Platform for (un)Solicited Research and Advice

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RESPONSE TO BRIEF #7

Platform for (un)Solicited Research and Advice
(Lauren Alexander, Lado Darakhvelidze, Jimini Hignett, Anna Hoetjes, Jeroen Marttin, Eva Olthof, Julio Pastor and Patrícia Sousa)

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VISIT

Eva Olthof

FOOD AND SMALL TALK

Eva Olthof

After reading this question I was thinking about my road trip to Morocco that turned out to be a road trip through Andalusia, Spain. After my passport was stolen out of our old camper van. In my mind I passed by the cultural buildings I had seen there: la Alhambra in Granada, la Mezquita in Córdoba and el Archivo del Indio in Seville. Interesting things. Cultural things. Nice things. More »

ZOOMING IN ON PHOTOS/TUNING IN ON ANGELS

Eva Olthof

De Volkskrant, Wednesday 3th of February 2010
Port au Prince Haïti, 25th of January 2010, photo Tomas Bravo/Reuters

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AND SUDDENLY: A VOLCANO IN MY PICTURE

Eva Olthof

Photographic essay: some thoughts and photos on tracing the invisible and making it visible. Which tools were used and what does this picture have to do with a volcano?

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THE BIENNIAL

Eva Olthof

As an artist I am an active part of the art world. I am just starting my art practice, and the art world in which I am working is mostly within the Netherlands. As an artist one tries to strive to make ones ideas knowledgeable within a wide audience. So for me working in a local context is a starting point; participating in the context of a biennial could be a goal. It is of course not a goal in itself. The main goal for me as an artist is to become more specific in my ideas. But art doesn’t exist if it has no audience, so in that sense art needs a platform. Locally, nationwide or internationally.

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The Platform