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Rachel Gruijters

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Rachel Gruijters

Born May 25, 1992 (age 34)

Rachel Gruijters is a visual artist working mainly in photography and film with a special interest in personal history, memories and the performative aspects of embodying historically-informed characters. Rachel holds a master’s degree in fine arts from KASK/School of Arts, Ghent (BE).

Known For

Ordinary Things (that happened in the childhood home of the maker of this film)Ordinary Things (that happened in the childhood home of the maker of this film)
Ordinary Things (that happened in the childhood home of the maker of this film)
Movie
Somewhere between the 1930s and now, the cameras start turning and Joan Crawford, Bette Davis and Marlene Dietrich gather on one film set. The floor gleams, the spotlights are burning, the narration starts. Born out of a fascination for the construction that is Hollywood, and by extension ‘the perfect Hollywood home’, the maker embodies three actresses from Hollywood’s golden era and their so-called private lives. Their smallest personality traits are performed so precise and characteristically that it becomes artificial. The home isn’t homely. It plays “house” and the inhabitants are speaking Hollywoodian. In this setting, the maker of the film recalls memories of growing up in her childhood home.

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Ordinary Things (that happened in the childhood home of the maker of this film)Ordinary Things (that happened in the childhood home of the maker of this film)
Ordinary Things (that happened in the childhood home of the maker of this film)
Movie
Somewhere between the 1930s and now, the cameras start turning and Joan Crawford, Bette Davis and Marlene Dietrich gather on one film set. The floor gleams, the spotlights are burning, the narration starts. Born out of a fascination for the construction that is Hollywood, and by extension ‘the perfect Hollywood home’, the maker embodies three actresses from Hollywood’s golden era and their so-called private lives. Their smallest personality traits are performed so precise and characteristically that it becomes artificial. The home isn’t homely. It plays “house” and the inhabitants are speaking Hollywoodian. In this setting, the maker of the film recalls memories of growing up in her childhood home.

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