Anouk Kruithof - Aquatronic, 2021
Special and exclusive edition
Inkjet print: 30 x 40 cm
Edition of 15
Including the self published book Trans Human Nature
96 pages, full color, black&white
size 24 x 32 cm
ISBN: 978-94-91677-23-6
Edition of 500
ABOUT THE WORK
"During long working periods in Botopasi, Suriname, a small village in the Amazon rainforest right on the Suriname River, she observed the transformative organic symbiosis of a rainforest mode of life ripe with traditions, and the dependence on hi-tech that the local people use every day. The photographs are composed of various prints with images of stock photos representing the technological future. These images were printed on flexible, often partly transparent materials, such as fabrics, organic silk and pvc plastics. The concealed perils of the jungle and river formed the setting in which the photos were physically and performatively constructed, without any use of digital manipulation.
In Trans Human Nature Anouk Kruithof merges the spirit and strength of the Amazon’s jungle nature with next level intelligence of trans-human life. On the background, the ongoing global humanitarian crisis and the climate catastrophe provoked by technological ‘advancement' lurks like a predator under the water surface. Some last plastic remnants testify of future and present modes of life, like the dreams and memories of the robots that have started to merge with humankind and the natural world on earth. The works in Trans Human Nature function as hybrid identities of our questionable future that open gateways to a more fluid world. One could see its beautiful complexities of humanity and the natural world aren't separated and codified with borders, but keep breathing while showing the nerves of the world around us."
Text by editor and curator Jesse van Winden.
ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER
The work of Anouk Kruithof (NL, 1981) was part of group exhibitions in renowned institutions like Het Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She had solo shows in galleries in the Netherlands and abroad. In 2009 Foam selected her as a Foam Talent and in 2017 she presented her solo exhibition ¡Aguas!, part of Foam's Next Level series. The series is aimed at introducing the wider public to innovative art by relatively young artists who are making radical new use of the medium of photography.
Kruithof won many awards and prizes, for instance the audience award of the Volkskrant Beeldende Kunstprijs (2016), Charlotte Köhler Prize (2014) and the Hyères Photography Jury Grand Prize (2011) and in 2021 her work was selected for The Gallery of Honour of Dutch photography at the Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam.
In addition to her art practice Anouk Kruithof also writes, lectures, gives workshops, teaches, curates, and participates in social projects. She is co-creator, director and jury member of The Anamorphosis Prize, which awards $10,000 to the creator of the best self-published photo-book from the previous year. The prize was launched for the first time in spring 2015 and celebrated 3 editions. She is a frenetic artist- bookmaker and published 13 books so far.
She lives and works between Brussels Belgium, the Netherlands and her wooden house in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest in Botopasi Surinam.
ABOUT BUYING THIS WORK
Most photo prints have a small white border around all sides. For a framer this border is necessary to be able to frame it properly. The print will be carefully wrapped and send as an insured package. You will receive an e-mail with a Track & Trace code when the package is on its way. A framed copy is on display at Foam Editions, the gallery on the third floor of Foam Fotografiemuseum. For more information or questions about buying this print, please contact the Foam Editions team.
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