Kijkdozen
As mentioned, I will be taking part in an exhibition at het Glazen Huis (the Glass House) in the Amstelpark, opening this Sunday 15th March at 15.00. The exhibition is called Groene Vingers (Green Fingers) and is organised by Stichting ZET. All welcome!
In the meantime, I have been very busy trying to complete the work I will show. This will consist of a video, and also a series of “Kijkdozen” (literally “Looking-boxes”). To construct these, I have been making a lot of use of the robotic cutting/drawing machine I built last year, which has meant many a long day peering over the thing waiting tensly for it to screw up for the hundredth time.
Further to this, I have been all over town buying the things I will need – card, glue, fabric, LEDs, wood, plastic, foam, etc.
All this will hopefully be covered by the budget we managed to obtain last week. I was thinking about all the time I spent as a child cutting and sticking bits of paper and card, and how much fun it was then. The difference is that now I can spend €50 on card and glue, and it doesn’t come out of my pocket money.
There are a lot of downsides to a life trying to make art, but getting to do this type of things is definately one of the perks.
