Archive for the ‘mind wandering’ Category
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Expositie Voor de Lucht SBK Zuid 25 jan- 22 feb
Locatie:
SBK Amsterdam Zuid
Galerie 59, Van Eeghenstraat 59, 1071 EW Amsterdam
Duur:
25 januari – 22 februari 2015
open wo t/m za van 11-18 u en zo van 11-17 u -
Voor de lucht
Het definitieve ontwerp van ‘Voor De Lucht’. Voor foto’s klik hier
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Measuring daylight
I tried to compose a work using the daydreamdesigntools I found by reading from Pallasmaa, Bachelard and Ingold. (‘To dream deeply man must dream with substances, not with objects’ – Ingold). Daylight was the substance I chose to compose with. The result is a work that is fully dependant on daylight: a ‘clock’ for daydreamers. I also measured the daydreamquotient of the image. My next step is to explore the qualities of these materials (tracing paper, daylight and air) in a more architectural structure. Larger Picture
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Stills or Flowers for the Soul
‘Still’ is a synonym for distillate. But it is also ‘snapshot’ or ‘still life’. And ‘memory’. For this project I made stills from the garden of my Dutch grandfather, who was a head of public parks in Assen. I only learned about his flower gardens through hearsay. I decided to use chemistry as a tool for my translations, because my Egyptian granddad was a chemistry professor. Combining the professions of my granddads (who never met) resulted in 4 liqueurs (the Stills) that could be tasted during the exhibition. Read more
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Don’t forget the laundry!
Alzheimer’s research and design. In the narrow long corridors (80mx1.60m) of the dementia ward at the St. Jacobs Institution in Amsterdam, I researched how Alzheimer’s patients experience their public space. I introduced the timeless, tactile social activity of hanging the laundry together. The personal laundry of the residents added human scale and nostalgic smells of freshness. It became a social program in the lives of those who want to forget their forgetfullness. See more
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Daydream Academy
What is daydreaming and can it be triggered by external stimuli? Neuroscientist and friend Martijn Wokke at the UVA Cognitive Science Center helped me to find out. The result was that I could establish the daydreamquotient of certain images, colours and shapes, that I can use in my future work to encourage daydreaming. More
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Can you keep my secrets?
An installation about the realization of having choices and meeting with the uncertainty of all possibilities. Revealing the uncertainties – maybe they are great fears or mere silent daydreams – also meant revealing the possibilities. Once revealed and combined with courage and dedication, the uncertainties suddenly became more than possibilities. They became reality.
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We do not aim to please.
Daydreamerspotting. While researching the phenomenon of daydreaming and its characteristics, I went out to spot daydreamers. I followed some of them and documented them in their natural habitat. A paradoxal discovery was that office spaces seem to be the best environment for daydreamers. These spaces seem to encourage the capacity to shut off and allowing the mind to wander. More