For my graduation project I created a series of 5 illustrations with an animation projected over top.
This work is about my search for who I am as a person and as an artist, since after 4 years of art academy, I am still not sure. But, in those 4 years I have learned a lot, experienced a lot, discovered a lot. You could say the search has become a voyage of discovery. I visualised this voyage in the underwater world, since that too is a place of endless discovery for me. The 5 works are created with different materials and techniques, which shows my search as an artist. Through this underwater world and these materials is swimming a character. This is me, since I am visualising my own search. As the character discovers and explores the underwater world, the different materials of the works are affecting her appearance. In the paper collage she turns into a piece of paper. In the watercolor her hair becomes water. In the abstract acrylic she becomes an abstract shape herself. The materials affect the character, just as learning new things affects me in real life, too.
The title of this work is a quote I learned about in my first year of art academy. ‘Ze is wat ze maakt’ (she is what she creates) my teacher said to me about my work. Those words came back to me when looking for a final project. It made me search for who I am, and what I make. Now I realise that that is just what I am: searching. And so I created a search.
She is what she creates
and she is
searching
As a way of making the project more interactive, personal and easy accessable to all, I created an Augmented Reality version as well. This way you can see the animation simply by scanning a QR code with your Phone or tablet and holding it in front of the illustration.
With this project I graduated from art academy AKV Sint Joost and I got nominated for and won the JBZ Prize. This consists of exhibiting my work in the Jeroen Bosch Hospital in the summer collection of 2019, and a money prize to create new work to exhibit in the hospital in 2020.
Click here for an article on the Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis website.
And here for an article on the St Joost website.
