Visual research with an anthropological scope based in Rotterdam. Occupied most of the time with searching for (lost) times and draping veils of romance over daily life.

  • Riverlands

    Riverlands is a fantasy essay that explores the presence of the forever chemical PFAS in the river Merwede, which has poisoned the land, its fruits, and generations of breast milk.Diving into these waters, the film encounters whispers of floods that reshaped the land, of life and love born from the river, and of a mysterious…

    Riverlands
  • Roots to Seeds

    In brocante shop La Cabaret near Quiberville, a beach town in Normandy, I found a box of dia slides. A couple appears in them — sitting on coastal rocks, picking oysters, resting beside sea kale. A memory, uprooted, now in my hands. My practice begins here — with an inherited memory, and the desire to…

    Roots to Seeds
  • Fieldnotes #4

    Published in Operator_zine _01_ solidarity “Here, under the throbbing neon lights and amidst the undulating sea of bodies, the air is thick with a sense of collective purpose. Words like ecstasy and transcendence come to mind—concepts sought by cultures across the world for ages now. In an increasingly individualistic society, this collective desire for connection…

    Fieldnotes #4
  • Stevie& – On Friendship/ Music/ Film (and other things)

    My dear friend/ sparring partner/ endless inspiration Stevie invited me to talk friendship, film and music at her monthly Operator show Stevie&. We invite you to take part in a space of sharing memories, dreams, thoughts, laughs and music. Enjoy! Setlist: Strigiformes by Biosphere Wannabe by Spice Girls Some Polyphony by Petter Ceremony by New…

    Stevie& – On Friendship/ Music/ Film (and other things)
  • Alleen de havens zijn ons trouw / Only the ports are faitful to us

    Alleen de Havens zijn ons Trouw is about the search for belonging in Rave culture, resulting in a collage of images and thoughts floating by, without aspiring a comprehending narrative. The film contemplates the desire to drown in the nightlife of Rotterdam and the need to oppose the rational structures of daily life, all the…

    Alleen de havens zijn ons trouw / Only the ports are faitful to us
  • Notes on the medium – Aspiring romantic illusions in social science

    Master Thesis Visual Anthropology / Accessible on request And this is what I liked the most; my body in the city was in a constant ping pong conversation with the world around me in my mind. As an aspiring phenomenologist, I created a space with my body and concentrated on phenomena in my lifeworld and…

    Notes on the medium – Aspiring romantic illusions in social science