Jakob van Klinken

Story-mode revenge on plastic garden gunk
2020
Epoxy, acrylic and spray paint on plasticine
20 x 16 cm
Demonstrative Wrapper-trash Cutter
2020
Wood, plasticine and found objects
30 x 12 cm
THE OBJECTS THAT WISH ME THE WORST
2020
video
Involuntary Stickiness
2021
digital collage on inktjet print
40 x 35 cm

In my work I investigate how we interact with economies of desire. Why, for instance, is my neighbour helpful to me, how can I be charming as a good host, why do I cry when I get off the plane when I’ve missed Athens?

Situations like these engulf our daily lives. I want to explore how our desires move us through them in collaborative projects, video and installations.

In my latest project I explore unmet desires, how we project our frustrations onto objects and sometimes even lash out on them. Set in my own garden, I become the grumpy gardener, a role with little sex appeal that nevertheless may hold some untapped potential. Shouting at junk as a gardener might, in its non-appeal, be an unexpected source of comfort in our times of overpromise, unreasonable expectations and demand of constant “fun”.

www.jakobvanklinken.com
Story-mode revenge on plastic garden gunk
2020
Epoxy, acrylic and spray paint on plasticine
20 x 16 cm
Demonstrative Wrapper-trash Cutter
2020
Wood, plasticine and found objects
30 x 12 cm
THE OBJECTS THAT WISH ME THE WORST
2020
video
Involuntary Stickiness
2021
digital collage on inktjet print
40 x 35 cm