Anne de Boer
b. 1987, Enschede, Netherlands; lives in Berlin, Germany
Artists Anne de Boer and Eloïse Bonneviot have collaborated since 2014 as the Mycological Twist, working independently in parallel. The project began as an extension of the garden of Jupiter Woods, a gallery located in South Bermondsey, London, and has since then moved to Athis-Mons, a suburb of Paris, and a balcony in Berlin. the Mycological Twist operates both as a fixed mushroom garden and as a nomadic project, infecting and spreading mycelium alike. In Entrée, Anne de Boer and Eloïse Bonneviot have been commissioned by Bergen Assembly to produce a new work, Troll Swamp, which is on display in Entree alongside individual yet interlinked contributions from the two artists.
CONTRIBUTIONS
Multi Terra Mining, 2019
Aluminium extrusions, MDF shelves, HDMI-cables, audio-cables,
power-cables, Raspberry Pi’s, 3D prints in PLA,
flat screens, database of scenery and CGI vegetation videos,
database of audio fragments; dimensions variable
Co-produced by Bergen Assembly 2019
Anne de Boer’s installation Multi Terra Mining functions both as a host to the works of Eloïse Bonneviot and the Mycological Twist, and as a place for the audience to dwell and contemplate a constantly generating audio and video piece created by the artist. The material is taken from the working group sessions taking place within the installation and in Belgin, overlaid with scenery from the city, creating a stage and backdrop for the other works.
the Mycological Twist
Troll Swamp, 2019
3D prints in PLA, digital prints, silicon, cardboard,
mushrooms and lichen dyed silk and wool, MDF tabletops, dice,
marker pens, stools, trestles; dimensions variable
Co-produced by Bergen Assembly 2019
Troll Swamp is a large-scale board game for multiple players, based on the formats and characters from the popular tabletop game Dungeons and Dragons. The game has been developed and tested with various groups in Bergen, and utilises role-play and teamwork in order to act out scenarios against online trolling. Through the analogue nature of the game, a playful situation emerges where one plays an imaginary character. Guided by the Dungeon Master (a storyteller guiding the players through the game), each player will face their own online habits as well as their relationship with others. Troll Swamp has the potential to enable its players to regain confidence, rethink dynamics of interaction and reclaim a different space of expression online.
RELATED PLATFORMS
Exhibition