{"id":691,"date":"2019-08-05T15:50:53","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T15:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmwoordbeeld.esterevadamen.nl\/?page_id=691"},"modified":"2019-08-05T18:37:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T18:37:07","slug":"willows-and-seaweed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esterevadamen.nl\/?page_id=691","title":{"rendered":"Willows and seaweed (2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ester Eva Damen in collaboration with Joris Berger and Elmar Kuiper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Willows and seaweed are the archetypical ingredients of my memory. In the twin exhibition at the NDSM, the Frisian poet Elmar Kuiper has read from his work \u2018Stienkeal\u2019 (\u2018Stone Calf\u2019). His poems are integrated in the installation for Loods 6. For these two exhibitions I have invited Joris Berger to collaborate with me, he is trained as an architect and has a totally different perception of space. For Joris a roof can be taken off and windows can be redone. For me a building is a given and I will explore the inside, working with memory. We have included strongly scented materials to the project: space, seaweed, leaves, oysters, driftwood and a bush of mint from a friend\u2019s grave in Friesland. Rather than offering a visual object, we want to offer a space to linger. To sit, to live, to be silent.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Short poem in Frisian and translated to Dutch by Elmar Kuiper; Sep 02, 2018, Set#NDSM\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/htzpAcatmvM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Install<strong>a<\/strong>tion in collaboration with Joris Berger (2), September 14-16, 2018 <br> Opening September 14, 5pm with a performance of Tribal Baroque.  <br> Group show  Loods 6, Amsterdam. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em> <\/em>Installation in collaboration with Joris Berger (1)  Opening September 02, 5-7pm. With the poet Elmar Kuiper and performance of Tribal Baroque.  <br> August 23 &#8211; Sept 09, 2018 Group show NDSM, Amsterdam. Curator of this show. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"506\" height=\"900\" src=\"http:\/\/filmwoordbeeld.esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145503.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"793\" data-link=\"http:\/\/filmwoordbeeld.esterevadamen.nl\/?attachment_id=793\" class=\"wp-image-793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145503.jpg 506w, https:\/\/esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145503-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"506\" height=\"900\" src=\"http:\/\/filmwoordbeeld.esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145445.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"795\" data-link=\"http:\/\/filmwoordbeeld.esterevadamen.nl\/?attachment_id=795\" class=\"wp-image-795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145445.jpg 506w, https:\/\/esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145445-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"506\" height=\"900\" src=\"http:\/\/filmwoordbeeld.esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145320.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"802\" data-link=\"http:\/\/filmwoordbeeld.esterevadamen.nl\/?attachment_id=802\" class=\"wp-image-802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145320.jpg 506w, https:\/\/esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145320-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"506\" height=\"900\" src=\"http:\/\/filmwoordbeeld.esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145427.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"797\" data-link=\"http:\/\/filmwoordbeeld.esterevadamen.nl\/?attachment_id=797\" class=\"wp-image-797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145427.jpg 506w, https:\/\/esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145427-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"506\" height=\"900\" src=\"http:\/\/filmwoordbeeld.esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145354.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"798\" data-link=\"http:\/\/filmwoordbeeld.esterevadamen.nl\/?attachment_id=798\" class=\"wp-image-798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145354.jpg 506w, https:\/\/esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145354-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"506\" height=\"900\" src=\"http:\/\/filmwoordbeeld.esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145439.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"796\" data-link=\"http:\/\/filmwoordbeeld.esterevadamen.nl\/?attachment_id=796\" class=\"wp-image-796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145439.jpg 506w, https:\/\/esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145439-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"506\" height=\"900\" src=\"http:\/\/filmwoordbeeld.esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145348.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"799\" data-link=\"http:\/\/filmwoordbeeld.esterevadamen.nl\/?attachment_id=799\" class=\"wp-image-799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145348.jpg 506w, https:\/\/esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145348-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"506\" height=\"900\" src=\"http:\/\/filmwoordbeeld.esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145335.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"800\" data-link=\"http:\/\/filmwoordbeeld.esterevadamen.nl\/?attachment_id=800\" class=\"wp-image-800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145335.jpg 506w, https:\/\/esterevadamen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180914_145335-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Willows and seaweed are the archetypical ingredients of my memory. To prepare this exhibition we travelled three times to Friesland, the area where I grew up. We wanted to explore a way of working where shape would stay open till the moment of the opening of the exhibition. We have visited a mud house that was of inspiration for us, constructed of willows and typical Frisian building materials with a thatched roof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our central question is how you can define space. For this exhitition I have invited Joris Berger to collaborate with me, he is trained as an architect and has a totally different perception of space. For Joris a roof can be taken off and windows can be redone. For me a building is a given and I would explore the inside, working with memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the exhibition deals with territory I initially wanted to work with ephemeral, immaterial means, like sound. But other artists have already promised to bring sound and music in, so I have shifted to scent. We took strong smelling materials to the project space, seaweed, leaves, mint, oysters, driftwood and a bush of lavender that we have gathered when we cleaned the grave of an old friend of ours, buried under an alone standing church tower on a so called \u201aterp\u2019 in Frieland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than offering a visual object, we want to offer a space to linger. To sit, to live, to be silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been collaborating with the Frisian Poet and painter Elmar Kuiper for a year now. We made short videos and researched the relation between sound an image. I\u2019ve invited him to read some of his poems in the environment that we create for Set#NDSM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ester Eva Damen in collaboration with Joris Berger and Elmar Kuiper Willows and seaweed are the archetypical ingredients of my memory. 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