March 2020
As the global phenomenon influences the individual's life increasingly, one's research on how to live life in a poetical manner, automatically becomes a matter of how one should relate to the major contemporary crises
'Man hopes to stay well
by caging their smiles in public'
Materials: chicken fence wire, thyme, chamomile, cinnamon, red pepper, nettle, ginger, lemon, sage, dill, radish, orange, liquorice, pine tree, lungwort
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Knotting New - In a pursuit of taking care of my hair in a more sustainable way, I research how man used to do the same throughout history [before the existence of shampoo in plastic bottles]. I design new hairstyles, which I photograph and wear during one year as a performance piece. The methods and knowledge I find, I share on my research blog Arty Farty Life
This installation presents an overview of every (minor) illness I had from 2020-2021, and the recipes and medicaments I applied to my own body to test their effectiveness.
This installation presents an overview of every (minor) illness I had from 2020-2021, and the recipes and medicaments I applied to my own body to test their effectiveness.
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During Victorian times, it was common, to create jewellery out of a deceased persons' hair;
'mourning jewellery', these pieces were called. At the height of this custom's popularity, merchants would even travel from village to village, to buy the hair of the less fortunate...
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March 2022 - March 2023 | Performative research on sustainable fashion
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Workshops and exhibit performance art in Rotterdam. Open call for the next edition fall 2022 opens between 1st of July - 31st of August 2022
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In 2022, geven Lotte van Lith en ik nieuwe trainingen in creatieve begaafdheid
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25 & 26 september ‘22, 11:00 – 17:00
Studio Jessica van Deursen, Heer Bokelweg 125, Rotterdam, 4de etage
is the interdisciplinary art collective lead by Monique & Jessica van Deursen. Together we create musical performances. This winter, we will be recording our first studio album for all the music we've written
