Jump to content

Saskia Olde Wolbers

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Saskia Olde Wolbers
Born1971
Breda, The Netherlands
Notable workPareidolia, Deadline, Trailer

Saskia Olde Wolbers (born 1971) is a Dutch video artist who lives and works in London.

Background

[edit]

Since the mid-1990s, Saskia Olde Wolbers has been developing fictional documentaries often loosely based on factual events. Her intricate videos are driven by a combination of otherworldly imagery – meticulously handmade model sets – and the apparent inner monologue of the voiceover in the audio book-like soundtrack. The films are shot underwater, miniature sets dipped in paint to create unstable imagery that abstractly illustrates the narrator's thought process.[1] In her most recent works, the music soundtrack has been composed by Daniel Pemberton.

She has exhibited widely since 1998.[2] Solo shows include: A Shot In The Dark at Vienna Secession, 2011; Goetz Collection, 2010; Mori Art Museum Tokyo, 2008; The Falling Eye at The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2006; and Tate Britain, London, 2003. In 2014 she created an audio installation at 87 Hackford Road, Brixton, London, the house in which Vincent van Gogh lodged briefly in 1873–74.[3]

Author and curator Phillip Monk describes in his book The Saskia Olde Wolbers Files,[4] "Olde Wolbers not only joins fictional and documentary elements in her scripts, she links them to series of images, themselves fabricated and quite fantastic in their nature."

In 2010, Olde Wolbers lectured for the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series.[5][6]

She is a lecturer at Goldsmiths University.[7]

Awards and prizes

[edit]

Olde Wolbers has won the Baloise Prize (2003) and the Beck's Futures Prize (2004).[8]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ A Shot in the Dark at secession Archived 21 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Saskia Olde Wolbers at Maureen Paley Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Kellaway, Kate (27 April 2014). "Does a house in Brixton hold the key to Vincent Van Gogh?". The Observer. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  4. ^ Monk, Phillip (2009). The Saskia Olde Wolbers Files. ISBN 978-0-921972-53-2. Art Gallery of York University, Toronto Canada. Distributed by Distributed Art Publishers New York
  5. ^ "Saskia Olde Wolbers, 2/18/2010". U-M Stamps. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  6. ^ Sanders, Brad (14 February 2010). "Wolbers brings dreamy, stream-of-consciousness films to the Michigan". The Michigan Daily. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Saskia Olde Wolbers". Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  8. ^ Art News Saskia Olde Wolbers at Mori Art Museum Tokyo

Further reading

[edit]
[edit]