carmen Molenaar
Fine Art BA
ArtEZ University of the Arts
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Ceramics / Photography
My location: Arnhem, Netherlands
carmen Molenaar
First Name: carmen
Last Name: Molenaar
University / College: ArtEZ University of the Arts
Course / Program: Fine Art BA
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Ceramics / Photography
My Location: Arnhem, Netherlands
Website: Click To See Website
About
Motivated and recently graduated artist with an endless passion for living and non-living nature, for our non-human neighbours. In these times of planetary change and disconnection from nature, I feel the necessity to bring myself and others closer to the natural world. I have made it my mission to invite people into the stories of the non-human world through artistic methods and inspire, facilitate and make way for new connections.
Sound of Sediment comes from a personal, ever growing need to genuinely relate to the non-human world as a human being. In this time of planetary change and disconnection from the natural world, I feel the need to find ways to understand and communicate with our non-human neighbours with whom we share this planet. Living on a boat on the Rhine, the urge arose to get to know the river, the land and their qualities. I have spent many days in the floodplains, making myself familiar with their structure, movements and inhabitants. Deep diving into the earth, through respectful methodologies of gathering sediment and processing clay, these materials have guided me in making a range of instruments in an effort to translate the language of the land. By playing these instruments, they create a sonic language which speaks the vocabulary of the land and is both for human and non-human listeners.
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