Border of Europe — Renée van Oploo

Renée van Oploo

info@reneevanoploo.nl
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INSTALLATIONS & ART
RESARCH, WORKSHOPS & WRITINGS
ANIMATED PROJECTS

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

Border of Europe
1:5000, 864 grams

(2021)

The border is embroidered on 12 metres of fabric. At a scale of 1:5000, the outline of Europe measures roughly 53,000 kilometres. While embroidering the border I reflected on what this line represents. It marks two sides, but does it truly divide a person? In this work all countries are joined together.

Once embroidered on fabric, the border becomes a tangible object. It rests heavily in the hands, yet the contours of the land are no longer visible unless a section is unrolled. In this way I can carry it under my arm and take it with me. The border is no longer a boundary, but an object I can hold.