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Hi, my name is Annemarie van den Berg and this website is part of my master thesis. Or I could better say, my master thesis is part of this website :)

My thesis reflects on my design practice and my teaching practice. (Although teaching is perhaps not the right word).

The works on show here are made during my studies (Master Education in Arts @ Piet Zwart Institute.) They are all made somewhere in between 2017–2021. On show here are drawings, animations, or movies, basically anything visual/made.

These works talk as much as my thesis talks.

This website shows me while studying, making, reflecting, thinking, but foremost: MAKING and DOING.

These drawings belong to an assignment by Irina Shapiro for the module "Contemporary Issues in Art and Design Education". While visiting Documenta in 2017 with the class we were each asked to think of five things that resonate.

overload versus well-being

confident in situation of unknown

connecting to a situation

staying with yourself

straight to the heart

While thinking about my role/attitude as an artist/designer. And about teaching.

Exercise done for the class Self Directed Research (by Elizabeth Graham, Sjoerd Westbroek). The idea was to create a dialogue out of pieces that are relevant to your field of research.

(Abramovic, 2013; Atkinson, 2018; Bowie, 2016; Helguera, 2011)

Thinking about economies of performance <---> ecologies of practice.
(inspired by Dennis Atkinson his book 'Art, Disobedience and Ethics, The Adventure of Pedagogy)

This soundtrack (5:50 min) was made for a class called Critically Committed Pedagogies, given by Frans-Willem Korsten and Renée Turner in 2018. I researched my position as a designer that wants to set foot in art education, from the perspective of being a student.

Special thanks to (in order of appearance):
Pink Floyd, 2 Unlimited, Queen, Barenaked Ladies, Lou Reed, George Michael, Daniel Johnston, Howard Jones, Erika Badu, Britney Spears, The Rolling Stones, The Pet Shop Boys, Oasis, David Bowie, 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor and Bill Phillips.

Researching and thinking about some fundamental elements of Pink Pony Express way of working.

Be aware, and be open, that when you start a conversation with something 'other', that something new will get into excisting. Something in the middle.

Connect your project to other fields than your own. Try to avoid ‘l’art pour l’art’. Don’t stay in your bubble.

Step away from your desk and your computer. Investigate more in the real than on (the passive) internet.

again, or still

Researching and thinking about some fundamental elements of Pink Pony Express way of working.

Drawing made while researching the definition of pedagogy.

Covid just entered the universe. I decided to do a lecure about my Pony Practice where I talked about practical insights when designing in specific contexts. For students St. Joost School Art & Design. The lecture was given in Microsoft Teams. From my bedroom. With the laundry at the background. April 2020

Animation. It talks about me and the other. In which me can be a teacher/tutor, and the other a student. Or me can be a teacher, and the other can be the art academy in which i teach.

Walking the fine line.

I found out that I am practicing my teaching the same way I am practicing my practice.

I am (mentally?) preparing for #onlineteaching tomorrow #whatshappening #2unlimited #justdoit. (Actually I try to make something to enthuse students.)

[tips on] how to graduate [during pandemic times]

This video is a representation of a booklet I made for my new class of graduating students. I could luckily meet the students physically at the academy and decided to make something physical – to give to them.

#onlinelesgeven #onlineteaching #withcorona #withcovid #teachingwithcovid

Something that keeps me on the run / sitting in my studio / writing my thesis / is my master soundtrack
Somehow these video's resemble the perspective of me being a student (studying).
They expose the feelings / rolercoaster emotions that studying – or should I say writing my thesis – entail.

The Beloved featuring Annemarie van den Berg - Sweet Harmony
This one is inspired by the class of 2020/2021, a class that I stepped into after taking a break from my master.
The class felt like my new family. Thanks all <3.

The Black Eyed Peas featuring Annemarie van den Berg – Where is the love

Frank Sinatra featuring Annemarie van den Berg – My Way

The Beloved / The Black Eyed Peas / don't know how much I have listened to those / while writing my thesis / singing out loud in the studio /

I
am
still
always
dreaming

I often think of my class of students as a garden, each student being a different plant, with different needs, different ways of growing and different ways of dealing with nutrients.