What you will do
First, funeral director and Still Life curator Susanne Duijvestein will introduce you to the tradition of the burial shroud, including its meaning and practicalities.
In this edition with Nienke Hoogvliet, you will create a death shroud from a natural fabric and you will treat this with herbs and other organic materials. She will teach you the effect of these herbs and the beneficial substances they release onto our skin. After deciding on the design and patterns, you can start applying the herb printing techniques. The idea of this workshop is that you determine the design of your shroud, start creating and bring it back home to continue working on it.
Nienke Hoogvliet
In general Nienke examines the possibilities of using organic products out of the sea. She highlights huge sea pollution problems, by showing that the organic sea (waste) materials can be (re-)used. In her previous project SEA ME Nienke made a knotted yarn of seaweed.
Information
Workshop: Design your own Shroud
Sunday 10th of November, 13:00 - 17:00
Mediamatic Biotoop, Dijksgracht 6
Tickets: Full price €95,-| Student/Artist/Stadspas €66,50* (incl. €1 administration costs)
*We give a discount to students and artists. If this applies to you, we may ask to see your kvk nr/ portfolio or student card. For questions, please send an email to workshop@mediamatic.nl.
Attendance limited to 12 people. We maintain a minimum of 6 participants.
Please note that (unless everyone speaks Dutch) this workshop will be held in English.
