“𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. ” - 𝘈𝘭𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘰 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪
The archive serves as a space for intergenerational gathering, where stories from distant parts in time, in their various scripts and voices come together. Althought hardly singular, its identity is a collage stored in dust-proof drawers. Let us see this as an opportunity to hop through time, with our hands dancing across the tables and through all the pages, until we come full circle.
'Back, Forth, and Full Circle' is the resulting publication after a months-long archive dive at the International Institute for Social History in Amsterdam.
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This video portrait is part of a series of ten video portraits of selected 2023 graduation projects as part of Rietveld Review(ed). With these portraits, the art academy Gerrit Rietveld Academie highlights and celebrates remarkable art projects by the next generation of artists. Each video portrait was made in close collaboration with the artists to give insight into their way of thinking and working.
Concept: Bieneke Bennekers & Vere van Hal
Production: Vere van Hal
Interview: Luuk Heezen
Camera & edit: Rik Lauwen