Cooperation scholarship：
Vincent Van GoghHuis Zundert

Jetske Apollonia uses all kinds of textile techniques in her work, like spinning and weaving with raw sheep’s wool, which she dyes with foraged plants. Attention for material and artisan processes form a fundament for her installations, clothing and performances. She reflects on personal identity intersecting sustainability, challenging the viewer to look critically at their own way of caring for personal possessions.

The stone as an object is important in Sam Maske’s work. He is interested in the subtle ways to give personal and historical charge to stones and how to give meaning to a space with the arrangement of rocks. In his research he draws inspiration from the placement of stones in the traditional Japanese garden. In his sculptures he also explores the collaboration between stones and other natural materials, like wood and ceramics.

Their research in Kyoto as duo Mr. and Ms. Bloom starts in a place where their individual practices meet: the Japanese rock garden. By visiting gardens and artisans they explore traditional craft and the symbolics of the Japanese garden. This inspires playful experiment infused with performance, textile and land art, meanwhile inviting local residents in their process.