delftartresidency2009

DELFT - HOLLANDPOPTAHOF NEIGHBORHOOD(Southwest of the old town)

Foundation id11 aspires to realize an artist residency and easy approachable presentation spaces for international artists in Delft The Netherlands, where experiment can thrive.

Going to the old town of Delft under Graffiti Bridge

The house we lived in while working in Delft

Entrance to our House

Entrance after the big snowstorm

The Flat calledPoptahof Zuid (South) Where I created my artInstallations in Flat # 589

Joan Fabian’s project space Flat 589 (the pink/white/blue balcony)

My project in flat 589

Before After

Entrance window of Flat 589 / looking in and looking out.

Made in Delft Paper Plates

Drop chair(licorice candy)

Small candy cats cover all of a chair

Painted empty bottles I collected during my stay.I used color markers and watercolor to decorate each one a different design.

There were bottles on the ledge in the living roomand in the sunroom.

On the walls of the only room that had wall paper I painted my “Delft Ghosts”.they are painted likethe ceramic wares the city of Delft is historically knownfor-blue/white designs.

before after

View from the Living Room onto the playgrounds and other projects

Working at night I would hear strange sounds

Mural ofsquares

A pink bedroom

Painted tea towels and hankies

Pink Bedroom with hankies and tea towels. I painted and drew on each one.

A series of painted house linens

Also in the Pink bedroom- a found pair of boots (they are not a pair). I covered them with metallic tape in a grid format.

Detail of one tea towel

Painted Dutch hankies

In the sunroom- a mural by Micro-Phobic (John Mason and Joan Fabian)

A large dumpster was located outside theBuilding. Since residents were leaving, manythrew their possessions away. In it, I foundthe chair, children’s books and the 1959letter – all the things I used in my project.

An id11 art residency gathering for the holidays

The side of our microwave.

Fun finger puppets picked up in Amsterdam.

Micro-Phobic was asked to perform once again at WORM in Rotterdam.We had performed at this Alternative Music headquarters in 2007.

Joan Fabian on Mouth Harp and John Mason on vocals, keyboard and harmonica.

The animation in the background was also done by Micro-Phobic.

Micro-Phobic at their final performance at id11_Flatlands in Delft.