Joya: AiR / Gabrielle Kroese / NED

“I have experienced my stay at Joya: AiR as an enormous wealth of time and focus. I worked on a concept that has been in my head for some time, but that I never really had the time to actually implement. For some time now I have wanted to investigate whether it is possible to make my own color dictionary based on a specific place.

During this residency I captured 66 different colors in 33 color capsules based on the immediate vicinity of Joya. Together they reflect the colours of the magical landscape to form Joya's own colour dictionary.

And aren’t they beautiful!

It inspires me to explore and investigate it further. It's just a start…

Thank you Simon and Donna; you made the most beautiful bubble of focus and inspiration at Joya: AiR. Sophie and Lauren for managing everything so smoothly. Kevin for making sound to my colours. And all the others that I met for your company, talks and inspiration: Jenny, Simone, Romy, Alma, Lisa, Alessa, Kaitlin, Hannah and Maria”.

Gabrielle Kroese

Gabrielle Kroese is an artist, colour hunter and photographer with a vegetable garden. Her artistic practice involves painting, photography, (self)publishing, slow-watching and colour research.

https://www.gabriellekroese.nl/

IG gabriellekroese

Simon Beckmann14 July 2024