OpZicht: Tommy Smits

'Tommy & Danny in Search of The Future'

7 September - 11 November 2018
Location: Hogewal 1-9, The Hague
Open: Monday - Friday, 11-17 hrs; Saturday - Sunday, 12-17 hrs

OpZicht is a presentation space in the lobby of Stroom Den Haag for newly registered artists from The Hague. The wall unit functions as a stand or platform where the artist can share his or her work, passion or interest with the audience. Each presentation runs for approximately 7 weeks.
Archive OpZicht presentations 2013-present

His photography and frame making quests are fueled by an interest in reversed archeology and primitive technology, leading him to make frames for the Sun, turn mountains into photo frames, erecting his own Menhirs and creating a Fotosaurus.

Tommy Smits' work is a marriage between photography and materials that undergo a process of hardening such as concrete and clay, giving weight to the fleeting photographic memory and often resulting in bizarre picture frames that should last until the end of time.

Tommy Smits is currently working in a remote desert location in rural Spain. Together with fellow artist Daniel Dmyszewicz he is investigating the town of La Junquera,  where amidst an Eco restauration project, a futuristic village, farmers, volunteers, investors and The Regeneration Festival they are driving on their scooter in search of the future. For months they are contemplating the Sun and surviving on the Green Front of Eco restauration. The video shown is a trailer for their upcoming movie and book: Tommy & Danny op Zoek naar De Toekomst.

07 Sep '18 - 11 Nov '18
Stroom Den Haag, Hogewal 1-9, The Hague
Entrance: free