Renée van Oploo
Fine artist & researcher
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I am a visual artist, lecturer and researcher. I teach in the Art & Research programme (since 2021) and Photography, Film & the Digital (since 2023) 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 a member of the art collective YAFF and the art alliance The Long Tail of Art.
My artistic practice centres on the relationship between art, shared experience and ethical reflection. Through installations, essays, workshops and collaborative projects, I develop situations in which artistic practice creates space for collective inquiry into current dilemmas in art, education and society, and the assumptions and reflexes that shape them. I hold a background in Fine Arts (cum laude, St. Joost School of Art & Design) and Applied Ethics (MA, Utrecht University).
Installations & artworks
A
Song for the Earth
A
three-part a cappella performance. acrylic one, Arduino
and speakers.
The installation measures 3 x 50 (W) x 20 (D) x 50 (H)
centimetres.
(2020)
For this
installation, I composed a song that was performed during the exhibition
opening by three men dressed in costumes inspired by a still from a 3D
animation, A State of Nature. In the song, humanity offers an apology
for taking nature for granted, viewing it solely as a resource for human use. As
a faint reminder of this performance, the three busts then echo the song,
blended into a soundscape alongside other ambient sounds. The busts of the
three singing men gaze dreamily across the water into the distance. Embedded in
the ground of the fort, they reunite with the surrounding landscape and nature.
Exhibited
at Fort Sabina, organised by Kunstloc (formerly BKKC).
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