In Despising Memory of Sexism
Performance and music video (2020)This was an interactive art installation I created after skimming through barbecuing magazines targeted specifically at men which I had found at home. The magazines expressed horrifically objectifying and vilifying portrayals of women. Infuriated by this portrayal, I decided to burn the pages and organize a ceremony to bury the ashes. While this was a merely symbolic burial and sexism is still very much alive, this performance and video calls to bury sexism every day by speaking up against it.
Good Life
Music video (2023)I had the pleasure of being the Director of Photography and co-editor for the music video for ‘Good Life’ by Li Xuxa and Elvis Ephraim.
RASL Summer Studio Aftermovie
Cinematic Summary of a Four-Day Workshop (2024)During the RASL Summer Studio 2024, an eclectic group of people explored the theme ‘Staging the Livable City - through the Arts & Sciences’. Led by Arlon Luijten (interdisciplinary artist, educator, researcher), Christoph Brunner (Assistant Professor for Philosophy at Erasmus University), and Annette-Carina van der Zaag (Senior Lecturer at Erasmus University College, writer, and artist) we listened to input from guest speakers, debated, and created.
Acknowledge Climate Colonialism
Video essay (2023)Join me on a walk through Rotterdam’s historic neighborhood Delfshaven while I tell stories about Delfshaven’s colonial history as well as the colonial history of the climate crisis.
Respect me, please
VR experience & performance (2023)TW: unwarranted sexual comments
This experience is primarily targeted at men to have a glimpse at how we feel when they invade our space. Motivated by our shared experience of unwanted attention and non-consensual touching from men in club spaces, my artistic partner Pien Thoonen and I created an immersive experience that emulates the discomfort that the invasion of one’s personal space brings about.
When exhibited, this VR experience is preceded by a trigger warning. It is paired with olfactory experiences such as the smell of beer and the smell of stereotypical men’s deodorant. Additionally, a hand fan is moved over the 'viewer's’ body to imitate touch. As a form of after care, Pien and I invite the ‘viewer’ to sit down and share their thoughts and feelings through talking or writing.
Please watch at your own discretion.
Fckewaste
Website including an e-waste GHG footprint calculator, a concept for a pick-up service of e-waste, and an educational video (2022)My project partners Zofia Twardowska, Ajsa, Sebastian and I set ourselves the goal to explore the question of how the flood of steadily increasing e-waste can be tackled in a world that is becoming more and more reliant on technology.
As a group, we came up with the speculative concept of an e-waste pick up service in our city Rotterdam. Ajsa created a calculator that determines how much CO2 the electric devices you have at home produce. I researched, scripted and directed an animated film that explains ones individual consumption in a global context. I made the animation for this video, with the help of Zofia.
Visit our project website here.
