Design
Wouter Stroet+
Year of birth: 1995
Place of birth: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Through unravelling tales of linear progression, Stroet seeks to map out the blurriness of our world. By adapting and appropriating contemporary cartographic techniques, such as photogrammetry, and the use of aerial and satellite imagery, Stroet aims to question the authority that decides what is and what is not in focus; to reorient and ignite curiosity.
In the spring of 2017 there was a gas explosion in the Schaafstraat, a street in the Hamerkwartier in Amsterdam Noord. Back then I used to live in that same street. After the fire two contemporary art galleries opened together with a warehouse for a craft beer brewery. The area that got completely destroyed by the fire now functions as a parking lot.
Through documenting the material remains of the site I aim to investigate and digitally preserve the cracks, the spill-overs and the grow-overs to capture what was once a building in a neighborhood that is now rapidly changing.
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