If I knew time as well as you do: Recent Episodes
Eva Hoonhout
If I knew time as well as you do is a podcast series hosted by artist Eva Hoonhout (1990/NL) The podcast series is part of her newest sculptural work that you can find outside on the Marineterrein Amsterdam. Starting from a small gesture like drinking tea, Hoonhout explores what it means to take time to listen, to take care of ourselves, and to be more aware of our environment in the past and present. In these 4 episodes, we will explore what it means to think about time in a different way.The series contributions are made by Flavia Dzodan, Liza & Layla, Eva Hoonhout & Dionne Oomen, and Comfort Ball (Bin Koh & Sumin Lee) The editing is done by Duncan Robertson. Thank you for listening and feel free to go to the sculpture and listen to the episodes while spending time with the work. The work you can find on the Marineterrein next to building 22 from 26th of August 2021 to 23rd of September.
For this fourth and last episode, I have invited Comfort Ball, a gastronomy oriented art collective organised by visual artist and performer Bin Koh and Sumin Lee. In their recent work, they share the idea of westernization in food culture and recipes, otherness, repetition of labour and food storage. During this episode, they will take you to a virtual tea ceremony and talk about the branding of tea in Europe.
For this third episode Eva Hoonhout visits Dionne Oomen who works for Local Tea, a tea grower located in Zundert. Like mentioned in her introduction she came across their company during her research and she's looking forward to meeting with Dionne and to learn more about their tea plant.
This second episode is made by artists Liza and Layla. They are two collaborating artists who recently published the book ‘Of womxn and other weeds’ as a space for stories of feminized/devalued labour. As they describe to introduce the book ‘Although they aren’t valued in the eye of profit, weeds will forever populate this earth’
During this poetic narration, Liza and Layla will discuss different meanings that tea can have through the reminisce and exchange of stories.
In this introduction, artist Eva Hoonhout, speaks about the driving forces for this podcast series as part of her newest sculptural work that you can find outside at the Marineterrein Amsterdam. Starting from a small gesture like drinking tea, Hoonhout explores what it means to take time to listen, to take care of ourselves, and to be more aware of our environment in the past and present.
How Much Water is the first contribution by researcher and writer Flavia Dzodan. Her research is focused on the politics of Artifical Intelligence and algorithms at the intersection of colonialism, race and genger. Additionally to her independent work, she is a senior researcher at Sandberg Instituut where she also teaches at the Design department and Critical Studies Department.