Project:
Naked Couch, Tina Roeder
Artist Tina Roeder endeavours to make us look at objects with new and different eyes. Naked Couch, her version of a doctor’s examining table, is made of nothing but a steel frame and some flesh-coloured leather belts. Roeder hopes it will help the viewer to experience the examining table’s combination of intimacy and anonymity.
Interview:
An Uncomfortable Examination
Tina Roeder, Naked Couch
What is the relationship between anonymous objects and intimacy? This question was the starting point for Naked Couch, a doctor’s examining ... person: Tina Roeder
“An examining table is a place where the patient is very vulnerable," says artist Tina Roeder, talking about her piece Naked Couch. Its ... "The clash between the innocence you’d expect and the harsh reality makes you look at objects in a different way."
Tina Roeder “How often do we look at things properly? The relationship between reality and fiction is totally confused, and we've become lazy."
Tina Roeder "It takes time to set up my cameras. That means more spontaneous pictures. When people pose for a long time, they eventually relax."
Rob Hornstra "Photography books are fantastic historic documents. But they're labour-intensive and you almost never recover expenses, so few get made."
Rob Hornstra
Deep Focus
Rob Hornstra, Roots of the Rúntur
In spite of the many excellent photography museums in the Netherlands, there are precious few places for young talent to exhibit. Photographer ...
Project:
Roots of the Rúntur, Rob Hornstra
The introduction of fishing quotas has greatly changed Iceland. The young people there no longer wish to work in the fishing industry and are ...
about us:
Behind the Scene #01
This website was launched in conjunction with the exhibition Behind the Scene #01, held 5-10 April 2006, during the 2006 Salone Internazionale ... Credits
Project:
Table de Ville, Hans Meiboom (Studiomeiboom)
A table that’s more than two kilometres long ought to get people talking to each other again. Hans Meiboom wants to build just such a table in ...
About Behind the Scene
Ahrend's search for essence.
Project:
L’Essence de Mastenbroek, Birthe Leemeijer
Artist Birthe Leemeijer has created a perfume that expresses life on a Dutch polder through the medium of scent. Working closely with local ... "A designer makes something because the time or the object demands it."
Friso Kramer "Really, everyone needs their own map. Everyone has their own spatial pattern, their own view of reality."
Esther Polak
Interview:
Growth Rings
Friso Kramer, Boomstoel (Tree Chair)
Friso Kramer may be advancing in years, but when he talks about his work you quickly forget it. He speaks with great enthusiasm about the ...