Alexandra Crouwers
BIOGRAPHY
Alexandra Crouwers (NL, 1974) studied at the post-academic Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam en followed a master Filmstudies en Visuele Media at the Universiteit Antwerpen. Next to her artistic profession she also works on applied commissions en she writes essays on art and artists. A series of columns appeared in H ART.
The work is created in a digital world. Crouwers builds in her computer- her ‘virtual studio’ – filmsets, who serve as carrier for animations, video-installations and works on paper. Returning themes in her oeuvre are the perception of time and space, with strong references to cinematographic and narrative elements.
WORKS
Inertia
3-channel video installation, HD1080, b/w, sound, 10’00”, 2014/2015, edition of 3+1 artist copy | Film 1: seamless loop, HD1080, b/w, no sound, 2’28”, 2014 | Film 2: seamless loop, HD1080, b/w, no sound, 3’00”, 2014 | Film 3: HD1080, b/w, sound, 10’00”, 2014/2015 edition of 3
‘Inertia’ refers to the slowdown in a pendulum movement.
The 10’00” film ‘Inertia’ is a homage to dystopian science fiction. The soundtrack oscillates between a high-pitch note and the deep bass noise of an engine. The film is loosely connected to a text in English: a short fictional story set in a space ship.The viewer visits a deserted planet. In barren dunes a large bunker contains remnants of a lost civilization. In diorama-like glass cases, possible scenarios of the destruction of the planet are preserved. Hints of what might have happened are hidden in the film.
Screenings & exhibitions:
2014 Van Stof tot Asse, Asse (B)
2015 De Cacaofabriek, Helmond (NL)
2015 LhGWR Gallery, The Hague (NL)
2015 Amsterdam Art Fair, Amsterdam (NL)
2016 Heden: Het Heelal, VHDG, Leeuwarden (NL)
2016 Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Mediawand, Rotterdam (NL)
2017 Collectie De Groen, Arnhem (NL)
2017 Uppsala Short Film Festival, Uppsala (S)
2017 DE Studio, Antwerp (B)
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TV Sky
1 channel portrait orientated videoloop HD 1080
Color/No sound, 6’30” edition of 5
©Alexandra Crouwers
TV Sky is a combination of 3D-animation and videocompositing. The image slowly moves across a room, which seems to be in decline. Elements slowly appear and disappear as if several parallel universes are merging into eachother. The frame in which this is set also slowly rotates. “There’s nothing solid down here.” (from: ‘Mind, Body, Light, Sound’, The Swans)
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Window (The Curtain Call)
Inkjetprint on matte paper, 70 x 100 cm, edition of 5, 2013
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Galactic Ripple I – 2017
digital collage, inkjetprint on paper, gold en blue ink
31 x 62 cm
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Galactic Ripple II – 2017
digital collage, inkjetprint on paper, gold en blue ink
31 x 62 cm
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Baboon – 2017
digital collage, inkjetprint on paper, gold ink
30 x 60 cm
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Expanding Universe – 2017
digital collage, inkjetprint on paper, double passepartout
20 x 30 cm
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Galactic Ripple II – 2017
digital collage, inkjetprint on paper, double passepartout
30 x 40 cm
Punchcard I – 2017
digital collage, inkjetprint on paper, passepartout
20 x 30 cm
Punchcard II – 2017
digital collage, inkjetprint on paper, passepartout
20 x 30 cm
Inertia – 2018
inkjetprints on paper
3 x 20 x 30 cm ed 3