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Man trapped in a room / Beneath the dreams

Man trapped in a room/Beneath the dreams
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when
October 2, 2021 - October 31, 2021
where
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Man trapped in a room tells a story about this lonely man who is trapped in a room imagined by himself. He has built it up himself, everything he uses are illusionary objects from himself. This imaginary room raises questions about the current reality we have been living in the whole time, how we treat life and death, how we are so limited in our own consciousness. How can we understand the world we live in, with all its rules and values made by human beings?

The photoseries shown aside are small selection from Temo Dou’s work throughout the past three years, experimental shoots to reveal what is hidden beneath people’s subconsciousness and dreams.

Man trapped in a room/Beneath the dreams

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May 31

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Isabela Verhagen

Since the heavy rainfalls flooded the streets of Valencia in 2024, I could not stop thinking about the images of the residents sweeping the muddy streets. Amid the enormous amounts of mud and water, the act of sweeping seemed futile. These pictures conveyed a clear message: people are trying to manage the damaging consequences of climate change. Starting from this image, my project depicts men sweeping the floor while standing in the water, ankle deep. In front of the sweepers, on the floor, is a house and a car swept away by the floods. The tapestries are accompanied by a ceramic fuel nozzle with a knitted oil spill attached, symbolising the fossil fuel companies that accelerate climate change. The installation is created to show the stark contrast between individuals fighting the consequences of climate change, while elsewhere, the oil tap is still running. The title refers to a Dutch saying, literally translated as ‘mopping the floor with the faucet open.

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Wilhelminapark 24A
3581 NE Utrecht