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Post-Dam Forest • 2022-

When we hear the words “city” and “water” together, most of us conjure up images of harbors, dams or floating structures. We grew up in places where people exercised their control over nature. It is a phenomenon that has brought us this far. Yet we are now beginning to realize that our way of life is not sustainable. But is there no alternative to this? Can’t we build cities that help us regain intimacy with nature?

**Cycle 1**
steel lighbox with tracing paper prints behind satin glass • 100×100x30cm

Post-Dam Forest is a speculative design project that revolves around a utopian vision for a future Rotterdam in the face of a climate catastrophe. Inspired by works by Constant Nieuwenhuys, Metabolic architecture movement, a childhood spent in communist flats, and life among the mise-en-scene of the port of Rotterdam, the design acts as a commentary on current issues such as the housing crisis, immigration, and the climate catastrophe.

**Post-Dam Forest 3** (edition of 50)
woodblock print on 90 g/m2 off-white paper • 29,7×42cm

**Post-Dam Forest 1** (edition of 50)
woodblock print on 90 g/m2 off-white paper • 29,7×42cm

**Post-Dam Forest 2** (edition of 50)
woodblock print on 90 g/m2 off-white paper • 29,7×42cm

**Vision 1, Vision 2, Vision 3** (left to right)
acrylic on canvas • 50×70cm

Featured shows

2022 – Westwerk Gallery, Hamburg

**Tree structure** (edition of 50)
woodblock print on 90 g/m2 off-white paper • 42×29,7cm

We Are Data • 2021 –

DS1, JB1, MV1, NB1, TR1, VS1, AS1, GJ1, KM1, NL1, LR1, CR1, NV1, AV1, PT1, RD1, TH1, BL1, FG1, MD1, TL1, MO1, KP1, KP2, TK1, JH1, BB1, AK1, DL1, KV1, PM1, OS1, NV2, QV1, DS2, RM1, TS1, TT1, VS2, GJ2 (left to right)
acrylic on paper • 21×29,7cm

In the digital age of now, humans are neither represented by brushstrokes, ink nor figures on a light-sensitive emulsion, but by a collection of square pixels. Tiles of data that can be viewed on backlit screens