Karin Stroo

conceptual - sculpture

Karin Stroo creates to understand life. In her video films she investigated movement and light and rhythm and their emotional meaning, and soul stirrings in her drawings. She now tries to incorporate these things into her 3D images. To make it earthier, more solid to the ground.

Her work reflects on society.

Fascinating matters are explored and reduced to what matters to her as a result of research; essential image or word. Sometimes it is thin: with few resources. Boundaries and their vulnerability (also of the medium itself) are explored. Simplicity. Humour. Lyrical sometimes.

Sometimes it is raw and direct.

The projects and exhibition concepts question man's existence. She views emotions as access to the soul. She has been working with a shaman since 2016.

Text is part of her work.

In 2021/2023 she was project coordinator culture/visual artist in urban projects in five Zeeland cities - see www.creativecityboostzeeland.nl

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    • For All We Don’t Know / For all we Know - Installation - Vestingval Elburg - (2023)
    FOR ALL WE EMBRACE - City project - aimed at speaking about the consequences of Corona and loneliness (2022/2023). Sculpture made of newspaper pulp and plaster. Placement here at Mixtbaby Mauritsweg Rotterdam. Sponsored by Droom en Daad Foundation and Foundation Bekker-la-Bastide-Fonds.
    FOR ALL WE DON’T KNOW - GRAW - installation made of Corona-newspapers during Lockdown (2021). Project in collaboration with philosopher Peter Saarloos who wrote the essay 'The Purifying Doubt' (De Louterende Twijfel) to accompany the installation. Sponsored by CBK (PPR).
    FOR ALL WE KNOW (2020) - Binnenhof - Tweede Kamer der Staten - Generaal - Den Haag - December 2020 - now (on loan) - installation 'Krantenkoppen' made of Corona-newspapers during the first lockdown (2020)
    CARE FOR ME - silkscreen project: 'care for me' 2019 (pilot: café - bar - expo - Ollie) - travelling exhibition (on hold due to Corona)
    DRINK&DRAW GROUP SHOW - tekening: 'naked no.02' groupshow drink en draw (arielle fenton) - 2019 (de Aanschouw)
    ZEE - video-installatie - 'st. elisabethvloed' - 2007 (Museum Dordrecht)
    STRANDFILM - video-installatie - 'strandfilm' met gedicht ingesproken door Loes Luca - 2006 - (Nederlands Foto Museum)
    ALLEEN - installatie - gedicht 'alleen' - 2006 (de Aanschouw)
    THAT S THE WAY LOVE GOES - video-installatie - 2006 (Artstore Rotterdam) - de mens en zijn emoties staan centraal in mijn werk. De experimentele films die ik maakte in de jaren 2006 - 2010 van vooral de natuur, waren weergaven van de binnenruimte (het gevoel, de ziel, het ritme. de resonantie)