Benedicte Emsens
MA work
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The Children's Room, Benedicte Emsens
Inkjet printThe Children's Room, Benedicte Emsens
Inkjet print
'Joy is to be left, in the night, hungry and cold at the doorstep of your own house…'
Christian Bobin, Le Tres-Bas (Paris, 1993)
What is place?
I am interested in houses, buildings and rooms - like skins that can be turned inside out. My work is concerned with the construction and destruction of living spaces, questioning the tension between space and place. Utilising a mix of built and rebuilt models, collages and real spaces, I investigate the boundaries between inside and outside, staging situations where a space is on the edge of becoming a 'non-place'.
As we are never sure where we are…
Info
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MA Degree
School
School of Humanities
Programme
MA Printmaking, 2008
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Contact
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07792 933556
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'Joy is to be left, in the night, hungry and cold at the doorstep of your own house…'
Christian Bobin, Le Tres-Bas (Paris, 1993)What is place?
I am interested in houses, buildings and rooms - like skins that can be turned inside out. My work is concerned with the construction and destruction of living spaces, questioning the tension between space and place. Utilising a mix of built and rebuilt models, collages and real spaces, I investigate the boundaries between inside and outside, staging situations where a space is on the edge of becoming a 'non-place'.
As we are never sure where we are…
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Degrees
- BA-MA Psychology, Louvain, Belgium, 1979; MA Anthropology, Jussieu, Paris, France, 1980
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Experience
- Freelance Photographer, London, 2001-8; Filmmaker, Prima Vista, Paradise Film, Brussels, 1991-98; Journalist, Le Soir, Première, Brussels, 1986-93; Psychologist, Enaden, Brussels, 1981-86
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Exhibitions
- L'accueil, Gallery Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium, 2007; Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2007; Any Body Home, XXth Century Theatre, London, 2005
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Awards
- Jury Award, Photography, L'accueil, 2007; Discovery Award, Film, SCAM Best Documentary, 1999; Grand Prix, Film, Festival of Virton, 1994