Urban Oasis
Urban Oasis
an ongoing series of works on paper / mixed media:
pigment ink prints (photo details from installations) and pastel
50 x 70 cm
40 x 30 cm
25 x 50 cm
all
Forest Chapel
Forest Chapel
an installation for a well cottage_PT
The wooded area enters a well cottage by using charcoal from the fireplace in the farmhouse.
The well cottage has a sacred atmosphere of itself with its oval shape.
Murganheira_Portugal
panoramic wall drawing, charcoal
measurements total drawing:
7.5 meters x 2.5 meters
World Reset
World Reset
The film “World Reset” is a tribute to Alice Guy Blaché (France 1873- USA 1968), the first female film pioneer and film director in history. She made her first film in 1896 and her last around 1920.
Among the estimated 700 short films she directed, produced and/or wrote (most of which have been lost, except for about 76 pieces), is also the film “Falling Leaves” from 1912.
My video is a retelling of the 1912 film “Falling Leaves” by Alice Guy-Blaché. In my video, a woman performs a naïve but moving act in an absurd attempt to repair the overcrowded and therefore vulnerable world.
Visual artist and filmmaker Jaap de Ruig concluded from my video that ‘the man’ is busy demolishing nature through his ruthless overactivity. In his response, he shows that men are just beasts, who return to earth over time and can then innocently sprout new life.
The result is a video diptych.
HD video diptych / 2 min. 29 sec.
première:
PlayRoom Art Gallery_Zaandam_NL_October 2021
stop motion animation
Wetland
Wetland
an installation for Arti et Amicitiae_Amsterdam_NL
The spectator is in an area with strange crops over which an image of aqueous substance is projected.
The whole sphere is marshy and dystopian in nature as in the two films that are also part of the installation.
What’s in store for us?
material: paper, mirrors, projection, film
measurements total installation:
6 meters x 7 meters
photo’s 1,2,3 : Maarten Nauw
World Landscape
World Landscape
Winding paths/rivers and atmospheric perspective are leading in my short film ”World Landscape“.
The grandeur of the landscape and the experience of traveling through a landscape are central. You move through the different layers of the film landscape. The distance is always shrouded in mist.
The landscape in the film is barren and apocalyptic in nature, as a reference to the times in which we now live (pandemic, climate change). But the tranquil landscape at the end of the film also offers room for new interpretation.
première: Cacaofabriek_Helmond_NL_07/06/2020
03:22 min. / loop
QuickTime HD
1920×1080
16:9
sound: Aline Bruijns / AudioRally Sounddesign
Faded
Faded
Our world is in danger of being lost over time; we humans do violence to it by the way we live. In addition, inner worlds are increasingly lost due to the decaying of the human spirit in the ever aging man.
Faded is a short film that can be seen as a metaphor to depict both these forms of loss. In this film Jacqueline Kooter’s handmade dollhouse from her childhood figures.
première: Kunsthal 45 Den Helder_27/10/2019
02:30 min. / loop
QuickTime HD
1920×1080
16:9
Dancing on a Volcano
Dancing on a Volcano
In an unsafe world, a girl and a crane try to dance.
An animated short inspired by the story of the Japanese girl Sadako Sasaki, a victim of the atom bomb on Hiroshima.
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes have become a symbol for the longing for peace and a world without atomic weapons.
première:
online: Dutch Dance Festival October 4. 2020
on screen: EYE Film Institute Netherlands
Cinedans FEST_International Film Festival
NL_March. 2021
stop motion animation
4:40 min.
QuickTime HD / DCP
1920×1080
16:9
concept/camera/animation/editing:
Jacqueline Kooter
sound: Aline Bruijns / AudioRally Sounddesign
Monument to the Past
Monument to the Past
an installation for NDSM-Fuse_Amsterdam_NL
Vulnerability and monumentality go hand in hand in this installation.
The installation is made out of hand-painted paper, in which a half-round is split by a plain.
These forms might evoke associations with a hull in the water or a skate-site, both former functions of this space (shipyard and indoor skate-site).
The history of the NDSM site (Dutch Dock and Shipbuilding Company) goes back to 1894.
In 1946 three former shipyards merged together, creating the NDSM. In 1984 the yard closed her doors. This space was transformed into an indoor skate-site.
For this occasion it is an exhibition space with a rich history.
material: paper, paint, woodenframe
width : 7 meters
height : 4 meters
Transit
Transit
an installation for de Bagagehal of the former Amsterdam harbour area KNSM, consisting of a landscape of hand-painted paper and a stop motion animation film.
Film “In Transit”:
Two paper figures share their life dancing…until the inevitable happens.
In the film two paper models of Japanese Haniwa clay figures from the 6th century come alive. The original sculptures are called “dancing people” and are on display at the Tokyo National Museum. Haniwa (which means ‘circle of clay’) are cylindrical terracotta clay figures that were made for ritual use. They are hollow sculptures that decorated the surface of the monumental mounded tombs built for the Japanese elite.
The film is embedded in a paper landscape similar to the one in the film. Being physically in the landscape, listening to the music through the headphone, ensures that you experience the intimacy that is in the film even better.
hand painted paper and stop motion animation film (stop motion animation film / 01:12 min. / loop)
In Transit
In Transit
an animated short inspired by traditional Japanese Haniwa sculptures.
Two paper figures share their life dancing…until the inevitable happens.
In the film two paper models of Japanese Haniwa clay figures from the 6th century come alive.
The original sculptures are called “dancing people” and are on display at the Tokyo National Museum.
Haniwa (which means ‘circle of clay’) are cylindrical terracotta clay figures that were made for ritual use during the Kofun Period in Japan.
They are hollow sculptures that decorated the surface of the monumental mounded tombs built for the Japanese elite.
première: EYE Film Institute Netherlands_Cinedans_International Dance on Screen Festival_NL_2018
stop motion animation
1:12 min.
QuickTime HD / DCP
1920×1080
16:9
