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ABOUT

Marlous van der Sloot (1986) graduated in 2011 from the Royal Academy of Arts in the Netherlands, where her work developed towards the perception of senses.

In the modern society we often want to forget that ‘the physical’ is also a source of information. Because of rationalisation, we turned away from our ‘ordinary’ world, convinced that our senses do not learn us anything valuable. But we cannot ignore our body and look at it as a ‘lifeless bag of cells’. We don’t just have a body, we are a body. Forgetting this gives us the same feeling as a sleeping arm. In this condition your limb is biological still yours, but you do not experience it as yours. It seems the arm of a stranger…

The alienation of our body is the theme of my work. My aim is to create images which raise physical awareness.

Her work has been shown at various international festivals, galleries and events including: PHotoEspana, Voies Off festival at Les Recontres D’Arles (’10/’11), Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF), Fotofestival Naarden and Slideluck Potshow. Besides she works in commission for clients asNederlands Dans Theater, Korzo Theater and Me Studio.

Education

2005 – 2011 Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague (NL)
Bachelor of Design | Cum Laude
* 2008-2009 Journey through India and South East Asia.

2008 PANL Sony α Masterclass of Arjan Benning and Jona Rotting
2008 Internship at Wendelien Daan | www.wendeliendaan.nl
2008 Internship at Krista van der Niet | www.kristavanderniet.nl