What I like about the idea of the flying artist’s room …
is that it involves living in a house on a school playground in a rural area and initiating artistic processes with students in an open studio situation that has nothing to do with graded assessments or pressure to perform. The flying artist’s room is a creative oasis amid the stress of everyday life at school, a place for trying things out, joining in and experiencing utopia.
It’s important for me …
during my time at the school to create an exciting learning process where we can inspire each other.
I mostly find inspiration …
in what’s around me in everyday life. That makes it even more exciting for me to be able to live and work in such an unusual place as a school playground.
Working with children and young people …
isa huge source of inspiration for me because youngsters have a youthful and fresh view of their environment and the world that expands my own horizons.
What I like about doing art in a rural place …
is that in contrast to cities where there is often a plethora of art and culture, there are opportunities here to offer something different.
The playground …
is a really interesting field of research for me! Trends, questions about identity, disputes, cohesion and exclusion are dominant themes here, but also relevant for the whole of society.
What I hope will be left when my time here as artist-in-residence comes to an end …
I hope that my artistic interventions will help the students feel connected to their school, allowing them to identify more strongly with their educational institution.