FULL OF SON - Graduation work 2018
Four years ago my son Ingmar was born. To this day, I have struggled with the idea of what it means to be a good father to him. It is the first time I have lived with a man who is family.
The foundation of every good relationship, especially between parent and child, is trust and participation. How do you overcome your insecurities, when you have already failed once as a father? How do you navigate, with no experience of either end of the father-son-relationship?
My graduation work consisted of an audiovisual installation and a photo book. In it, I explored what lurks behind the facade of a “man” or “father”. It was my aim to emphasize the importance of a father’s presence to his child.
Exhibition: Graduation Show, Royal Academy of Art/KABK, Den Haag, Netherlands
Images from the photo book
Installation film (3:28min)
Film of the photo book (2:55min)
Exhibition documentation