A Dire Display of
Feudal Fiends in
Scenes of Serfdom
Machine embroidery on handwoven jute fabric
‘A dire
display of feudal fiends in scenes of serfdom’ is an embroidered work examining
aspects of modern feudalism. Created by machine and hand embroidery, 12 scenes
are presented on jute fabric, produced in the early 20th century. Embroidery
once dominated as an exclusive technique that was used in the creation of
medieval heraldic flags. It was time consuming and therefore expensive and
impossible to mass produce. Hence this technique adds to its purpose: displayed
to impress and showcase class and hierarchy.
The 12 scenes present a neo-feudal reality, where feudal elements in society now and feudalism 'then' stand together as embroidered landscapes. Each of these show their cause and/or effect of living in a post-capitalist world. From burning hinterlands to new legislative borders. From increased inequality to data currency.
The heraldic banner, used historically for identification and presentation of status and possession, poses the problematic western view on property. The work manipulates the flag’s original various purposes to parallel elements of today’s socio-economic realm.
Different side-effects of contemporary feudalization can be seen in the work. In this hyper-modern form of feudalism, we consider that capitalism has mutated into something else - a social order that is closer to a feudal structure than to capitalism. What is it that pushes us into this new direction? It is this question of our times that is central to the work. From bottom to top, we go through the fundamental themes in an attempt to find an answer and to playfully display this part of today’s reality.
This work was shown as part of the group exhibition ‘Brandt New’ at Rutger Brandt Gallery
The 12 scenes present a neo-feudal reality, where feudal elements in society now and feudalism 'then' stand together as embroidered landscapes. Each of these show their cause and/or effect of living in a post-capitalist world. From burning hinterlands to new legislative borders. From increased inequality to data currency.
The heraldic banner, used historically for identification and presentation of status and possession, poses the problematic western view on property. The work manipulates the flag’s original various purposes to parallel elements of today’s socio-economic realm.
Different side-effects of contemporary feudalization can be seen in the work. In this hyper-modern form of feudalism, we consider that capitalism has mutated into something else - a social order that is closer to a feudal structure than to capitalism. What is it that pushes us into this new direction? It is this question of our times that is central to the work. From bottom to top, we go through the fundamental themes in an attempt to find an answer and to playfully display this part of today’s reality.
This work was shown as part of the group exhibition ‘Brandt New’ at Rutger Brandt Gallery
The Silent World
Sound installation, 30 minutes
Wood, PVC, copperoxide paint
We perceive the deep sea as a silent place.
Creatures of the ocean exist within the echoing landscape of water and have evolved a relationship with sound as their main basis of communication, location and being within space.
It has never been a silent place.
With this, our noise from shipping, sonar, pile-driving and seismic surveys, are disruptive sounds that mix, churn and flow into a hum, stretching out to every corner of the sea, from shore to deserted arctic. Deafening sound has now become a constant; we have manipulated a ‘silent’ place, and fabricated an underwater planet without refuge.
This work was exhibited as a part of ‘Uncut: Seeking refuge: Fleeing, flowing, leaking’ in het Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
Wood, PVC, copperoxide paint
We perceive the deep sea as a silent place.
Creatures of the ocean exist within the echoing landscape of water and have evolved a relationship with sound as their main basis of communication, location and being within space.
It has never been a silent place.
With this, our noise from shipping, sonar, pile-driving and seismic surveys, are disruptive sounds that mix, churn and flow into a hum, stretching out to every corner of the sea, from shore to deserted arctic. Deafening sound has now become a constant; we have manipulated a ‘silent’ place, and fabricated an underwater planet without refuge.
This work was exhibited as a part of ‘Uncut: Seeking refuge: Fleeing, flowing, leaking’ in het Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
A Largely Distorted yet Surprisingly Ordered Map of Regular Irregularities:
A Dense Description of The Present Day History of The Future
1.95x9.5m double cloth knitted tapestry, Wool and Cotton
The universal skies have cracked open to spill out the gross and gruesome realities of everyday life, where the stupidly absurd banalities of our spectacularly short existence on the rock we have named earth play out.
I present to you a cheerful portrayal of us, them, you, me, the world, the cosmos. Step onto the satirical stairways of barbaric dreamlands in the blasphemous hellscape of ever-increasing chaos. But beware: Dread is lurking in all this delight.
This project was created collaboratively with the TextielLab in Textielmuseum Tilburg.
The universal skies have cracked open to spill out the gross and gruesome realities of everyday life, where the stupidly absurd banalities of our spectacularly short existence on the rock we have named earth play out.
I present to you a cheerful portrayal of us, them, you, me, the world, the cosmos. Step onto the satirical stairways of barbaric dreamlands in the blasphemous hellscape of ever-increasing chaos. But beware: Dread is lurking in all this delight.
This project was created collaboratively with the TextielLab in Textielmuseum Tilburg.
This work has been shown as part of:
-> ‘Gerrit Rietveld Graduation show 2023’
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
-> ‘Ron Mandos: Best of Graduates 2023’
Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
-> ‘We are warming up 2023 - Climate festival’
Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam
-> ‘Graduation show 2023: Corrosia - Theater, Expo & Film’
Corrosia, Almere
And is currently being exhibited / will be exhibited at:
-> ‘Makersgeheimen #4’
Textielmuseum, Tilburg
-> ‘Manifesta 15, the European Nomadic Biennal’
Barcelona
Photos by Simon Pillaud
-> ‘Gerrit Rietveld Graduation show 2023’
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
-> ‘Ron Mandos: Best of Graduates 2023’
Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
-> ‘We are warming up 2023 - Climate festival’
Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam
-> ‘Graduation show 2023: Corrosia - Theater, Expo & Film’
Corrosia, Almere
And is currently being exhibited / will be exhibited at:
-> ‘Makersgeheimen #4’
Textielmuseum, Tilburg
-> ‘Manifesta 15, the European Nomadic Biennal’
Barcelona
Photos by Simon Pillaud
The animal who waited to go extinct, a shortage of rain:
There’s so much pressure always being the cherry on top (Nothing matters in the end)
Marker on 36 A1 papers
Stories of surroundings interweave and intermingle, hidden away from direct perception. In the mist of the everyday, much goes unnoticed, but every so often stories link up in the chaos, and the tangled mess is intercepted
Stories of surroundings interweave and intermingle, hidden away from direct perception. In the mist of the everyday, much goes unnoticed, but every so often stories link up in the chaos, and the tangled mess is intercepted