Cluster, Lost_Horizon.backup, LhGWR gallery, 2017, Alexandra Crouwers

Alexandra Crouwers, wallpaper design for Lost_Horizon, 2017

Alexandra Crouwers, Lost_Horizon, wallpaper design

Alexandra Crouwers, Galactic Ripple - Lost_Horizon, 2017

Alexandra Crouwers, Galactic Ripple, 4K seamless loop, 2'00", colour/silent, 2017

Alexandra Crouwers, Lost_Horizon, Cluster 3, The_Archive

Alexandra Crouwers, Hand Axe 3D print, bronze, 2017

Galactic Ripple II, Alexandra Crouwers, inkjetprint on 200 grams drawing paper, gold ink, blue ink, 31 x 62 cm, 2017

Galactic Ripple I, inkjetprint on 200 grams drawing paper, gold ink, blue ink, 31 x 62 cm, 2017, Alexandra Crouwers

Alexandra Crouwers, music video, last voices, 2017

Alexandra Crouwers, music video, last voices, 2017

Still from 'Last Voices', 2017

Lost_Horizon.backup

Solo exhibition at LhGWR gallery, The Hague, 2017

The exhibition project Lost_Horizon was an attempt to escape not only the black box my video works were confined to, but equally disconnect my artistic practice from another box, the moniker ‘video-artist’.

Next to this, there was a desire to connect my digital practice to the origins of art making within human evolution. See these emoji proposals (2021) for a much more effective method.

Most of the works were the result of a condensed 2-month working period, experimenting with various carriers for still based works (prints – framed or mounted on panels, wallpaper, leporello’s), and loop media on vertical (Galactic Ripple and Triton) and horizontal screens (The_Archive). It also introduced a projection, Last Voices, though more as an afterthought.

During the working period an external hard drive broke down. This .backup was also on display. The exhibition turned out to also be a .breakup, since I ended my collaboration with the gallery during the show for various reasons. The gallery is now defunct.

The exhibition admittedly didn’t turn out the way I set it out to do, though did provide an opportunity to try out new things. Some works have resonated since.

Works in the exhibition:

  • 2 mural prints
  • Galactic Ripple, 4K seamless vertical loop on flatscreen, colour/silent, 2’00”, 2017
  • The_Archive. Te pito o te kainga, HD seamless loop, colour/sound, 10’00”, 2017
  • Last Voices, HD, colour/sound, 6’00”, 2017. Soundtrack courtesy Anyon
  • Pirates I & Pirates II, UV glass framed A0 prints, black ink on black paper, 2017
  • The Curtain Call II, leporello, leporello, inkjet on hahnemühle paper, 260cm x 21cm, unique, 2017 (sold. private collection, France)
  • Karawan, leporello, inkjet on Hahnemühle paper, 260cm x 42cm, unique, 2017
  • Tool, miniature 3D print in bronze, 1,2mm, 2017
  • 3 prints on silk/cotton blend fabric, 260 x 120cm, banners
  • 1 defunct external hard drive
  • Various prints on paper, framed or mounted on panels, 2017