*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 […]
Indonesia
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 […]
BUAYA / CROCODILE
Just like I explained in my first blog my ‘working method’ is to take a quote from the memoirs and let my memories go. This time the quote from the memoirs is: Bagoes Koening was alleen een woonwijk aan de Musi (zeg Moesi), een rivier vol krokodillen … “Bagus Kuning was a residential area on […]
The Matter of Time-Kevin Andrew Morris
Working within archival and heritage based projects has been central to my current work and development. My most recent work engages with concepts of craft, material and place, motivated by an investigation of my own family heritage and material culture. Using research into the life of my grandfather (a fishing Ghillie in Aberdeenshire) I feel […]
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 […]
Historical Individual – Masaaki Oyamada
From the collection, I chose the archives of Dutch person who spent their childhood in Indonesia between 1947 and 1958. Through the concept of Saudade (a Portuguese word that expresses the deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for the past), this project came about as a sort of sequel to my past activities. One of […]
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 […]
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 […]