ro(o)(u)t(e)s

textile, mixed media
2017

Can a single song spiral into a series of artworks? This project began with drawings I made while listening to the song Bloed, Zweet en Tranen by the famous Dutch folk singer André Hazes. As I continued exploring the themes of these drawings, I became fascinated by roots, rhizomes, turmeric, threads, lines, and knots. As I came to realise, my intuitive research was unfolding much like the growth of rhizomes — not in a straight line, but spreading out in many directions.

The result is a series of drawings and mixed-media works incorporating techniques such as weaving, embroidery, (photo)etching on cotton, natural dyeing with turmeric, pressing PVC plastic sheets onto cotton, and video.

Photos of the series of works.

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Textile artist, researcher, and writer based in Amsterdam. I work with textiles and other material forms as a way of thinking and researching. In doing so, I treat these materials as tools to expose and unsettle taken-for-granted views and naturalized routines of daily life.

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