Wenn du der Träumer bist, bin ich dein Traum
Juul Kraijer
Galerie Les filles du calvaire, Paris
- Title
- Wenn du der Träumer bist, bin ich dein Traum
- Gallery
- Galerie Les filles du calvaire, Paris
- Year
- 2022
- Duration
- 4 min 18 s
- Format & Technical
Single channel video
- Juul Kraijer. Wenn du der Träumer bist, bin ich der Traum, 2022. Single channel video, without sound. 4:18 min. loop. Courtesy Les filles du calvaire.
The 4 minute silent video work Wenn du der Träumer bist, bin ich dein Traum consists of a close-up of the face of a young woman, her gaze turned inward. Every now and then a bumblebee escapes from her mouth like a slip of the tongue, to fly back into the frame a while later and reenter her mouth. Her serene expression doesn’t change and we hardly see what happens, wonder if we really did see what we saw.
For this work a VFX bumblebee has been created by Canadian CGI expert Greg Marshall.
Like the snake, the bumblebee is seen as a liminal creature. In Celtic mythology, it is a messenger between our world and the spirit realm.
Stills
Juul Kraijer
- Artist
- www.juulkraijer.com
Juul Kraijer studied at the Rotterdam Academy of Fine Arts and lives and works in Rotterdam. Her main mediums are drawing and photography, sculpture and video works.
Her works are found in many international collections: MoMA, New York; KIASMA, Helsinki; Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf; Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin; Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris; Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna; MONA (Museum of Old and New Art), Tasmania; Gemeentemuseum Den Haag; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Huis Marseille Museum voor Fotografie, Amsterdam; Teylers Museum, Haarlem; Drents Museum, Assen; Stedelijk Museum; Museum Het Domein, Sittard; Centraal Museum, Utrecht; Fries Museum, Leeuwarden; Museum Overholland and many private and corporate collections in Europe, the United States and India.
Juul Kraijer is nominated for the Prix Guerlain du Dessin Contemporain 2018.
Related galleries
Galerie Les filles du calvaire
- Address
- 17 Rue des Filles du Calvaire, 75003, Paris, France
- Phone
- +33 (0)1 42 74 47 05
- Website
- www.fillesducalvaire.com
The gallery Les filles du calvaire, founded in 1996 by Stéphane Magnan in the Marais in Paris, is historically located at 17 rue des filles du calvaire. In 2023, the gallery opens a second space of 300m2 at 21 rue Chapon to develop its activities.
The gallery is dedicated to contemporary creation. The artists it represents come from multiple horizons. The program is thus rich in dialogue between the commitments and practices of each one.