TRANS HUMAN NATURE

2019–2021 | Download pdf

During long working periods in Botopasi, Suriname, a small village in the Amazon rainforest right on the Suriname River, Anouk Kruithof 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.

EXHIBITIONS

01.05.2022–25.09.2022, (Re)inventing Nature, CODA Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
12.02.2022–08.05.2022, Kunstkerk (solo), Dordrecht, The Netherlands
10.08.2021–26.09.2021, Bye Bye His Story, Chapter 5050, Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée, La Louvière, Belgium
11.03.2021–12.06.2021, Galerie Valeria Cetraro (solo), Paris, France
13.02.2021–06.03.2021, 245Forest (solo), Brussels, Belgium

TEXTS & REVIEWS:

Mathilde Roman about Trans Human Nature
Etienne Hatt for ARTPRESS
Koert Snoekx for BRUZZ magazine: “Visual artist between Digicel Pole to Mango Tree”
Valérie Toubas et Daniel Guionnet for Point Contemporain:Focus Anouk Kruithof n°21, juin 2021
Laure Jaumouillé for Point contemporain, 20 mai 2021 « Anouk Kruithof -Trans Human Nature »

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