#THE WORLD AFTER THE FLOOD BOSCH SERIES#

I did this by using traditional costumes and linking them to the rainbow colors along with the hashtags #bewhoyouare and #equality.” That’s how the idea arose to use art to give a positive counter-reaction. Schools in particular should be safe spaces where everyone is able to be themselves. “When I read in regional newspapers in 2019 about aldermen who refused to raise the rainbow flag to show they oppose the Nashville Statement which condemns homosexuality, I realized that the responsibility of those aldermen also includes schools.

#THE WORLD AFTER THE FLOOD BOSCH SERIES#

In this series of photographic portraits you have given the iconic Zeeland girl in traditional costume a new, contemporary face. You are currently working on the successful ongoing ‘Zeeuws Meisje’ (Zeeland girl) project. Conversations I have with people about my work often involve concepts and labels, think ADHD, autism, gender, etc.” Projects originate at the kitchen table and are always based on two themes: dealing with each other and dealing with the world. Rem van den BoschĪs for my art itself, I take photographs that I call applied art because they usually invite conversation.

If everyone did that, I think we would leave the world a better place. That way it remains feasible to make a positive difference. At the schools I visit for my work I use this example as a metaphor: I can carry a garbage bag and nothing more. Whatever garbage I find lying around on the beach gets stuffed into the bag. Then I always have a small garbage bag with me. The beach is around the corner and I walk there daily. For example, I like to spend time in nature. It is my sincere intention to bring a piece of change. Social themes run like a thread through my work they always have. From technicians to filmmakers, and from jewelry and clothing makers to clog makers.

Since my graduation in 2000, I have been working as an independent artist. It became the art academy in Sint Joost (Breda, Netherlands). At one point I had to choose between sports and attending an art academy. Since a young age, I have been looking for a creative outlet for what keeps me busy. “I live in the village of Ellewoutsdijk in Zeeland and have a wife and three children, two of them are still living at home.

The world after the flood bosch