'Mood
Swing', Rental Art Project for 'Het
Nieuwe Huren', 2009
photo's: Otto Snoek
A
project researching the mood in your house leads to mood enhancing drawings
for your home*
* no scientific conclusions should be drawn from
artistic research findings.
In our homes we try to create an atmosphere that suits us. However, neither
the colours we pick for our walls, nor the height of the ceiling, nor
the furniture we choose define all of the atmosphere in a house.
The mood of the people using a room also contributes to how we experience
a space. How else is it possible that a room which was cosy and warm
yesterday, today seems stuffy and dark, with the walls closing in on you?
Why does the atmosphere of a whole house change when someone comes home
in a fowl mood? And why are there also times when it doesn’t matter
at all what mood the other occupants of a space are in?
People who rent ‘Mood Swing’ are examined by the artist. They receive a questionaire and fill in their moods and their ‘mood-wishes’. The answers are used by the artist to create a work of ‘mixed feelings’, with which she doesn’t only visualize the mood(s) of a household, but also tries to influence it.
‘Mood
Swing’ was developed by Babette Wagenvoort for 'Het
Nieuwe Huren’ (The New Renting).
Het Nieuwe Huren, initiated by Esther Didden in 2005, is a special
collection of art projects that are for rent. With Het Nieuwe Huren
people don’t rent
a specific artwork. Instead they rent an artist and his/her way of working or
communicating.
Like the other projects that are part of Het Nieuwe Huren, ‘Mood Swing’ by
Babette Wagenvoort challenges anyone who rents her project to experience their
daily environment in a new way.
For more information about the project or to rent this project go to: www.hetnieuwehuren.com or
contact the artist.
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'Mood
Swing - Alphabet of Moods', Book with 60 Moods &
5 'Mixed Feelings', 2009
A special
publication with the complete 'Alphabet of Moods' was designed by Rieme
Gleijm and is for sale.
View and/or order the book here
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Maja Landeweer writes in Dutch about 'Mood
Swing' in AD Haagsche Courant of 21 augustus 2009.
Klik om het artikel als pdf te
openen
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People who rent ‘Mood Swing’ are examined by the artist. They receive a questionaire and fill in their moods and their ‘mood-wishes’. The answers are used by the artist to create a work of ‘mixed feelings’, with which she doesn’t only visualize the mood(s) of a household, but also tries to influence it.
Research
book design by Dorien Haagsma
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Mood Swing project
Concept & drawings:
Babette Wagenvoort
More information: www.hetnieuwehuren.com
Print 'Mixed feelings' on windows: BSB, Rotterdam
With thanks to: Tonnie Bulsink, Ruud, Juul en Saar Koene (pilot ‘Mood Swing’), Esther Didden (Het Nieuwe Huren), Dorien Haagsma, Rieme, Fonds BKVB, Stroom Den Haag, Theater Zeebelt
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Pictures
of the pilot project of Mood Swing in a home in Leiden, NL
click on image to enlarge (photo's:
Otto Snoek &
Babette Wagenvoort)
