About me
Working Method
Art is for me a medium to unravel hidden stories and to translate these stories into visible and tangible art works, which are able to provoke reactions. It doesn’t matter if they provoke confrontation, recognition, memories or mystification. The essence of my work stems from my interest in people. In their thoughts and feelings, and in their needs and longings. I am curious about the existing (cultural) differences and possible compatibility between people. In order to share this curiosity with others, I create ‘meetings’, where the differences are perceived as being enriching and inspiring rather than being problematic and limiting. Some of my art projects are self-initiated and other are commissioned works. I work together with cultural institutions, municipalities, community developers, housing corporations, and residents.All of my projects begin with research into the given context and the people who live within this context. The working duration of a project varies from three months to one year.
Commitment, communication and interactivity are essential in the shared process. This process is just as important as the end product, which is made by me, or by participants under my artistic direction.
The new alliances, images, symbols and meanings that arise from these ‘meetings’ are are performed as a ritual or a ceremony and are often situated in theatrical settings. They reveal people in search of identity and recognition and how our living environments have an influence on this. To me the evocation of symbols, whether objects, places or people provides anchors to identity. Furthermore it plays an important role in personal and social (re)constitution.
Ulrike Bartels
Kunstprojecten ism culturele-en maatschappelijke instellingen, onderwijs, gemeentes en woningcorporaties en bewoners.
Art projects in collaboration with cultural institutions, municipalities, community developers, housing corporations, and residents.
Kunstprojecten ism culturele-en maatschappelijke instellingen, onderwijs, gemeentes en woningcorporaties en bewoners.
Art projects in collaboration with cultural institutions, municipalities, community developers, housing corporations, and residents.
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Alle afbeeldingen op deze website zijn auteursrechtelijk beschermd en mogen niet worden gebruikt door derden. Ook is er zo zorgvuldig mogelijk omgegaan met het portret- of auteursrecht van derden. Mocht er toch iets niet in orde zijn of wilt u gebruik maken van een beeld neem dan contact op met Ulrike Bartels; info@ulrikebartels.com.