*Once the stills were selected and composed on A3 sheets using adobe illustrator, these sheets were then used to make up the screens for printing the decals, which once printed were applied to the surface of the highfired (1220 degrees celsius) slipcast camera forms and fired further to 840 degrees celsius to fix onto […]
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Life on the Move-Kevin Andrew Morris
Working from the digitized 35mm film footage from the collection my project developed from my initial reactions. Initially my research conducted of spending time watching and re watching the films provided by the The Expatriate Archive Centre, taking screen shots/stills from the footage, compiling and arranging the images. Partly this was done as a way […]
Required Fields: A short history of Pulau Kemaro island – Natalie McIlroy
Since my last post I have spent time researching the history of Palau Kemaro, a small island near Palembang in South Sumatra. This was where the donor of my chosen collection lived as a girl. It is a small island but one of historical and touristic significance. Today it is a place where tourists go […]
Shifting Degrees of Certainty – Monique Prinsloo
The nature of an archive is weighted with shifting degrees of certainty. It is an image of an occurrence. Accounts of an event that was deemed important to record. And that historical background; those personal words penned onto paper; that moment captured on film, will continuously be in movement and will carry on to advance […]
An island as a concept – Natalie McIlroy
As the curator of Saudade, I am responsible for all the ‘behind the scenes’ administration and organisation, however I am also one of the participating artists. I am so excited to have the opportunity to work directly with an archive. Being given the permission to physically go through archival material is a dream come […]
Memories of Indonesia – Euf Lindeboom
From the archive I chose the memoirs of a Dutch expat who lived from 1948 till 1954 with her husband (who worked for an international company) and children in Indonesia. They made their home in Bagus Kuning at Pladju, near Palembang, Sumatra. My own family has a similar story. In 1952 we came by boat (the […]
A Child’s Experience – Carla Wright
For the Saudade project I have chosen to work with a booklet made by the children of a family who were Dutch expats living in Nigeria from 1978-1983. My recent work explores child-led organisation and experience so I was particularly drawn to the booklet made by a school class titled ‘Nigeria Week 1982’. […]
Making Connections – Janne van Gilst
I think my first post on this blog should start with a short introduction. My name is Janne van Gilst, I’m 25 years old and I live in The Hague. I studied at the Royal Academy of Art and graduated in 2013 to become a photographer. My first visit to the Expatriate Archive Centre was […]
Artist Profile – Euf Lindeboom
We are pleased to introduce Euf Lindeboom, a Dutch artist who graduated from the Academy Minerva in Groningen in 1991. She specialises in painting, drawing and graphics. In addition, she has added three-dimensional work to her repertoire over the years, most notably Houses on Wheels. In addition to her work in the visual arts, Lindeboom […]
Artist Profile – Thomas Nondh Jansen
We are pleased to introduce Thomas Nondh Jansen as the next artist to join the EAC 10th Anniversary project. Jansen was born in Bankok, Thailand in 1985, and was adopted by his Dutch parents. In his work, he searches for his place in the world, between the two cultures that he connects with. Often he […]