Two Thoughts


Two Thoughts (2014) by Anneke Eussen

About the artwork

Most spaces in our environment are created because we define them, we determine their boundaries, attribute functions, impose dimensions and pour them into a mold. The creation of ?space? is usually limited to making a division.

Both architecture and art consider space as moldable matter. When looking for an idea for this hallway, it was important for her to establish a link between the ways in which architectural and visual art deal with space.

"Space", as a concept, has a total size that remains constant. However, the shape and appearance of space as we observe it are temporarily, and subject to change.

The relief Two Thoughts resembles a trail left by something that has passed through this hallway. The opposite wall (right) is an exact copy of this trail. If the walls would move toward one another, the shapes would slide exactly into one another, and would make the space, located between the positive and the negative, disappear.

The relief visualizes two ideas about our perception of space. In the first place, the inseparable connection between mold and counter-mold which together always define the total space. In the second place, the relief refers to the ability to define a temporary shape for a space. This temporary shape is thus a trail of ?Zeitgeist? and determines the tangible reality in which we live.

About the artist

image Anneke Eussen ° 1978, Netherlands.
www.anneke-eussen.com

Education: 1997-2001:
Academy of Fine Arts, Maastricht, Netherlands
2004-2005: HISK (Higher Institute of Fine Arts), Antwerp

The work of Anneke Eussen is a personal position. The considerations underlying her art works are often linked to events or impressions from everyday life.

In this way, Anneke Eussen tries to formulate an open question with her work. How does our personality develop, and how do we find a place in society? How does the interaction between the environment and the individual work?

The dream of progress and development has become a reality with the technological revolution. It seems to be a valuable addition to life, and this supplement has enriched us with countless possibilities. But are we ourselves also as boundless?
The discrepancy between the option and using the possibility is interesting. Where do we find confirmation, where do we find guidance, and what is tangible? Is there room for doubt? Meanwhile, there is nothing new in stating that our 'Western society' has some cracks.

We sail a course that takes little account of what the generations after us will have to deal with.
Not because the information is inaccessible and we do not know better, but because we abstract reality. Virtual experiences, friends, meeting places push the old-fashioned environment to a secondary position. Her work has various manifestations, ranging from drawings to sculptures and readymades. The thread is in the action itself.