Syntax at the ArtEZ Finals

Shindar graduates from the Fine Art and Design in Education department with his work Kurd Shepherd. The following scenes are based on memories and moments of how I felt before my journey to the Netherlands took place. The images and actions are frozen in time, so I had to convert the memories into a compositional language that I processed in my own way. “We humans will never forget something that we felt inside when we saw and experienced an event that happened and changed our lives.” He is interviewed by performance, sculpture and installation artist Melanie Maria. Find at Shindar: http://instagram.com/shindarkhalil Find Melanie at: http://melanie-maria.com http://instagram.com/melaniemaria_work

The collective and community CC:, initiated by Esmée Dros, Naomi Hubert and Heike de Wit, run their project CC Platform at the ArtEZ Finals 2021. CC: seeks a balance and celebrates representations of femme and gender non-conforming artists/ designers in Arnhem and Amsterdam. They are interviewed by Oscar and Sjef from Syntax. Find CC: at: http://cccccc.nl http://instagram.com/cc.platform http://instagram.com/heikerenee http://instagram.com/naomiamandas http://instagram.com/esmeedros

Writers collective Wildgewelf visits and writes about all Art & Design shows at the ArtEZ Finals. This is Frederike's literary report of the Graphic Design show. Find Wildgewelf at: http://wildgewelf.nl http://instagram.com/wildgewelf

Sjoerd graduates from Design Art Technology with Digital Specimens (2016 - ongoing), an installation that contains 83 of the most diverse sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks. Every rock, or ‘asset’ as digital artists call them, is embedded within one physical object, emphasising the uniqueness of a specimen that was translated from the physical to the digital realm. Sjef is an artist who, in his work, interprets online culture and dismantles digital interfaces. He is one of the co-founders of Syntax. Find Sjoerd at: http://sjoerdmol.com http://instagram.com/sjoerd.mol Find Sjef at: http://sjefvanbeers.com http://instagram.com/sjefvanbeers

Writers collective Wildgewelf visits and writes about all Art & Design shows at the ArtEZ Finals. This is Odette's literary report of the Fashion Design film screening. Find Wildgewelf at: http://wildgewelf.nl http://instagram.com/wildgewelf

Polina graduates from Graphic Design with her project Белы Хлеб Чырвоныя Буракi. White Bread Red Beets, a respond to the new Belarusian law that declares white-red-white flag (ongoing symbol of the Belarusian opposition) a symbol of extremism. Activism takes place in the moment of doing it and this project is a protest on its own. She is interviewed by curator and writer Tiiu Meiner. Find Polina at: http://polinatitova.nl http://www.instagram.com/_polina_totova__ Find Tiiu at: http://tiiumeiner.com http://instagram.com/isityoutiiu

Writers collective Wildgewelf visits and writes about all Art & Design shows at the ArtEZ Finals. This is Lars' literary report of the Creative Writing show. Find Wildgewelf at: http://wildgewelf.nl http://instagram.com/wildgewelf

Rachel and Kees both graduate from Fashion Design. Rachel her collection The End is a redefinition of classical garments, giving them a new role to play. Kees his collection is called Inked. It is based on the Rorschach test, and overall inspiration he has all his life long. Ink is something that returns in his work, tattoos and cultural inspiration. They are interviewed by Guusje de Bruin, who has a fashion based multidisciplinary practice. Find Rachel at: http://instagram.com/rachelklok Find Kees at: http://instagram.com/keez_ie Find Guusje at: http://guusjedebruin.com http://instagram.com/guusjedb

Writers collective Wildgewelf visits and writes about all Art & Design shows at the ArtEZ Finals. This is Tim's literary report of the DAT (Design Art Technology) show. Find Wildgewelf at: http://wildgewelf.nl http://instagram.com/wildgewelf

Zhizhong and Shiyun both graduate from Graphic Design. Zhizhong her work is called Maybe But Yes and is a project about the pen tool, Instagram Stories and the Digital vs. Reality. In Shiyun her project Internet Objects multi-media installations constructed a space that visualised a mixed reality of both digital and physical realm. Where the time is twisted. They are interviewed by curator Rawad Baaklini. Find Zhizhong at: http://instagram.com/2h12h6 Find Shiyun at: http://shiyunis.cool http://instagram.com/shiyunishiyun Find Rawad at: http://rawadbaaklini.com http://instagram.com/rawadbaaklini

Elza and Jiman both graduate from Product Design The graduation project is Elza is Forest5x5, an embodiment experience that aims to redefine and question the understanding of a forest as an entity. We are facing an undeniable climate crisis. Our perception of nature has become a crafted and segmented area of governance. The aim of this experience is to facilitate the understanding between this complex entity and the participants by looking for their similarities instead of differences. With his graduation project Step on Fantasy, Jiman aims to make futuristic and avant-garde shoes for everybody, not only as one piece design. Elza and Jiman interviewed by Hanneke and Tosca of Ant Eye, a studio between design, performance and art Find Elza at: http://5x5.space http://instagram.com/elzii.berzii Find Jiman at: http://instagram.com/goodgman Find Ant Eye at: http://anteye.land http://instagram.com/anteye_land

Writers collective Wildgewelf visits and writes about all Art & Design shows at the ArtEZ Finals. This is Tessa’s literary report of the BEAR (Base for Experiment, Art & Research) show. Find Wildgewelf at: http://wildgewelf.nl http://instagram.com/wildgewelf

Daniël graduates from Product Design with his project Blob World, a game in which you can find and collect clothes and accessories. When you find an item you can purchase it physically as well. Bridging the gap in between digital and physical. Oscar is an artist working with sound and one of the co-founders of Syntax. Find Daniël at: http://www.daniel-g-hoek.nl Find Oscar at: http://oscarvanleest.com http://instagram.com/beuysnoise

Andrea graduates from Graphic Design with her project De Allá a Acá (From There to Here), a video installation that follows a microbe's journey from the Atacama desert to the lithium battery powering your laptop. The microbe serves as a vehicle to tell the multiplicity of stories that lie in the sands of the desert, from the cosmological creation of lithium, to the times of the dictatorship. Laila graduates from BEAR (Base for Experiment, Art and Research) with Liminia, a 3-channel sci fi film installation with a musical composition as a soundscape. The film explores notions of death and rebirth as navigational tools through real, fictional landscapes to evoke questions about genesis, origin, identity and memory. This immersive film installation takes the audience through a journey in the afterlife. Together Andrea and Laila have formed Cruda Collective. They are interviewed by Heike de Wit alumna from Graphic Design Arnhem. Find Andrea at: http://andreagalanotoro.com http://instagram.com/andygalano Find Laila at: http://instagram.com/lailuxvii Find Heike at: http://www.heikedewit.nl http://www.instagram.com/heikerenee

Malika Soudani en Suzanne Reedijk studeren af bij Creative Writing. Malika schreef “Waar ik een slaapkamer heb gehad”, een verhalende poëziebundel - een reconstructie van de herinneringen van de auteur. Je leest over een zusje met kanker, twee culturen onder één dak, bruin zijn in een witte familie en een gebroken gezin. Suzanne schreef “Stormvogel / Gelegenheidshaiku”, een tweeledige novelle over Marley, die in haar jeugd een vriendin verloor, en nu twee ontmoetingen heeft. Een jongetje verschijnt op het strand. Een kind van negen meter zit in een veld. Over rouw, ontzag voor de wereld, en verbinding. Ze worden geïnterviewd door Frederike Luijten en Lars Meijer van schrijverscollectief Wildgewelf. Meer over het werk van Malika: http://malikasoudani.nl http://instagram.com/malikasoudani Meer over het werk van Suzanne: http://andthelilacbushes.nl http://instagram.com/nachtlampje http://instagram.com/andthelilacbushes Meer Wildgewelf: http://wildgewelf.nl http://instagram.com/wildgewelf

Jung Kim graduates from Fashion Design. He describes his collection “A Bad Only Lasts 24 Hours” as a mundane fantasy. He is interviewed by Orla Tiffany, brand manager at Nike ACG. Find Jung at: http://instagram.com/jungkim.co.kr Find Orla at: http://instagram.com/orfhtiff

Dante van Elburg graduates from BEAR (Base for Experiment, Art and Research) with a big orchestra consisting out of drawings, sculptures and paintings. He is interviewed by interdisciplinary artist Natalia Jordanova. Find Dante at: http://dantevanelburg.nl http://instagram.com/dantevanelburg Find Natalia at: http://nataliajordanova.com http://instagram.com/nataliyata

Berend te Linde graduates from the Design Art Technology department with his project Zelfportret, a digital clone of himself using neural networks. His goal is to archive a 24 year old version of himself. The clone exists out of 3 parts, the body, the voice and the mind. He is interviewed by artist, designer and researcher Leïth Benkhedda. Find Berend at: www.xn--imq.net instagram.com/berend.linde Find Leïth at: leithbenkhedda.com instagram.com/451_232

Sjef from Syntax talks to Edward Thomson, head of BEAR, Hendrik-Jan Grievink, head of Graphic Design, and Martijn van Boven, head of Design Art Technology, about Finals this year.

Sjef from Syntax interviews Jolie about her graduation projects.