'Close Encounter' between Brieke Drost and Mohamed Ridouani
‘Close Encounters’ confronts the spectator with the work of Brieke Drost in an intimate, private way. A seemingly friendly gesture, yet quite forward as the artwork is delivered to a person’s home without any prior notice. The interaction between the artwork, the receiver and the artist is documented in a blog. Hereby an excerpt of the close encounter with Mohamed Ridouani :
“𝘈𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘔𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘒𝘰𝘪 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵. 𝘐 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘓𝘦𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦; 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘉𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘵, 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘦𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘯, 𝘔𝘰𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘙𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘪. 𝘈 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘳, 𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘳.”
The full text can be read here.
