Installation as a result of the performance 'Lumberjack'
16th of November 2007 in 'Spam' Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Photography by Casper Rila
steel and wood, 1m50 by 1m by 1m

My work is focused around two main themes:
Physical labour is disappearing and with it also the image of the ‘hard labourer’. In my work I am looking for the heroic portrayal of man that is willing to sacrifice himself out of a necessity.
I am also trying to find a definition for a currently relevant perception of nature. This perception is based on the harmful effects inflicted on each other. On one side there is mankind trying to control the wild nature and on the other side nature leaving its mark on our cultivated surroundings.
I work out those themes by developing performances.

During 'Artic PicNic', een art festival in 'Zeeland' the Netherlands, did I take people sailing. I took each time two passengers and gave them green army ponchos. After 15minutes of rowing upstream did we reach the location where I placed a rain making installation. I held the boat for some time steady under the rain until the rain had time to make a real impact. After that did I row quickly downstream, back to the normal world.

Performance icw Dirk van Lieshout at the 'conclub'

De dodo is uitgestorven,
robots zijn zielloze wezens,
dieren in de dierentuin zijn gek
en bomen zijn van hout.

the dodo became extinct
robots are soulless creatures
animals in the zoo are crazy
and trees are made from wood

wood, lead, 60cm by 40cm by 40 cm

details of the installation

wood, gaffer tape, 80cm by 70cm by 60cm

presentatie in de Rotterdamse schouwburg tijdens motel mozaique 2006 waarbij de kist rondjes rijdt, lamp flikkert en de booom staat

performance ism Jordy Walker tijdens 'Off_Corso off the road show'

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