Projecten

Kepala Batu (Hoofd van steen)

2012
Op Nationale Bevrijdingsdag 2012 is het voormalig Van Heutsz monument opnieuw onthuld door spoken word artist Olympia Latupeirissa. Bij deze gelegenheid sprak zij de speech Foute Keuzes uit, waarin het publiek werd uitgenodigd om het standbeeld weer te gebruiken als het strijdtoneel voor... Lees verder

Beursplein Hearings

2012
A series of hearings in the artists' tent in Occupy Amsterdam. Fellow Occupiers were interrogated by a rotating panel of four, on the dilemmas of maintaining a radically inclusive and participatory democracy, while keeping order in the camp and dealing with its social problems. The tribunal was set... Lees verder

Politie Training

2011
Twee instructeurs van de politieacademie geven een cursus verhoortechnieken aan een groep kunstenaars en studenten. Zij worden getraind in kruisverhoor en omgang met geweld. Die technieken worden vervolgens in een rollenspel toegepast. Lees verder

Producing time in between other things

2011
A project around the changing values of labour and property, examining the notion of artistic production through the resurrection of the woodturning hobby of a retired factory worker (Klaas' late grandfather). Lees verder

Plaatselijke verordening

2010
Tijdens de Rotterdamse gemeenteraadsverkiezingen in 2010 zijn 6 campagne borden verwisseld met nieuwe borden. De oude borden zijn tot aan de verkiezingen in een tentoonstellingsruimte opgesteld, naast een slideshow die het verloop van de postercampagnes op de nieuwe borden buiten documenteerde. Lees verder

Stay inside. Close windows and doors

2008
Neighbourhood residents were invited to join in a morbid parade that lead to the local shopping mall, where the participants, dressed up like bloodied corpses, would mingle with the startled customers, in a collective action between performance, dérive and street theatre. Lees verder

Meanwhile, in the Living Room...

2007
A full-scale reconstruction of an apartment that is being built in the new suburbs of Vitoria-Gasteiz, and guided tour leading from those suburbs to the exhibition space in the center of town. Lees verder

Let me hold your hand

2007
A monologue on love and loneliness, assembled from internet forum postings that deal with relational problems, played through secondhand telephones Lees verder

Of Marriages and Mortgages

2006
A collection of drawings, traced from videostills and digital documents: an ever growing storyboard that plots the uneasy relationship between the model and reality, between urban planning and concepts of life, family and reproduction. Lees verder

Home at Tent

2005
Using bluescreen techniques, the audience to an exhibition is cut and paste into a livingroom from the neighbourhood. Lees verder

OpTV

2005
Een videoprogramma, samengesteld voor de wijk Transvaal in Den Haag, een multi-etnische, oude arbeidersbuurt in Den Haag, dat voor ingrijpende veranderingen staat als gevolg van de uitgebreide stedenbouwkundige vernieuwingsplannen van de gemeente. Lees verder

Camilla

2004
A fictionalized biography, loosely based on the story of Camilla, a pregnant designer from Denmark, who has been living in the Netherlands for the past eight years. Lees verder

Welcome to Belfast

2004
A movie about the complex representations of the political conflict in Northern Ireland from the perspectives of three foreign visitors. After the peace agreement in 1998, tourism became a developing industry in Belfast. The city had to reconsider its public image. But how can a city with such a... Lees verder

Monitoring the Dordtselaan for Maximum Peace of Mind

2004
Observations from the bedroom window, looking at daily life in the Dordtselaan, a street in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) that has come under heightened surveillance by the authorities due to its reputation as a crime hot-spot. Lees verder

Fish lives in water

2004
A local language class for foreigners in Luxembourg, presented as a symbolic exchange between communities. Lees verder

Marea, or the ecological disaster as a cultural and political phenomenon

2004
A mapping of the multifaceted volunteer movement that was mobilised after the Prestige oil spill, describing the ecological disaster as a political and social phenomenon. Lees verder

Film as fossil

2004
A super-8 movie filmed by a group of tourists in Africa combined with the sound of a telephone conversation between two strangers about looking and being looked at. Lees verder

Langs de Lijn

2003
A video about teamspirit, competition, health and discipline, within the context of the different (sub-)cultures related to sports and games in a small town of The Netherlands. Lees verder

A Twenty-Four Hours a Day Revolution

2002
Three persons from Basque Country, wearing a mask, are interviewed about the ethical boundaries of their political commitment. Lees verder

Huisje Boompje Beestje

2001
A visual investigation into the workspaces of civil servants at the city hall of Rotterdam, combined with a psychological profile of each participant, in the form a drawing of a tree.Photos, drawings and video. Lees verder