artist, she/her, NL/BR, based in Amsterdam,
curious how people observe themselves
and the world they are part of.
WORK
PROJECTS/ WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOP: A slow conversation on a sustainable practice
2025
Workshop design and coordination on behalf of Urgent Ecologies (Gerrit Rietveld Academie) as part of the public programme and exhibition PPP by
Sunflower Soup
at
W139, Amsterdam, NL.
In collaboration with: Rosalie Bak
Invited artists/designers/artistic researchers:
Amalie ‘Sveske’ Ourø, Harriet Rose Morley, Joakim Derlow, Mariana Jurado Rico, Nina van Hartskamp.
“How can artists and designers make their own practice more sustainable for themselves? The current political and ecological climate requires urgent action. We need to move fast, before we run out of resources. But how do we navigate this landscape without burning ourselves down first? Let’s slow down for a moment, get personal engaged together, and move from there.”
This workshop was for (art) students and beginning artists, designers and artistic researchers to exchange gained knowledge and ideas about what a sustainable artistic practice could look like – especially when taking one’s own need and resources into account. For this occasion, Urgent Ecologies (Gerrit Rietveld Academie) invited several artists, designers, and artistic researchers to join the conversations in small groups. In between the conversations Rosalie Bak guided body-awareness exercises (affective, artistic researcher and haptonomic professional).
The group moved between an individual and collective perspective by means of connecting to oneself, carring for each other and the space and time shared together, and a broader shared responsibility for the world – and how those are inevitably intertwined. The collective output created in clay became part of the exhibition
PPP by collective Sunflower Soup at W139, where the workshop took place.
Urgent Ecologies is an initiative of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie that focuses on fostering a fundamental ecological and sustainable approach throughout all levels of the academy – within (art) education, institutional activities, and policy. It aims to integrate sustainability as both a topic of discussion and a practice embedded in the day-to-day functioning of the academy.
Urgent Ecologies provides policy advice and initiates, supports, and highlights various projects, events, and collaborations. Some initiatives and pilot project were: the vegan canteen, a community garden on campus (the Garden Department), a fund to encourage the use of sustainable production methods, and a materials library.
Photography: Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Matija Stojanovic