Carolien Adriaansche

Carolien Adriaansche

As a visual artist, I mainly work with plastic waste. This waste forms the basis of my work. We live in a plastic world, we use plastic and we pay with plastic. The collection and subsequent selection of plastic waste by shape, colour and size is an essential part of my work. That means it is necessary for me to collect a large amount of waste in my studio, helped by family, friends, colleagues and relations. You can easily call me a waste processing company.

Inspired by the collections in various Natural History museums such as Het Natuurhistorisch in Rotterdam, American Museum of Natural History in New York and the MUHNAC in Lisbon, I create from waste, which is one of the causes of the decline in biodiversity, collections with 'new 'biodiversity that I have granted. These collections are arranged by species and subspecies and have a fictitious Latin name.?

After my studies at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy as a theatre designer, since 2005 I have been developing recycling workshops under the name ?De Afvaljuf? after taking part in the Professional Art in the Classroom (BIK). In addition to standard workshops, I offer projects, lesson boxes and tailor-made workshops for schools, cultural institutions and the business community.

In my work as a visual artist and De Afvaljuf I connect culture with sustainability. Reuse and therefore recycling, upcycling and mixed design are therefore my substantive starting points. The result of these activities is that I have been asked to participate in distinctive projects commissioned by Ja Natuurlijk (GEM 2013), the Van Gogh Museum, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Greenpeace and the Amsterdam Light Festival.

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http://www.carolienadriaansche.nl/

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