|
|
Erika Blikman is a Korean woman who was brought
up by a Dutch family. Her photographic theme is
people's behavior within specific groups and their
cultural identities.
Erika stayed in "Het Vijfde Seizoen" together with Kyoko Inatome, a Japanese woman who lives in The Netherlands. She is a visual artist who makes 3D objects reflecting the inside and outside world. Her main interest is oneself and oneself/individuals in social environments.
The starting point of the cooperation of Erika and Kyoko is that they are both women of an Asian origin, live in a western country as artists and explore own identities and places in the society through art.
Concept
Artists are encouraged to work with patients from 'Willem Arntsz Hoeve'. The patients live at the hospital complex in a quiet, green area. As far as Erika and Kyoko can tell they live, eat and sleep at the complex, shut off from the outside world. Being institutionalized makes them a type of outsiders. Although they are fully a part of society, they are also a kind of outsiders because of their background.
They can't avoid the fact that they are "different" here, therefore they want to question both those in the psychiatric institution as well as to theirselves: "Are we outsiders?"
Research
"Our interests in this collaboration project are twofold. Firstly, we would like to approach the patient's inner side: their thoughts, concerns, worries or secrets, in order to understand their identities. One tool we'll use to communicate with patients will be the "identity circle", a game-like exploration that's easy to join. A circle is drawn and divided by various factors: character, concerns, nationality, favorite food, hobby, etc. We will encourage patients to complete their own circles in workshops or in individual settings.
If we find at least 10 patients for the "identity circle", we want to show the work at 'Willem Arentsz Hoeve.'
Secondly we wish to investigate how the patients perceive their relationships to the society. Michele Foucault wrote in "Madness and Civilization" that individuals in the medieval period thought to be "mad" were excluded. In fact, they were often simply those suffering from leprosy or other illments being socially and physically separated. The 15th century "ship of fools" was a literary version of one such exclusionary practice, namely that of sending mad people away in ships. We'll explore the influence of this part of European history on the culture of Dutch psychiatry.
Our focus for the residence will be on the patients. We are interested in their identity; in they're inside. But also in their position in society and what their relation with the outside world.
The relevance of the research is to show the position from patients. Do they stand outside society or are they part of society? The answer to this says something about our society and how we have contact with each other."
Erika stayed in "Het Vijfde Seizoen" together with Kyoko Inatome, a Japanese woman who lives in The Netherlands. She is a visual artist who makes 3D objects reflecting the inside and outside world. Her main interest is oneself and oneself/individuals in social environments.
The starting point of the cooperation of Erika and Kyoko is that they are both women of an Asian origin, live in a western country as artists and explore own identities and places in the society through art.
Concept
Artists are encouraged to work with patients from 'Willem Arntsz Hoeve'. The patients live at the hospital complex in a quiet, green area. As far as Erika and Kyoko can tell they live, eat and sleep at the complex, shut off from the outside world. Being institutionalized makes them a type of outsiders. Although they are fully a part of society, they are also a kind of outsiders because of their background.
They can't avoid the fact that they are "different" here, therefore they want to question both those in the psychiatric institution as well as to theirselves: "Are we outsiders?"
Research
"Our interests in this collaboration project are twofold. Firstly, we would like to approach the patient's inner side: their thoughts, concerns, worries or secrets, in order to understand their identities. One tool we'll use to communicate with patients will be the "identity circle", a game-like exploration that's easy to join. A circle is drawn and divided by various factors: character, concerns, nationality, favorite food, hobby, etc. We will encourage patients to complete their own circles in workshops or in individual settings.
If we find at least 10 patients for the "identity circle", we want to show the work at 'Willem Arentsz Hoeve.'
Secondly we wish to investigate how the patients perceive their relationships to the society. Michele Foucault wrote in "Madness and Civilization" that individuals in the medieval period thought to be "mad" were excluded. In fact, they were often simply those suffering from leprosy or other illments being socially and physically separated. The 15th century "ship of fools" was a literary version of one such exclusionary practice, namely that of sending mad people away in ships. We'll explore the influence of this part of European history on the culture of Dutch psychiatry.
Our focus for the residence will be on the patients. We are interested in their identity; in they're inside. But also in their position in society and what their relation with the outside world.
The relevance of the research is to show the position from patients. Do they stand outside society or are they part of society? The answer to this says something about our society and how we have contact with each other."