Hold on, Auto Future

Title: Hold On, Auto Future
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2013
Dimensions: 250 × 450 × 300 cm
Materials: Stainless steel, solvent-printed bath towels with data

About:
Towels hang around the handrail like remnants of physical activity. Printed on these towels are computer-generated texts containing data about events scheduled from 100 to several thousand years into the future. These texts are the result of random web-based searches, revealing an auto-generated vision of the future.

Air Gap Hold On

Title: Air Gap Hold On
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2012
Dimensions: 117 × 60 × 8 cm
Materials: Stainless steel, digital print on towel, digital print on plastic

About:
The title refers to the concept of an air gap in both plumbing and networking contexts. In plumbing, an air gap is the unobstructed vertical space between a water outlet and the flood level of a fixture, preventing contaminated water from flowing back into the potable water system. In networking, an air gap is a security measure isolating secure computer networks physically from insecure ones, such as the public internet, to prevent unauthorized data flow. This work reflects on these ideas of separation, protection, and control.

Infinite Value

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Title: Infinite Value
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2009
Dimensions: 5 × 74 × 53 cm
Materials: Three digital prints layered within a custom wooden frame

About:
This work features three digital prints overlaid inside a custom-made wooden frame. By milling out sections of the first print, another version of the same image is revealed, creating a layered visual effect.

Katanga Bub

Title: Katanga Bub
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2011
Dimensions: 35.43 × 56.69 inches
Materials: Mobile devices mounted on a lightbox displaying a press image of the Katanga mines in the Congo, rephotographed underwater

About:
Katanga Bub brings together the extreme ends of the mobile device industry. It is based on a press image depicting the landscape and workers of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of Congo—an area mined for minerals like tungsten and coltan, essential for mobile device production. The press image has been rephotographed underwater and presented within a freestanding display unit. As water ripples and bubbles distort the scene beneath, the screens of numerous mobile devices display clearer details of the same Katanga mine view. This fusion of the earthy origins of mining and the liquefied luxury of global technology commodities explores the relationship between material extraction and digital information. The work highlights the dual narrative: while mobile devices help disseminate knowledge and raise global awareness with the promise of a better world, the rare earth economy also supports problematic social and political infrastructures in Congo. It reveals the recursive links between matter and information, tracing the path from raw material to data generation.

Exhibition views from: Trails Rising at Sandy Brown Gallery, Berlin; The Composing Rooms, London; and Treijac Project, France.

The (s)Oil we Eat

Title: at Aral GmbH
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2014
Dimensions: 241 x 112 x 51 cm
Materials: Earth from Naturpark Hoher Fläming, Aral BlueTronic SAE 10W-40, Sonax Xtreme antifrost&klarsicht konzentrat Nano Pro, Ignite Vitamin water, Acrylic pipes, Rubber corks, Stainless steel, Paint.

Title: at Capbreton Beach
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2014
Dimensions: 278 x 190 x 31 cm
Materials: Vinaigre aux herbes, Huile d’olive, Acrylic pipes, Rubber corks, Stainless steel, Paint, Beach sand, Styrofoam.

Title: at Holiday Inn
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rtist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2014
Dimensions:  318 x 100 x 31 cm
Materials: Purex Laundry detergent, Comfort Lavender laundry softener, Cola Light, Acrylic pipes, Rubber corks, Stainless steel, Paint.

Title: at Strani Venice
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2014
Dimensions: 225 x 120 x 35 cm
Materials: Aperol Spritz, Chianti, Piatti Detergenti, Acrylic pipes, Rubber cork, Steal, Paint.

Title:at Téte de Rigaud
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2014
Dimensions: 98 x 58 x 30 cm
Materials: Soil, Styrofioam, Beer lid, Tiny metal stands.

Copyright: Annde Vries

Timetables

Title: Timetables
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2011
Size: Variable
Materials: Wood, metal, ceramic, digital photo prints on tables
About: This piece features photographs taken from the clouds above Amsterdam in 2007.
Exhibition views from: TruEye surView curated by Katja Novitskova at W139 in Amsterdam

 

LISTENING

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Title: Listening, 01, 02, 03
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2015
Dimensions: Variable
Materials: Mixed Media work, Vinyl with UV-Print, Stones coated in Silicon,
Poly Utherane foam coated in Silicon, Steel, Kneed pox, and Acrylic hair.
About: Duo exhibition by Anne de Vries and Olga Balema
at Michael Thibault gallery Los Angeles

Play R’ Grip

Title: Tech No Grind
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2010
Materials: Wood, metal, rubber, plastics, UV print


Title: Play-R Grip
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2010
Materials: Smashed tennis racket on the wall with an integrated audio headset


Title: Turn A round
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2010
Materials: Digital prints on laminated wooden display boxes, plastics
Size: Variable


Title: Private Goods
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2009
Materials: Wood, digital print, plastic, rubber

PLAN

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Title: Plan
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2005
Material: C-print
Dimensions: 60 × 45 cm

The Dike Story

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Title: The Dike Story
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2003
Materials: Video projection on laminated wooden sculpture
Dimensions: 117 × 70 × 85 cm

Stick and Plant

Title: Stick and Plant
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2003
Materials: 2-channel video installation, wood, kentia plants, roofing, clothing hangers, clothing, bench, etc.
Dimensions: 2.5 × 3 × 14 meters
About: Stick and Plant is a 2-channel video installation that reconstructs a rehabilitation center. Various treatments unfold inside and outside the video projections, which are integrated into the physical installation. Viewers witness participants changing in and out of camouflage suits and hiding within the kentia plant jungle behind the wooden wall.

Welcome Home

Title: Welcome Home
Artist: Anne de Vries
Year: 2003
Material: PAL video with audio
Duration: 5-minute loop

The Opening

'The Opening' an event, performance and installation by artist Anne de Vries and Alberto de Michele, 2003

Title: The Opening
Artists: Anne de Vries, Alberto De Michele
Date: May 22–27, 2000
About:
An art performance, installation, and event held over the course of one workweek at the Gerrit Rietveld Pavilion in Amsterdam. During this time, the two artists confined themselves inside a black cube furnished with only essential amenities: a bed, food, a toilet, and a single small pocket camera whose flash served as their sole source of light.