Materials have a story. They bear traces of where they come from, how they are processed, what they are used for and what they leave behind. In Caring for Material Lives, eight master students from the MA Materials in Artistic Practices (MAPs, Frank Mohr Institute) display their own “material biographies”.
Caring for Material Lives
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These biographies have been created from careful material research: from origins to processing, from visible features to hidden impacts. Some stories are about care and connection, others reveal unknown or uncomfortable truths about ecological or social impacts.
The exhibition brings together material, images and reflection. MAPs students' work is accompanied by interviews with the makers, conducted by students from the MA Art History and Curatorial Studies (University of Groningen).
This research outcome reflects my exploration of death and its effects on culture and the environment, focusing on traditional burial practices and emerging alternative methods. I chose soil as my primary material, referring to the concept of “dust to dust.” For this exhibition, I read about different soil types in the Netherlands and their suitability for burial, based on their ecological and physical characteristics. My work includes a map showing the various soil types across the Netherlands, a video of microscopic footage from soil samples I collected, and the physical samples themselves.
- Mahsa Hosseini
MAPs (FMI)
Marie Haddad, Liza de Jong, Anna Lebedieva, Mahsa Hosseini, Evangelia Moschou, Laleh Shahmohammadinezhad, Renée Spanjer, Geo Baker
Art History & Curatorial Studies (RUG)
Isa Diaz, Anthea Lase, Fia Rasyah
Course Teachers
Prof. dr. Ann-Sophie Lehmann (RUG) and Dr. Ruby de Vos (Hanze)
Poster design
Liza de Jong
Caring for Material Lives is a collaboration between MAPs (Frank Mohr Institute), MA Art History & Curatorial Studies (RUG) en the Research Centre Art & Sustainability (Hanze).
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