The in between

I like contrasts and their poetry in between poles. I like art that shows what is there and turns the mundane into something elusive. Like words that are on your lips and yet refuse to be caught. A hat that blows off and keeps escaping while you try to grab it. The moment between stumbling and landing. The multipolar experience of being human, where binaries are an in-between space of potential.

I enjoy the sharp boundary between an inkblot and snow-white paper. To read how the years got anchored in a tree stump. To stand still in the middle of the city because the moon doesn’t hide its craters. To watch a plant grow while being in a hurry. Maybe, just maybe, one day I will reach an ultimate maturity and wish to reincarnate as a tree. To gain the patience to live in the here and now.

Meanwhile, I would  love to send you a holiday snapshot of the smell of moss.

The binaries

Jolijn de Wolf (1984) is an artist from the Netherlands. De Wolf works in various media like printmaking, community art, video and performance. In her work she examines the multipolar experience of being human. She has a BFA at the Hogeschool van de Kunsten Utrecht, and a MA Live Art and Performance Studies in the Theatre Academy Helsinki, Finland. She is founder of the Mythological Institute, a platform for participation, connection and creativity by making use of creativity and contemporary storytelling. Together with Sander de Graaf she is co-director of the Art Compass foundation (Stichting Kunstkompas), a foundation with the aim to make art and art-education accessable for people who otherwise do not get in touch with it.