In A Wet Context
2024 - Antwerpen

Over the course of a year, explorations along and on the River Scheldt started forming a collection of materialised riverside stories. Various found objects together with ceramics tell the stories I encountered during my roamings; about mythical Sturgeons, migrating Mitten Crabs and a travelling river source. 

What ties the stories together is a certain subcurrent that focusses on the irrational, the meandering and the agency of the river. The storied objects are made mobile through a backpack made from driftwood and are activated in a series of performative walks. 


In a wet context (2024) – Niel de Vries
In a wet context – backpack drawing
In a wet context (2024) performance image 6 – Niel de Vries
In a wet context (2024) performance image 5 – Niel de Vries kopie
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In a wet context (2024) performance image – Niel de Vries kopie
In a wet context (2024) performance image 2 – Niel de Vries kopie