Pre-Order our first edition by Josephina van de Water

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Pre-Order our first edition by Josephina van de Water ★

PARACOSM HOUSE presents

its first HouseGuest

Josephina van de Water

14 - 29 October 2023

Josephina van de Water (b. 1985, Netherlands) is a visual artist living and working in Antwerp, Belgium. In 2020, she obtained an MA degree in photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp. Her artistic approach is based on meticulous research, which focuses on investigating indefinable sociological and political problems, visualizing the hidden structures of power and authority. She uses a variety of media in her multidisciplinary projects, including photography, video, writing, and paper sculptures.

Save the Date
14—29 October 2023

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Cloud Cuckoo Land

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Antwerp—BE
Hendrik Conscienceplein 20

On October 14th 2023 we will open Josephina van de Water’s first solo exhibition ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land’ and present her first book bearing the same name.

Cloudcuckooland* is a boundless imaginary realm between heaven and earth where a colourful company of animals live who love to brag about their powers and want to transcend the laws of society. These megalomanic animals and their pompous doggerels want to disintegrate free thought of our minds and make you wonder what the definition of freedom of thought will be in the twenty-first century.

*Cloud cuckoo land is a borrowed translation of the ancient Greek word Nephelokokkygia, which comes from Aristophanes' comedy The Birds.

Cloud Cuckoo Land is a collection of paper sculptures, artworks, four short hand-coloured films and an art book. With her animals Josephina wants to remind us of our first and most fundamental right, freedom of thought, that we seemingly give away foolishly to our own cloud.

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