5. Annelotte Lammertse & Eva Maria Bouillon - Zooom & Untitled Odyssee (EN)

This is “Zoom”, by Annelotte Lammertse. There are some places in the city that seem to be forgotten. Places that no-one seems to care about, spaces in transition. unforseen mistakes in urban landscapes. People don’t like these places, but for Annelotte, they are a treasure trove: nature’s got free reign here. Plants like Tansy, Saint Jameswort, Yarrow, goldenrod, and sometimes oak or chestnut trees. Those places and plants have an enormous untapped potential, that people underestimate all the time. Annelotte dyes and weaves textiles with these plants, to present the seams of our city, the edges of our civilisation, to us.



This piece of art is made by Eva Maria Bouillon. Eva Maria’s grandmother has a form of OCD called mysophobia or germophobia, in which she has a compulsive fear of dirt or filth. In her youth, she saw how the OCD expressed itself in the actions of her grandmother. Objects would be cleaned a lot and very carefully wrapped in saran wrap or paper towels. Eva Maria made this photo series with the help of her grandmother, to showcase her OCD in its entirety