Sandrien (2001 – 2003)

Sandrien is a project of photographers Raimond Wouda , Henk Wildschut and graphic designer Katja van Stiphout. Wildschut and Wouda photographed the mainly Indian crew of the ship Sandrien while it lay waiting in the harbour till the Dutch authorities would give permission for it to sail again. All the material is brought together in the form of a book that documents the story of an absurd Indian society in miniature vorm.

The book was nominated for the best designed book of the year 2004.

Amsterdam – Bombay (2002 – 2003)

Amsterdam-Bombay is a project of Jeroen Kooijmans and Henk Wildschut.
In 2002/2003 Kooijmans and Wildschut travelled from Amsterdam to Bombay by motorcycle.

Kooijmans produced the film “ You speak flower, I speak gol” which is a poetic report of their journey. Wildschut made a series of photographs; portraits of groups of men.

The Container, A Berlin Travelog (2000)

In the month of August 2000, 10 international artists met and worked together in Berlin. During this month they developed a collective travelog: The Container. Influenced by the city the individual artists collected ideas, impressions and/or other material daily. This website functioned as a container for this material and formed a log that was the common thread for a joint workprocess. Also a series of projects took place in the city. Small happenings occured in the public space and once a week video´s were broadcast on local television. At the end of the month, a final presentation took place in Künstlerhaus Bethanien. It showed the outcome of this period.

O Sole Mio (2000)

A group of artists went to see the solar eclipse on the 11th of August 1999. They documented their experiences of the eclipse , in foto’s, video’s and sound. The presentation of these works took place on May 12th 2000 in W139 in Amsterdam.

A catalogue was made at the end of this project.

Gateway To The Arctic (1999)

A group of artists made work, while travelling to the north of Norway. Their work was presented in the Tromsø Art Society. They decided to make new works and to experiment while travelling.This resulted in an intensive working period with a lot of cooperation.

Off The Road (1997)

The project took place in ‘Under Dubbelsbro’, Copenhagen. An industrial building between rail roads and highways close to the centre of Copenhagen. This building and the city itself inspired the artists for their work, which in the end resulted in an exhibition.

A catalogue was made at the end of the project.

A/C De Luxe (1997)

A project of Elspeth Diederix and Jeroen Kooijmans i.c.w. three Dutch artists of the ICCD (International Centre for Cultural Development) in Trivandrum India. The artist worked for a month. They started this working -period with an exhibition of 24 hours in the Mascott Hotel. The final outcome was a publication, a poster/catalogue.

Import (1996)

A project where the Kulturfabrikken in Kopenhagen was used as a working – meeting space. The artists “imported” specific materials from The Netherlands. For example Elspeth Diederix took flowers, Sander Haccou butter, Jeroen Kooijmans the sea, Jolanda Kooijmans balls of cotton wool and Martin Fasting a mirror. For the artists it was an interesting experience to work in a new environment. In a short concentrated period of two weeks each of them made a work. Foundation By The Way was invited to make an exhibition in Under Dubbelsbro as a result of this working period.

By The Way, Are You Connectable? (1995)

The exhibition was moved to the Chassé terrain in Breda, where other artists joined and a new exhibition was made in cooperation with De Loods.

By The Way In Hilton (1995)

A working period and presentation on the parking lot of the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam, every artist got a car as a starting point for the project.