Selected for Rotterdam Photo Festival 2023!
I hereby cordially invite you to my solo exhibition during Rotterdam Photo Festival 2023.
The festival, which is part of Art Rotterdam Week, is programmed for the period of February 9-12, 2023. Rotterdam Photo is housed in sturdy containers at a typical Rotterdam location: on Willemsplein, located on the Nieuwe Maas, in front of the Spido departure point. , with a view of the Kop van Zuid.
"Where do we find freedom?"
This question in the Rotterdam Photo call, with the theme
Freedom Redefined, got me thinking about what freedom is, whether it exists and what defines it. Freedom can come from the absence of influences or restrictions from others, from a liberation from something. This concept of freedom focuses on circumstances and the impossibilities or possibilities of changing them. Freedom can also be approached as a freedom from within, the freedom to create and observe our thoughts. There is no certainty and limited control over what happens to us. What helps us is to create freedom in our response. There is a source of inner freedom in each of us.
For the translation into a visual expression of this notion of inner freedom, I looked at historical symbols, forms and imagery in philosophy and religion, such as the triptych, an altarpiece consisting of a central panel and two outer panels, and offerings in the form of flowers. It resulted in my new work
'Triptych'
consisting of three related images that flow into each other. The panels of the triptych on which the scene is printed hang freely in the container space. The triptych is framed by a larger-sized triptych that is also free-hanging by means of a suspension system with wires.
During Rotterdam Photo I show my work
'Triptych' in an intimate half 10ft container. Be welcome to come and view it! The opening is on Thursday 9 February from 6.30 pm to 9 pm. I will be regularly present during the opening hours of the festival. Do you want to coordinate in advance to make sure I will be there at a certain time? Then call me on
06-43269307.
Festival opening hours:
- Thursday 9 February OPENING from 6.30 pm - 9 pm
- Friday 10 - Sunday 12 February from 11 am to 6 pm
Address: Willemsplein 85, 3016 DR Rotterdam | container no. 51
For more information:
rotterdamphotofestival.eu
