestling as a lens through which to examine broader human experiences.
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i... is an exploration where the artist immersed herself in the world of Greco-Roman wrestling by participating in professional classes twice a week for three months. This work delves deeply into the foundations of sport and competition, using the ancient discipline of Greco-Roman wrestling as a lens through which to examine broader human experiences.
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Glasgow
2015-16
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2015-16
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QUESTIONING THE INTERSECTIONS OF TEXTILES AND LANDSCAPES
Hand-woven textile samples presented as landscape vignettes, prompting questions about the historical and cultural significance of weaving and its contrast with mass-produced textiles.
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Hand-woven textile samples presented as landscape vignettes, prompting questions about the historical and cultural significance of weaving and its contrast with mass-produced textiles.
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Glasgow
2016
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2016
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FOUNDATIONS IN WEAVING
With a Foundation in Weaving, the artist explores the impact of industrialization on textiles and craftsmanship, using woven pieces to provoke reflection on the cultural significance and historical development of mass-produced clothing
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With a Foundation in Weaving, the artist explores the impact of industrialization on textiles and craftsmanship, using woven pieces to provoke reflection on the cultural significance and historical development of mass-produced clothing
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Glasgow
2016
2016
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1ARCHIVIST + 1ARCHIVIST = 1ARCHIVIST (?)
Exploring the parallels between Satin Bowerbirds' courtship rituals and archiving, the Michael examines how both collect and display objects to attract mates or preserve memories, reflecting on identity and the digital persona.
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Exploring the parallels between Satin Bowerbirds' courtship rituals and archiving, the Michael examines how both collect and display objects to attract mates or preserve memories, reflecting on identity and the digital persona.
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Glasgow
2015
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2015
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FIRE; ATTEMPT 1
A film in which Michael attempts to create fire using only natural materials underscores the contrast between modern detachment from primal forces and their crucial role in human evolution.
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A film in which Michael attempts to create fire using only natural materials underscores the contrast between modern detachment from primal forces and their crucial role in human evolution.
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Glasgow
2015
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2015
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GATHERED AND DRIED FOR BURNING
A collection of organic materials sourced along the road to Carbeth, meticulously gathered to create a natural tinderbox and build fires.
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A collection of organic materials sourced along the road to Carbeth, meticulously gathered to create a natural tinderbox and build fires.
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Glasgow
2015
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2015
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UNTITLED SERIES
This series of drawings explores various line techniques and compositions through deliberate experimentation with cropping and line quality.
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This series of drawings explores various line techniques and compositions through deliberate experimentation with cropping and line quality.
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Glasgow
2015
2015
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SHYLOCK ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE AEGEAN
An installation where Michael embodies both Mimi and Father Hughes in a filmed "call and response" explores themes of affirmation, validation, and communication, symbolized by melting butter.
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An installation where Michael embodies both Mimi and Father Hughes in a filmed "call and response" explores themes of affirmation, validation, and communication, symbolized by melting butter.
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Amsterdam
2014
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2014
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ILLUSTRATIONS OF HOMER’S ODYSSEY
Questioning the epic's enduring themes, particularly the cyclical nature of life and the challenges of return journeys. These illustrations explore how the Odyssey's depiction of perseverance, transformation, and the quest for home resonates with broader human experiences.
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Questioning the epic's enduring themes, particularly the cyclical nature of life and the challenges of return journeys. These illustrations explore how the Odyssey's depiction of perseverance, transformation, and the quest for home resonates with broader human experiences.
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Amsterdam
2014-
2014-
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I FELL INTO A BURNING RING OF FIRE
A comparative study of electromagnetic radiation and fire in regards to the collective unconscious, when applied to the notion of the nostalgia of food consumption.
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A comparative study of electromagnetic radiation and fire in regards to the collective unconscious, when applied to the notion of the nostalgia of food consumption.
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Amsterdam
2014
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2014
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VIEW MASTER
This work, inspired by alchemical research on the union of opposites, particularly male and female energies, was born from a dream of a breasted bull.
*Content Warning: This work includes nudity.
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This work, inspired by alchemical research on the union of opposites, particularly male and female energies, was born from a dream of a breasted bull.
*Content Warning: This work includes nudity.
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Amsterdam
2014
2014
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SEDER
The culmination of a research-based project, this meal for 18 guests explored traditional boundaries and offered a new perspective on ritual and sacredness.
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The culmination of a research-based project, this meal for 18 guests explored traditional boundaries and offered a new perspective on ritual and sacredness.
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Amsterdam
2013
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2013
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THE SEVENTH DAY
Explored the sacred and the profane through unconventional mediums, such as bananas tattooed with a homemade cherry wood tattoo gun. By reimagining everyday objects as symbols of sanctity and taboo, the project invited a reconsideration of traditional notions of ritual and sacredness.
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Amsterdam
2013
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2013
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SWAN
An illustrated storybook, created with pen and ink, and its accompanying video, explore the dynamics of interpersonal challenges and conflict. Emerging from a week-long intensive residency, these works reflect a process of transformation and discovery. They engage with broader themes of resilience and adaptation, albeit through the decidedly bourgeois lens of dealing with a frustrating flatmate and the specific upper-middle-class struggles of two young art students.
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An illustrated storybook, created with pen and ink, and its accompanying video, explore the dynamics of interpersonal challenges and conflict. Emerging from a week-long intensive residency, these works reflect a process of transformation and discovery. They engage with broader themes of resilience and adaptation, albeit through the decidedly bourgeois lens of dealing with a frustrating flatmate and the specific upper-middle-class struggles of two young art students.
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Amsterdam
2013
2013
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MATERIAL REFERENCE AND PRACTICE
Investigating how mundane time and objects can be endowed with ‘sacredness’ through the delineation of time, repetition of action, labor-intensive processes, and/or the use of ‘noble’ materials. This performative and material research draws inspiration from Jewish heritage, aiming to negate religious connotations by incorporating elements such as Treif (bacon in this instance). Additionally, the work engages with Union iconography to explore themes of craft, labor, skill, and the structuring of time, to include periods of labor and rest.
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Investigating how mundane time and objects can be endowed with ‘sacredness’ through the delineation of time, repetition of action, labor-intensive processes, and/or the use of ‘noble’ materials. This performative and material research draws inspiration from Jewish heritage, aiming to negate religious connotations by incorporating elements such as Treif (bacon in this instance). Additionally, the work engages with Union iconography to explore themes of craft, labor, skill, and the structuring of time, to include periods of labor and rest.
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Amsterdam
2012
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2012
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PARABLES OF THE ABSURD
The Lion and other characters were inspired by 'Life is a Dream' by Frances Calderón de la Barca. The mixed media works explore personal histories by staging random encounters of fictional characters through embroidery, pen and ink drawings, video and paper puppets.
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The Lion and other characters were inspired by 'Life is a Dream' by Frances Calderón de la Barca. The mixed media works explore personal histories by staging random encounters of fictional characters through embroidery, pen and ink drawings, video and paper puppets.
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Amsterdam
2012
2012
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Amsterdam
2010
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2010