Dorian de Rijk

Dorian de Rijk

Course
Master of Film
Class
2016

Winner of the AHK Graduation Prize 2016

 

I like structures
I like patterns
I like systems
I like repetition
I like recognition
I like stainless steel
I like reduction
I like control
I like martial arts
I like constraints
I like rules
I like fabric
I like construction
I like rollercoasters
I like black
I like power
I like rocks

My practice is a way of coping with the world that surrounds us. It’s not about following a system or being a rebel. In a society in which almost everything is regulated and selfoptimization has become the norm, I seek ways to question the programs of our environment.

A program is a model such as education, economics or logic. During the Master I have looked at mental healthcare and fear as programs – analyzing their assumptions, history and context, mapping their workings and assessing their effects.

Previous education
BA Fine Arts (Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam)
American Conservatory Theatre (San Francisco, USA)
Photography Williamsklasse (Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany)

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Dorian de Rijk will be showing some of her work at There is Absolutely No Cause for Alarm, part of the Unseen Photo Fair & Festival 2015, at De Punt in Amsterdam

My practice is a way of coping with the world that surrounds us. It’s not about following a system or being a rebel. In a society in which almost everything is regulated and self-optimization has become the norm, I seek ways to question the programs of our environment. 

A program is a model such as education, economics or logic. During the Master I have looked at mental healthcare and fear as programs – analyzing their assumptions, history and context, mapping their workings and assessing their effects. For Valerius I delved into the history of madness and the mental healthcare system, hired a studio in the former Valerius clinic in Amsterdam, spoke to healthcare professionals and interviewed former patients. For Winging It I spent a month in New York, took to the streets around Ground Zero at night and spoke to residents about fear. With these projects I want to invite the spectator to explore, investigate and play the program.  

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