independent curator / cultural strategist
Strangely Familiar
For the Rotterdam-based exhibition space Het Archief Artspace I curated the exhibition Strangely Familiar.
The works in Strangely Familiar invite you to look closely - at the small, the fragile and the ever-changing. Seven artists explore the theme of transformation in their own way: through growth, decay, care, matter and memory.
From large installations to small wearable objects, video and biomaterials, both natural and artificial elements - oysters, seeds, glass, seaweed and bioplastics - interact. All works create a connection between humans, microscopic life forms and an almost supernatural world. Together they form a breathing archive that feels both strange as familiar.
Vera da Costa / Lore Pilzecker / Marieke Peeters / Pihla Pellinen / Lorena Rode / Jeltje Schuurmans / Bas Oussoren
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Curator: Hannah van den Elzen
Art direction, photography, graphic design: Studio Evert.
Photography: Anwyn Howarth
Public programme: Giuliana di Dato
Production: Valentijn Joosten
With thanks to: Herman Lamers
Exhibitions in Het Archief Artspace are made possible by: SKAR Ateliers, CBK Rotterdam, Voor de Kunst, Fleur Groenendijk Foundation. With thanks to Herman Lamers, Hannah van den Elzen, Eva Welten.