The Photo Vault: A journey into Vernacular Photography, Archives and Photobooks
Lukas Birk
24 episodes
4 months ago
In this episode, we hear from an artist who, according to reliable sources, is BIG IN JAPAN—Dutch artist Chantal Rens. Her lifelong obsession with collecting has shaped her into a collage artist creating surrealist images brimming with fantasy and a hint of desire. What she desires, we’ll uncover in this conversation. A favorite quote: “If people see my work, they get happy”—something rarely said about contemporary art. Listen as Chantal, in her own words, makes art out of "useless stuff," br...
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In this episode, we hear from an artist who, according to reliable sources, is BIG IN JAPAN—Dutch artist Chantal Rens. Her lifelong obsession with collecting has shaped her into a collage artist creating surrealist images brimming with fantasy and a hint of desire. What she desires, we’ll uncover in this conversation. A favorite quote: “If people see my work, they get happy”—something rarely said about contemporary art. Listen as Chantal, in her own words, makes art out of "useless stuff," br...
Thweep Rittinaphakorn - learning about yourself through collecting
The Photo Vault: A journey into Vernacular Photography, Archives and Photobooks
35 minutes
1 year ago
Thweep Rittinaphakorn - learning about yourself through collecting
In this episode, we meet Thweep Rittinaphakorn, also known as Ake, in Bangkok, and explore his collection of photographs from Myanmar during the colonial era. Ake is an expert in Myanmar textiles who ventured into collecting photography and released a photobook from a very different background. His collection is fascinating and multi-layered, as he doesn't approach his images from a pictorial point of view but rather through an examination of materiality. Find out more about Ake on his I...
The Photo Vault: A journey into Vernacular Photography, Archives and Photobooks
In this episode, we hear from an artist who, according to reliable sources, is BIG IN JAPAN—Dutch artist Chantal Rens. Her lifelong obsession with collecting has shaped her into a collage artist creating surrealist images brimming with fantasy and a hint of desire. What she desires, we’ll uncover in this conversation. A favorite quote: “If people see my work, they get happy”—something rarely said about contemporary art. Listen as Chantal, in her own words, makes art out of "useless stuff," br...
