Lately, I’ve been feeling very nostalgic about my internship last year at Boijmans. To the point that it’s feeling like some kind of homesickness. I was excited to go to my internship every day and I couldn't wait to see my mentor, who I was very close to. As the projects I've worked on come to an end and I see the end results without me being able to help, for instance the launch of the depot x Susan Bijl shopping bag, makes me a bit sad.Â
When thinking of protests, I instantly think of the time my mentor and colleagues suggested to me to take the day off to go to the climate change protest together, somewhere last year in the Hague. I try to be conscious about my carbon footprint, like not eating meat, buying second-hand clothing, and not using the radiator for instance. To see that my colleagues were also passionate about this subject was very exciting. Walking the protest with them made me feel having some quality time with them and doing something good of the world as well. I hold this memory dear to my heart and I will never forget how kind they all were to me.
For the visual, I wanted to represent the picture with a bright green aesthetic, to represent climate change. I used a black and white filter with a washed-out effect, to give it the feeling like it's in the past. (which it is) After making it, I decided that I didn't like the look of it and changed it up. After playing around with colors and my dear liquify tool, I came to the end result. I'm very happy with how my end result looks and with the meaning behind it. I changed the main color to blue to represent a bit of my melancholic feeling looking at the picture. It isn't all sad of course, so the rays of color show that it's also mixed with a fond feeling.Â
