Line Kramer
My artistic practice is a constant negotiation between: criticism, value, labour, copy vs original, language and writing. To avoid the traditional artist/gallerist relation I value the production of idea’s instead of objects. Ideas appear in their raw form as models or written schemes. I like to think that my art practise isn't about the production of images, I see it as propositions that expose layers of desire. In my personal research I incorporate concepts of intuition, I have a great interest in airflows and micro-drafts and I permanently research the colour red. I passionately read queer and black theory and aim to work according to the concepts of ‘inter-being’.
My studio is a collection of smaller studio's, dioramas. It works as follows: I love models and there is not enough space for the 1:1 Every model has the potential of something bigger.
Diorama 2: another imaginairy studio on scale, showcasing models.
Me holding the 'ellips'.
‘"ideas are the most powerful thing in the world", Lee Lozano’
moving objects
Imagine my object would get a natural life e.g. like a tree or a stone, things that are there by themselves. Ideally my objects will provoke a curiosity, a question; the viewer walks on, wondering and forgetting about it. Then after some time, triggered by something unpredictable, thinks of my object, and remembers it clearly. Now the object has found an idea, a mirrored double.
‘'I see a ring' said Bernard, 'hanging above me. It quivers and hangs in a loop of light.' Virginia Woolf. The Waves.’
skills
Among the skills I research is the skill of seeing/perseiving, the skill of 'the other', I'm at the mercy of this for my work. Simultaneously it is a practise for me perceiving others. To be a 'public', a listener, a viewer is a skill all phenomena need.
Werk
hammers
Clitoris flag
Reflective flag
MIND to MIND
Ellips
Stone
Bio
Before I went to Art School I was educated as a furniture maker. I still use those skills during my part-time job as ‘Lead Preparator & IT Supervisor’ at Kunstinstituut Melly in Rotterdam. My passion is to build and invent technical ‘things’, in my own practice but also during (pre)production or when working for other artists.
The use of different skills has become a field of research. I research my own skills, the politics of skills, the gender of skills and the ‘art’ of skills. As an artist I aware of my skills even though, as a personal policy, I love to use the right tools for the wrong purposes. It makes me very aware of all my gestures and thoughts.
The use of different skills has become a field of research. I research my own skills, the politics of skills, the gender of skills and the ‘art’ of skills. As an artist I aware of my skills even though, as a personal policy, I love to use the right tools for the wrong purposes. It makes me very aware of all my gestures and thoughts.
