Archive 2.0: R.I.P. Human
September 2021 - January 2022
This years ResearchLAB aims to question and comment on the historic artefacts, phenomena and narratives found in the archive and to imagine and visualize where we are now or where we are heading to in the nearest future. Such imagined futures could be described as a turn to post-anthropocene or, alternatively, a birth of the "new" (post)human. It's about the ability to compare the past with the present and with the anticipated. The topics and scenarios are broad, either positive or negative, depending on the point of view.
Guest lectures: Frieda Gustavs (composer& performer), Leo Erken (visual artist& photography collector) with their VR project ‘Waltzer’. Freek Baars (collection specialist photo collection Spaarnestad) on history of the photo collection and a materials class.
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Highlighted students work:
A good IDEA DRAWS THE WHOLE WORLD INTO IT, GENERATES ITSELF, ACTIVATES ALL THOSE AROUND IT, ELECTRIFIES INFORMATION FLOWS, ALWAY MANISFESTING. a GOOD iDEA IS A WELLSPRING OF CREATIVITY - AND THIS CLASS IS A GOOD IDEA.
(Frans van Hoek, student KABK)
Anna Lesiczka
Crows
Jet Simons
The past is never where you think you left it (but you have to leave it somewhere)
Frans van Hoek
Drama
Idil Alpa
Love is hard
Viivi Saikkonen
Student picks > Some images from the collection Spaarnestad used as inspiration:
