Maybe Bas van den Hout is, most of all, a collector. Of found objects, literature, images. From there, the Dutch artist works with them, carefully with material and time: “If you come across an object day after day it becomes part of you. It is in the back of your mind. And from there, things can grow, because it is part of your history, part of your memory.” In the end, it is not about appropriation, rather the opposite.

Interviewed by Olaf Winkler and Batsheva Ross.

This talk is part of our series of Level Five artists being interviewed by Level Five artists – approaching our Open Studios on 6 and 7 Nov 2020.

Attention: more info for Open Studio visitors' registration and Corona-safe procedure still to be announced.