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2012/13, interactive video installation, HD, loop, two projections, 3 stereo audio tracks, two-sided screen
Images above: 2013, ‘KadS’, Soledad Senlle Art Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
‘Inner Space/Outer Space’ is an interactive video installation featuring a two-sided film screen with a woman on both sides, reading from Plato’s Symposium dialogues on love. In this dialogue, Aristophanes describes humanity’s eternal quest for its other half. The work invites viewers to feel they might connect with her, yet a true encounter remains elusive.
As the viewer approaches the back of the screen, they see her sitting in her living room; she then looks at you, stands up and disappears from view, her presence lingering only through sound. Each time you watch, the woman’s response feels different—she might slip away swiftly or linger a moment longer—and the sounds of her ‘absent presence’ shift subtly. Artist Yasmijn Karhof explains: “This work explores the longing to truly understand the other and the inherent impossibility of that desire.”
Awarded the BNG Workspace Project Award by ZAAL5 (Filmhuis Den Haag), this annual prize celebrates innovative explorations in the nature of film.
The jury praised Karhof’s ability to capture the spirit of the times with her installation: “In a conceptual and poetic way, she translates the longing for calm and reflection amidst a chaotic urban environment into a seemingly simple image. The interactive element entices the viewer to come closer and emphasizes the illusion that film is.”
The members of the jury of Workspace12 included: Maurice Bogaert (winner Workspace 11), Mariette Dölle (head of program of Tent. Rotterdam), Remco Vlaanderen (senior editor Submarine Channel), and Anna Abrahams (filmmaker and working at Eye Film Institute Netherlands).
CAST & CREW
Concept & Direction
Yasmijn Karhof
Actress
Sallie Harmsen
Produced by
Yasmijn Karhof
Executive producer
Daniel Nogueira
Director of photography
Niels Boon
Assistant director
Janneke van Heesch
Art direction
Inge Pouw
Sound design
Boon & Booy by Huibert Boon
Postproduction
Glassworks by Morten Vinther
Programming
Kees Reedijk
Focus puller
Bianca van Riemsdijk
Chief lighting technician
Carlos Candotti
Makeup
Marleen Holthuis
Assistens
Bas Zoontjens
Jasper van den Brink
Catering
De Meisjes van Spijs
Equipment
Camera rentals
SingelFilm
With special thanks to
Annemieke de Kler
Marisol Ferradás
Chirtine van den Berg
Elodie Hiryczuk
All crew members
With thanks to
Manon Bovenkerk, Maurice Bogaert, Mariette Dölle, Remco Vlaanderen, Anna Abrahams, Jane Bakx, Gripwise, Studio19, Anouk Goorman , Willem Doorman, Jasper van den Brink, Frits en Gea Karhof, Poema en Rafaël van den Brink
This film is made possible by
Filmhuis Den Haag
Cultuurfonds BNG
Fonds 1818
Nederlands Filmfonds
Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
Supported by
Camera Rentals
Glassworks
Photography
Gert Jan van Rooij
© Yasmijn Karhof, 2013
Installation view at exhibition 'BNG Workspace Project Award', Filmhuis Den Haag, Den Hague (NL)
Front view of the installation at 'KadS', Soledad Senlle Art Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
Rear view of the installation at 'KadS', Soledad Senlle Art Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
Rear view of the installation at 'KadS', Soledad Senlle Art Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
