During global lockdown I challenged ten of my ‘non-artistic’ friends to paint a realistic portrait.
In four months time, each had to make a painting of another Friend they’d never met.
At the week of the exhibition they finally got to meet each other and exhibit the works.
This project had two objectives:
1. Design an experience for my friends to reconnect with their own creativity.
2. Find a way to form new connections during the pandemic.
I visited all the Friends to interview them and film their creative process.
These video’s were also shown during the exhibition, at Broedplaats Bogotá, Halfweg (NL)
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Trailer 1 ︎ · Trailer 2 ︎
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Suus & Vi
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Bram & Michelle
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Kurt & Yara
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Felix & Manouk
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Zarin & Edu
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All the Friends (click to scroll)
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Thanks to the Friends: Susan Nijhof, Zarin van Ophem, Michelle Hinds, Bram Luza, Manouk Fijma, Felix Leenders, Yara Wattel, Kurt Kreulen, Vi Nguyễn & Eduart van der Graaf & Broedplaats Bogotá
Photos ︎ by Shelsea Doran & Marcus Flack