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Artistic research and multi-disciplinary works on alternative methods of healing, digging up ancient therapies, queering contemporary ones, appropriating, remixing and reformulating them in an artistic, empowering DIY approach. On a quest for cure, to achieve a higher sensitivity for social and political conditions, interpersonal and intrapersonal connections. visit websiteselected works below:
TITLE
SHORT DESCRIPTION
SPECIFICATIONS
PRACTISE
YEARPLACE
All I Wanna Do Is Sit In The Sun For A While
An immersive womb, a platform in deep blue space, the oceanic wound. Inner and outer converges, transgressively saying hello from the other side.
walkable site-specific installation in a 100sqm domewood, molton, carpet, quadrophonic sound
solo
2016Amsterdam, NL
The Legacy
A text that combines autobiographical recollection, academic essay and satirical yet hopeful analysis. It compounds considerations of Western, non-Western, and alternative healthcare, and the potentials and possibilities of healing in the wake of the illness and death of a loved one.
self-published, 38 pages, 12 chapters,MFA Thesis Sandberg Institute, Cure Master program
Aux Origines des La Cure
E-health. An online pilgrimate to the source of cure.
HD-video, 1', sound
Because we can swim in the immense
A group ritual on empowerment. Reappropriating museum space, celebrating togetherness and disobedience.
participatory action
SevenEightElevenInfinity
"You cannot talk about heartbreak while you're still in it". A multitude of procedures.
various media
Chryptochromatic Jetlag
5 nights with one guest artist each in the Botanic Garden.
initiated collaborations
2015Amsterdam, NL
The Shepherdess
A healing trip with the help of the psychoactive plants of the Botanic Garden.
HD video, 40', sound
duo
Musical Plant Cave
Immersive installation where the leaves and stems of plants become a sonic instrument to be played by the visitor.
installation with plants, sensors, amps, programmed sounds
Disco Cactus
Stealing the precious red-list cactae collection to take the plants on a tour for some fun before them going extinct.
video, 5'25'',sound
Hunger Strike
Open letter about the conditions of artistic production and the relevance of food education.
text
Time Capsule
On the potential of water as a medium for information storage.
commissionphotography, textdouble spread magazine
The Nutritionist
A lecture on plant-based nutrition.
lecture
Meditation for Schäuble
Sending love to the enemy as last resort in existential crisis.
guided meditationsgroup action
2015Athens, Patras, GR
MC AU Playlists
Residents of a mental institution share their favorite songs.
photography and text on a social media platform
2014Den Dolder, NL
Useless Artist Disease
A loose investigation on the role, responsibility and value of the contemporary artist.
various media, group meetings, interviews, text, actions
2014-2015NL, DE