Renée van Oploo





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BIO

I am a Dutch artist whose practice combines making and thinking. Through installations, essays, and collaborative projects, I explore how art can open space for ethical reflection and collective experience. Alongside my practice I teach at St. Joost School of Art & Design and conduct research at the Centre of Applied Research for Art, Design and Technology (CARADT). I am also part of YAFF, an artists’ collective.

Overview




Pan Colon(s)
Bottles
Thinking Landscape #2
A Moral Anatomy of an Artichoke
Living Statistic #7 - Fixed Fiction
Border of Europe
The Blame Game
Fundament & Thinking Landscape #1
I am Water
Song for the Earth
Salt of the Earth
Art is Our Only Hope




Animation overview

Little Flake, Little Hair, Little Booger
None of this was my choice (I)
None of this was my choice (II) 
What makes falling so appealing
Deep blue 
My heart is a forest
A State of Nature
A Cosmic Anxiety




Installations & artworks




I am Water
LED-schermen, zout, 3D-animatie, soundscape, keramiek, glazuur, goudluster, stenen, cortenstaal, staal, EPS, acrylic one.

(2017)  
How do we learn to live with technological progress while our bodies remain bound to mortality? My work is a philosophical-essayistic expression of a longing for nature, but also of the irreversible technological conditions that humanity faces. The installation is a personal quest to find my place on this earth. In my work, I search for origins, tradition, the modern world, nature, the cosmos, and the convergence of these elements. The connection between the cosmos and nature is the driving force behind this installation, with Art Is Our Only Hope as its overarching title, referring to the impossible task of being human. Art is one of many constructs that help keep us afloat. The title places a heavy burden on art. The donkey named Hope represents transition and stands as a symbol of the ultimate bearer of art. I seek moments of coherence and understanding of the world.    

Works in this installation:

    Hope (EPS, plasticrete)
    A Cosmic Anxiety (Animation)    
    What Makes Falling So Appealing (Animation)
    Running Around (Animation)
    A State Of Nature (Animation)
    Deep State (Water)  

A Cosmic Anxiety
    3D-animation
    (2017)  


What Makes Falling So Appealing
    3D-animation
    (2018)  
Currents
    3D-animation
    (2017)