Sarah-Joy Zwarts

2025

This kitchen is for dancing - pt. 2
In-situ studio and dialogue try-out
De Meldkamer Maastricht
03.02-16.02.25

2024

Untitled (leveled imprints) at the vernissage of wat er al is. Photo by Joris Hilterman.

Untitled (leveled imprints)
Sarah-Joy Zwarts, 2024
Red pigment, plaster, dirt, fabric, thread, own casting tools

For wat er al is, Sarah-Joy continued working on a remote spot at the slope of the Albertcanal. Somehow connecting it to a feeling of home, she wondered what the preliminary spatial conditions would be for someone to coexist with this landscape. This question led to realizing a humble platform: a patchwork of tiles, made with site-specific red pigment. Cast on site, they are shown here topsy-turvy, allowing the landscape to speak up in this predominantly man-made context.

As the canal slope is directly connected to the Kempisch Plateau, (rain)water finds it way down easily, leaving relief imprints frequently. Each visitor is invited to respond to this characteristic: just step onto the platform (shoes removed) and let the material leave a temporary imprint on your heels.

Featured artists: Merlin Kater, elli ott, Isolde Venrooy, Sarah-Joy Zwarts.
Curated by Milena Dahl, project leader Ronja Terwindt. With kind support from Gemeente Maastricht and SAM Stichting Ateliers Maastricht.

Untitled (Shadow veil), 2024. Site-specific installation shown at Plateaukunst, consisting of Typha Latifolia, pigment, clay, cement, found wood, cardboard, plastic sheeting, old shower curtain.

Guest lecture Echoes | Gestures | Threads, Academy of Architecture, Maastricht

Installation views of Reversed archeology, individual presentation at Bureau Europa, Maastricht

2023

Untitled, installation with hand-dyed textile, clay model try-outs (pigments from site), studio table and tools, approx. 200x120 cm at the lovely in-situ exhibition A missing kind of orange, curated by Elisa Verkoelen, Antwerp. Pictures by Elvis Federico.

Fragments of Untitled (Dorian), walldrawings, white chalk on dark coated wall
Kindly facilitated by SAM Ateliers, Maastricht

Untitled, charcoal and pastel on paper, mounted on cardboard and framed, each ± 35x40 cm

Scale and material sample with imprints of vegetation (various types), each ± 15x15 cm

Stek #1 (on-site, Albert Canal)
With many, many thanks to CC de Kimpel / Jean-Pierre, Roel, Jonas for the initiative, installation and the amount of care taken