
In Transit, Utrecht, NL
Concept: Marjolijn Dijkman
material: 8 x photoprint on foam 2.20 x 80cm. variable.
Thanks to: H.K.U. Hilversum
Exhibited: Graduation show Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, NL
Period: January 2000 / 2001
Published: Territorial Invasions of the Public and Private, PZI Institute, 2003

These series of photographs investigate kinds of behavior in private and public spaces. The first series was made of 68 people who participated after being requested to pose in their favorite position to watch television. People seem to wear different (comfortable) clothes when they watch television, and have a fixed position they like. The relation between a more meditative and withdrawn state of mind and a committed position towards actual happenings in the world fascinated me.

A second series of photographs are made of passengers at Schiphol Airport checking the time of arrival or departure. These moments seem to last longer then necessary and I had the impression that a kind of mental departure takes place.
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