Renée van Oploo
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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. Installations & artworks
Living Statistics #7
Fixed Fiction
(2023)
On what
principles do we build a society? This project presents research into the
influence that the ethical ambitions of the urban environment have on its
inhabitants. Specialists, urban planners, and residents of Zoetermeer were
invited to contribute and reflect on what we truly desire to feel at home. The
data collected is transformed into a statistical artwork. From this, we sought
a formula to develop the future urban living environment. The research results
are shared in a spatial installation, which can be regarded as a publication.
It offers a representation of living in the near and distant future.
Presented at Kunstgarage Franx, Changing
Perspectives, Zoetermeer, 2023
Living Statistics #7
Banners of Dwelling
Leater, multiple dimensions
As homes become more refined, our relationship with nature changes. Residential areas grow increasingly tidy, increasingly designed. There are ever more barriers between us and the outdoors — and also between each other. The banners represent different typologies of housing.
- ‘Klokbeker’ house, living in the Iron Age: one step and you're outside.
- ‘Doorzon’ houses: from around 1900 onwards, housing became increasingly standardised. Individual or single-family homes, with quick access to the outdoors, yet arranged in rows and streets.
- The apartment block (the flat): living in a flat, you are far removed from the world — yet via lifts and stairwells, you still encounter others.
- Gated community (luxury apartment): living far from the world and disconnected from your surroundings — unaffordable housing.