Hi there readers,
Since August onwards I have been working on a new website and blog. Today I have launched the new site and as a result this blog will soon be closed down. I hope you continue to follow my work, inspiration and insights through my new website. I wrote about the process of building this new website is in this blog post.
Sorry for the inconvenience and I hope to see you at suzicolpa.com!
A new NestTV for a new exhibition. This time by English curator Will Lunn and artist David Rickard. There is a very interesting mixture of works in this show!
Behind the scenes I am working on a new website and blog where I will update more frequently. Exciting times! I am looking forward to showing you my new home online. In the meantime here are some light beams! A digital drawing on an analogue photograph I took during the holidays in the gorgeous Austrian alps.
On a wonderful morning, this light came pouring in through the window. Isn’t it lovely?
Wow, seven weeks have past and seven episodes have been made. We have been filming, brainstorming, editing, writing, arranging and bringing all the elements together for this series to be made. I fell in love with the location and the people, De IJsselstroom is truly a very special place! I am grateful to have been part of this project. I am also looking forward to now have freed up some time to focus on new ideas and projects. Perhaps I will have more time for this blog as well 🙂 So see you soon!
Here you can view the final episodes, as well as the episodes that came before, online.
An exhibition with slight influences coming from the Concept Store. In this video that I made together with Rene Nijman you will also see some subtle changes with regards to the style of the film. It is an interesting show, on view until July at Nest in Den Haag!
Wow, it has been a while! I have been working hard on a project that is coming to fruition in the upcoming weeks. It is a series of episodes about an old steam laundry factory in Zutphen called De IJsselstroom. It is located next to the river the IJssel in a beautiful spot. Together with cameraman Kai Dieho we have been following the new owners of this old building. They are going to renovate the place completely and while doing so they come across some interesting findings.
In the series we delve into the history of the steam laundry and meet some former inhabitants. Also, in the Netherlands lots of change is going on in terms of its rivers. As a result of climate change there is a lot more rain and therefore the rivers are given more space. But this also means some buildings have to go. De IJsselstroom could stay but because it is very close to the river it should be well monitored. The owners also want to renovate the place in a sustainable way and they are looking into using a watermill for generating energy. Finally, the renovation of the building also provides opportunities for young construction workers in a time of crisis.
All these story lines combined make for a very interesting set of episodes. The owners of De IJsselstroom are very passionate and forward thinking people and it has been a very inspiring place to visit. I have been filming there since around October so we got to know De IJsselstroom and Zutphen quite well. If you are ever around, it is a beautiful area and a lovely, monumental town. Here you can see the first episode of the series (only in Dutch).
The episode of the trip of the Oosterschelde from Perth to the Abrolhos islands can now be viewed online! It was such an amazing journey with lots of interesting elements which you can see in this episode.
First of all, the history of the Dutch ship Batavia which got shipwrecked at the Abrolhos islands. Secondly, the experiences of the crew while being out at sea for months at a time. Also, seeing whales for the first time in my life was magnificent! Finally, the interaction with the other people on board and hearing their reflections on life while being away from the hectic world, their phones and the internet. Enjoy!
The past weeks cameraman Rene Nijman and me have been working on this new episode of NestTV. I think this will be a very good and interesting exhibition that will blow your mind!
This Saturday the first episode about the journey around the world by three masted-schooner Oosterschelde will be shown on RTV Rijnmond. For 13 weeks, every Saturday a leg of the trip will be shown. The first episode is a preview of what is to come in the next months and will also contain some fragments of my trip to the Abrolhos islands in Australia.
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