Sonja Oudendijk

Date: 4 October - 24 October 1991

Sonja Oudendijk (1958):
“With the exhibition at Stroom hcbk, I’m focusing more on creating an atmosphere than on producing a finished artwork. For this, I use the scent of cedarwood, among other things, because it refers to Morocco, to Marrakesh. I’m having two tables made from this wood. On one table, I’ll place my collection from the past three years — all the things I find beautiful or have bought in pairs. On the other table, I’ll lay out my work, which visitors can unfold and look through.

Additionally, I project myself — either as a faint daylight projection or as a shadow on the wall — to evoke a certain kind of presence.”

She also arranged the space with, among other things, a circle of footstools and small stools, a series of copper hats, and an Oriental rug woven with images of helicopters and tanks.

Folded leaflet featuring texts by, among others, Hans Plomp and Garry Trudeau:
“Alles über die Weltordnung, Wie die Guten und die Schlechten zu unterscheiden sind.”
(“Everything about World Order, How to Distinguish the Good from the Bad.”)

The theme of this series was the so-called "undercurrent" of the artwork. Artists were invited to give form to or arrange the background and context of their work. The presentations (over a three-week period) aimed not only to offer insight into the artist’s interests, frames of reference, and influences, but also into their way of thinking, searching, selecting, and organizing. At the same time, the series sought to contribute to the ongoing discussion about the presentation of art — both in terms of concept and as a spatial, physical "installation." Each presentation was accompanied by an evening conversation between the artist and a guest of their choosing, and a folded leaflet was published, which each artist could shape entirely in their own way.