Amsterdam // Art & Product
Aldo Bakker
He always begins with a specific evocation; the objects feel at ease, while also existing in unexpected ways.
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He always begins with a specific evocation; the objects feel at ease, while also existing in unexpected ways.
Aldo Bakker is continuing to add objects to his oeuvre. He always begins with a specific evocation; the objects feel at ease, while also existing in unexpected ways.
I get fascinated by certain elements of forms, they trigger me and I question them until they make sense to me and I understand what else they can become.
I want my things to be at ease. As long as a piece is quiet and confident, I do not want to interfere anymore.
There's always a moment when I bring the elements together, that's when the thing starts to speak for itself.
The most important is that an object becomes independent, otherwise it will kick you out of your dream.
To create objects, you need imagination. Otherwise nothing happens.
I get fascinated by certain elements of forms, they trigger me and I question them until they make sense to me and I understand what else they can become.
I want my things to be at ease. As long as a piece is quiet and confident, I do not want to interfere anymore.
To create objects, you need imagination. Otherwise nothing happens.
00:00:07
My name is Aldo. I'm an artist. I'm based in Amsterdam. And you're here in my studio.
00:00:15
With the objects it's important, I believe, that as we will search for a character in it. And I think it always is a nice thing could be that you see something else than than I do. But I see it as my task to, to be very clear and outspoken in this as I do not want a conflict of characters within one object.
00:00:47
Let's speak about Pot. It's a piece I did. It's produced from bone China as that was the only way to get this very vivid, almost, a colour that you cannot touch it. It almost makes it disappear that is in line with the flatness of it.
00:01:08
I want my things to be at ease. Sometimes it's very clear how to make use of it, and that it functions well. Other times it doesn't. And, I believe there's a good reason for it. As long when the piece is quiet and confident, then I do not want to interfere anymore. That's it.
00:01:36
So what is, for me the most important is that an object becomes independent, which means that it should not just receive a seating or a backrest or whatever that we recognize as being a chair. Because that will kick you out of your dream.
00:002:09
Swing is, above all, a combination of three arc shapes, let's say. That's what it is, that's the composition. It's called swing because you can take a seat on it. You can make use of it. And the seating literally swings.
00:02:31
I hope it’s enough that you have just the combination of those 3 forms and at the same time, it refers to something that we can sit on, while it is not an average stool. This is, maybe moment of confusement, is triggering to me. I like that.
00:02:53
I think one of the great things of being an artist is that you, that you have the possibility to, come up with something else to, to come up with something new. And when you do so, you have to be careful because it's a huge responsibility.