𖦹 I'll be working at the EKWC!
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From april to June, I will be working and living for three months at the European Ceramic Work Centre (EKWC) where I'll be focussed on creating large 1,5 meter diameter ceramic bowls in which water with bacteria, algae and other organisms can live with heating elements and sensors.


The surface of the basins contains figurative images of ecology, climate change, famine, war and logos of technology companies that are shaped with the help of AI. We also see figures of merged water species such as frogs and insects combined into mystical entities. The sculptures seem out of place in time, it is unclear whether they come from a bygone era or from a post-apocalyptic future.


Around these artistic infrastructures and sculptures I want to create a participatory program at a later date, including lectures with scientific knowledge about processes of decay and death, cultural-historical discussions about the beginning and end of capitalism, and the impact of (tech)industry on the climate and on spirituality.
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Working at the EKWC will help me on many fronts with strengthening my ceramics skills both within this project and after. Forming large bowls created and covered with images of agriculture, insects, famine, climate change, made both with color-pigments, texture techniques and by 3D shaping of the surface appeals to me enormously. For this I will try to make digitally-made plaster molds to stamp in the clay, among other things.
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How are Art & Science, Ancient Oracles Devices, Climate Change/Grief, AI, Craft, Nuclear Guardianship and Wetland Organisms related? Read about it in this new blog post about my upcoming artist-in-residence; Stinky Mirrors

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Stichting Stokroos (Seed Grant)
PPO Werktuig
EKWC (OCW, Province of Noord-Brabant and Oisterwijk Municipality)


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