This exhibition presents work developed during a printmaking artist residency at The Grafische Werkplaats, supported by the Makersregeling Gemeente Den Haag.
The project grows from ongoing research into moments of sensory disruption, ecstasy and porousness, where the boundary between self and other becomes unstable. At its core, the work explores forms of kinship: how we relate to what feels unfamiliar or unsettling, to the non-human world and to the stranger within ourselves.
Play is central to the research, particularly the ways women inhabit spaces of joy, silliness and curiosity without the need to produce or justify their actions. Through craft, repetition and playful processes, the artist explores forms of attention and knowledge that exist outside productivity and control.
Working with screen printing on textile, the artist investigates pattern, repetition, scale and distortion as tools for storytelling, exploring how everyday occurrences can take on mythical or symbolic dimensions. The resulting installation brings together drawings, printed textiles, suspended elements and sculptural structures, alongside everyday materials and overlooked objects, creating connections between function and decoration, value and invisibility, control and play.
For over fifty years, De Grafische Werkplaats has been an accessible place for graphic arts in The Hague, bringing together emerging and established artists through production and education.
The workshop offers a range of graphic techniques, including screen printing, etching, lithography, risograph, relief printing, linocut, cyanotype and textile printing. Visitors can join a workshop, work independently on their own project or come with a class.