2023

Ode aan de emulsie

Ode aan de emulsie

a series of various works made from different screen print emulsions

multiple material and multiple sizes

Residency at Plaatsmaken Arnhem 2022-2023. Some of the results were shown at Rozet, and later that year in a duo exhibition with Derk Müller in Plaatsmaken, Extra Layer.

In screen printing, the photo-emulsion is used to create a template on the screen, this is the image you will print. This important facet of the screen print technique is isolated and put into the spotlight. It is shown as the work in stead of part of a printing technique. Photo-emulsion comes in different colours and every workshop has its own specially chosen brand and number.

In this series I gathered the different emulsions from the workshops I have printed at. I also got offered a few extra from colleguescreen printers. The different colours are the variety of the emulsions.

https://www.plaatsmaken.nl/nl/tentoonstelling/interlude-extra-layer

https://www.plaatsmaken.nl/en/project/gemma-meulendijks-ode-aan-de-emulsie

Gemma Meulendijks – Ode aan de emulsie

2022

Residency at de Werkplaats of Zwolse Theaters. Anne-Marie Meertens Rouw and I worked on a performance that researched the boundaries of theatre and fine-arts. People that crossed this alley were asked to enter this little game. They received a basket of some sort that contained a command:

Gather fruits

Gather rubbish

Gather sweets

Gather thoughts

While passersby crossed the alley they made great encounters with other trasure-hunters especially the children had much fun. All this was lifestreamed via security camera’s, the people could see each other and themselves through a big screen on the street.