“I work as a multimedia photographer / artist and I am particularly known as the maker of, among other things, the internationally acclaimed book ‘Utilité’ (as best designed book awarded the silver medal in Leipzig), the photo art book ‘Jorinde’ and the photo book ‘CHARKOW’, which in 2017 received the international photo book award in Los Angeles.”
“The project ‘The Fabric of Time’ was realized in collaboration with Castle Twickel in Ambt Delden. To me, Castle Twickel was not only a revelation but also a blessing. An environment that was so authentic and untouched by the time that the presence of the residents was still tangible. Wardrobes, drawers, sideboards, filled with starched, ironed and packed undergarments. Fabrics and objects that touched my heart with all their little details. Every garment is a story, connected to lives that we do not know. Lives from a distant past but filled with emotions from the present.”
“To be able to feel and experience these little details and the vulnerability of the clothing, I have photographed each and every piece of clothing on light boxes, printed them onto 14-gram Japanese Awagami double layered paper and then peeled the bottom layer off. This procedure makes every print different and every deformation of the paper unique. The text, a poem by Pablo Neruda, is embossed at the bottom of each page.”
Book design: -SYB-
Bookbinder: Wytze Fopma//FopmaWier
Photography: Ellen Korth/Studio Hans van Ommeren
Exhibition ‘The Fabric of Time’
Oranjerie, Kasteel Twickel, Ambt Delden
3 June until 30 September, 2018
www.twickel.nl