Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam

Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam

by | Jul 9, 2019

Beat me up Gerrit! JEWELLERY – LINKING BODIES, GERRIT RIETVELD ACADEMIE, AMSTERDAM BA 1 and BA 2, 2018 DURATION OF THE WORKSHOP: 5 DAYS Oyama gave the following assigment: “Stage actions to communicate. Set up an event. Bring physical and emotional...
Helpers changing homes

Helpers changing homes

by | Jul 7, 2019

HELPERS CHANGING HOMES HELPERS CHANGING HOMES is a project that investigates the multifarious definitions of homes and how objects help to make a place a home, especially for those whose lives are nomadic or frequently uprooted. “You are always getting ready. It...
Encapsulation Suits

Encapsulation Suits

by | Jul 7, 2019

ENCAPSULATION SUITS Artefacts can sometimes grow beyond their intended function. Some objects can even demand from their user a different set of rules in order to handle them. In some way or another, they take on a form of life within the mind, cause inconvenience,...
Cleaning Samurai

Cleaning Samurai

by | Jul 7, 2019

CLEANING SAMURAI Cleaning one’s home is an invisible and a magical labour that someone has to do. The someone is the one who has noticed the mess more quickly and has less tolerance to live in the untidiness. Often not enough respect is paid to this work. “Who...
Collectors

Collectors

by | Jul 7, 2019

COLLECTORS In this project, Oyama was interested in finding a way to express the uncontrollable gravitation towards particular objects, especially people’s compulsions to have the same object en masse. “I like the feeling of thinking that ‘there will be no more of...