https://sjoerdhouben.xyz Sjoerd Houben Thu, 02 Jan 2020 11:53:30 +0000 https://sjoerdhouben.xyz en https://sjoerdhouben.xyz/Home Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:49:03 +0000 Sjoerd Houben https://sjoerdhouben.xyz/Home &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;SJOERD HOUBEN https://sjoerdhouben.xyz/No-Pleasure-Cruise Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:49:03 +0000 Sjoerd Houben https://sjoerdhouben.xyz/No-Pleasure-Cruise <img width="967" height="1200" width_o="967" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d71b25dd0af2e3f7c4018c324aa67767ce66904be016f515a79e8f48a1fafd37/FotoPReorder_20.jpg" data-mid="36034673" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/967/i/d71b25dd0af2e3f7c4018c324aa67767ce66904be016f515a79e8f48a1fafd37/FotoPReorder_20.jpg" /> <img width="967" height="1200" width_o="967" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1a9296d83c0423f07517ab17262c32007d7a3893c8ff763cd26d671e32bac60/FotoPReorder_12.jpg" data-mid="36034665" border="0" 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Government and advertising try to push forward a linear idea of happiness. Contrariwise, Houben understands happiness as a rhizome that may take many different forms. His photography is a studious approach to the paradoxes of interpretation of the theme, portraying diverse personages and their stories within a broader social narrative. For example, happiness as seen through beauty, aging, memory, youth, the human body or emotion. Houben’s work holds individual experience at its core; however, the theme and concept tie together these experiences into a cohesive unit. For information about the book, click here.No Pleasure Cruise (2018) https://sjoerdhouben.xyz/No-Muscle-Can-Stretch-Itself Thu, 02 Jan 2020 11:53:30 +0000 Sjoerd Houben https://sjoerdhouben.xyz/No-Muscle-Can-Stretch-Itself <img width="2730" height="2200" width_o="2730" height_o="2200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/598d869f97f711e356335cad14177ebc2c420288873548aeab3b261f2048b95b/NMCSI_Sjoerd_Houben-3.JPG" data-mid="57551940" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/598d869f97f711e356335cad14177ebc2c420288873548aeab3b261f2048b95b/NMCSI_Sjoerd_Houben-3.JPG" /> <img width="2200" height="2800" width_o="2200" height_o="2800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7278740b3089913f2795af8ec2099b0d765ed5525354e9f9f942d5b8d4a6ab94/NMCSI_Sjoerd_Houben-6.JPG" data-mid="57551972" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7278740b3089913f2795af8ec2099b0d765ed5525354e9f9f942d5b8d4a6ab94/NMCSI_Sjoerd_Houben-6.JPG" /> <img width="2200" height="2800" width_o="2200" height_o="2800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/66aa82e566325370d88223b6c79127f5de734a4b87a6297d7a88d9d07178b429/NMCSI_Sjoerd_Houben-11.JPG" data-mid="57551974" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/66aa82e566325370d88223b6c79127f5de734a4b87a6297d7a88d9d07178b429/NMCSI_Sjoerd_Houben-11.JPG" /> <img width="2200" height="2800" width_o="2200" height_o="2800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f868325e7b3247b2db65822058d88dd1d9dc05d9921d8f6571f7cadac81ee055/NMCSI_Sjoerd_Houben-16.JPG" data-mid="57551973" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f868325e7b3247b2db65822058d88dd1d9dc05d9921d8f6571f7cadac81ee055/NMCSI_Sjoerd_Houben-16.JPG" /> <img width="2200" height="2731" width_o="2200" height_o="2731" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b9bc612684b8e1dc282bff883293ff8ff469f2df6131a8deb4a31affca12412/NMCSI_Sjoerd_Houben-38.JPG" data-mid="57551979" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4b9bc612684b8e1dc282bff883293ff8ff469f2df6131a8deb4a31affca12412/NMCSI_Sjoerd_Houben-38.JPG" /> <img width="2200" height="2800" width_o="2200" height_o="2800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0da184c3d091c7776c1a4e896f765a49f4f3bd89138906cd1eefbc02c67bf6b7/NMCSI_Sjoerd_Houben-21.JPG" data-mid="57551975" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0da184c3d091c7776c1a4e896f765a49f4f3bd89138906cd1eefbc02c67bf6b7/NMCSI_Sjoerd_Houben-21.JPG" /> <img width="2200" height="2800" width_o="2200" height_o="2800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c8004f8504f4c66843c4991ca605524038ed19b7bb6d4237a47e0d97c66379a3/NMCSI_Sjoerd_Houben-37.JPG" data-mid="57551977" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c8004f8504f4c66843c4991ca605524038ed19b7bb6d4237a47e0d97c66379a3/NMCSI_Sjoerd_Houben-37.JPG" /> <img width="2200" height="2800" width_o="2200" height_o="2800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/812860d2d04ce1b8dd707c4f198728b42f1f8008a3b1568136aca0842347163a/NMCSI_Sjoerd_Houben-25.JPG" data-mid="57551976" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/812860d2d04ce1b8dd707c4f198728b42f1f8008a3b1568136aca0842347163a/NMCSI_Sjoerd_Houben-25.JPG" /> <img width="2730" height="2200" width_o="2730" height_o="2200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e049ed4fa3fa9caddc117b5feae1e3de7a0a6563c71321b62f61f61af4ae00e8/NMCSI_Sjoerd_Houben-35.JPG" data-mid="57551978" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e049ed4fa3fa9caddc117b5feae1e3de7a0a6563c71321b62f61f61af4ae00e8/NMCSI_Sjoerd_Houben-35.JPG" /> No Muscle Can Stretch Itself (2019) https://sjoerdhouben.xyz/Book Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:49:07 +0000 Sjoerd Houben https://sjoerdhouben.xyz/Book NO PLEASURE CRUISEDate of publication July 2018Selfpublished80 pages76 imagesills colour/b&amp;w24 cm x 29.5 cmFolded signatures with elastic bandStaple bound textbook with two texts and image indexISBN 9789082886108 https://sjoerdhouben.xyz/Info Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:49:07 +0000 Sjoerd Houben https://sjoerdhouben.xyz/Info INF︎ &nbsp;Sjoerd Houben&nbsp;b. 1990, the Netherlands &nbsp;BA Photography (with great distinction), KASK Ghent, BE, 2016.MA Photography (with great distinction), KASK Ghent, BE, 2018. &nbsp;Based in Amsterdam Sjoerd Houben (b. 1990, NL) is an artist based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His work mainly explores abstract structures in societal systems. Using various research methods Houben builds up a complex web of subjects and connects a multitude of subjects to the core subject and concept. Houben is interested in what the medium of photography has to offer in terms of concept forming and visual substance. He questions how the photographic medium deals with abstract concepts and the way these concepts find their way back into the image. For contact, inquires &amp; commissions︎ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;︎ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; EXHIBITIONS, PUBLICATIONS &amp; GRANTS (selected) &nbsp; 2019 ︎&nbsp; No Pleasure Cruise, Der Greif (specials) (DE) No Pleasure Cruise, Photobook Belge, FOMU Antwerp (BE) Tip Off #4, de edit, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam (NL)No Muscle Can Stretch Itself, VICE (NL) No Muscle Can Stretch Itself, NRC (NL) Follow ‘19, No Muscle Can Stretch Itself , Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam (NL) Fotodok - Geluk in Beeld, Vrij Nederland (print and online) (NL) Zeeuwse Lichting 2018, CBK ZEELAND, Middelburg (NL) Exhibition 2.0 Terms and Conditions, Go Mulan Gallery, Amsterdam (NL) 2018 ︎ Good intentions, Marres, Maastricht (NL) Shortlist Olympus Young Talent Award 2018, Amsterdam (NL)&nbsp; Olympus Young Talent Award 2018, Kiekie Tabloid (print and online) (NL) No Pleasure Cruise, 44 Gallery, Brugge (BE) Gra(n)d Jam, Yugen, Ghent (BE) No Pleasure Cruise (Book), selfpublished (NL) Graduation, KASK, Ghent (BE) No Pleasure Cruise, De Morgen (print and online) (BE) No Pleasure Cruise, The Heavy Collective (AU) No Pleasure Cruise, Ain’t Bad Magazine (US) Fotoforum Talent, Brasschaat (BE)&nbsp; MAP #72 Advance To Go, Glazen Gang, KASK, Ghent (BE) 2017 ︎ Excersises (zine), selfpublished (BE) Der Greif, Issue #10 (DE)&nbsp; Der Greif, Thread Count,booth #10, Unseen, Amsterdam (NL) Prins Bernhard Culturefund, Master studies grant (NL) De Donkere Kamer, Bourla Theatre, Antwerp (BE)&nbsp;We Hate it When Our Friends Become Successful, Zwarte Zaal, KASK Ghent&nbsp; (BE)&nbsp;