From Gloomy New Wave Jazz to digital bubbles: new ArtEZ makers featured on We Are Public

The latest series once again highlights the breadth of work being created by ArtEZ students, ranging from jazz and digital art to dance and performance.

Jazz & Pop - ArtEZ Academy of Music, Arnhem

Pianist, composer and Jazz & Pop student Fee Aaij shares her fascination with melancholy, impermanence and the power of art on We Are Public. In a self-directed video, she explains how her concept album I Am The Joker came to life and why sadness and beauty are inseparable in her work.

'For me, the impermanence of art is exactly where its strength lies,' says Fee. With her distinctive style, which she describes as Gloomy New Wave Jazz, she creates music that is both powerful and vulnerable.

Read and watch her story on We Are Public.

Design Art Technology - ArtEZ Academy of Art & Design Arnhem

Artist and Design Art Technology student Varvara Pekhota explores how digital infrastructures can be made visible. Her work consists of seemingly disconnected elements – bubbles, clouds, foam and plastic tubes – that together form a new visual language.

On We Are Public, Varvara takes visitors through her creative process step by step. She shows how symbols acquire new meanings when they come into contact with one another and invites viewers to make their own connections.

Explore her work on We Are Public.

Artisteducator in Dance - ArtEZ Academy of Theatre & Dance Arnhem

For Chiel Guiamo, it all began with Michael Jackson's music videos. That early fascination grew into a passion for breaking and eventually developed into his own artistic practice as a dancer, maker and educator.

In his story on We Are Public, Chiel explains how dance became much more than movement alone. He explores how emotions such as frustration, vulnerability and connection can become visible through the body. At the heart of his practice is the search for a distinctive artistic voice.

Read his story on We Are Public.

More ArtEZ students on We Are Public

Alongside Fee, Varvara and Chiel, several other ArtEZ students and alumni are also featured on We Are Public:

• Droom Dit (Academy of Pop Music, ArtEZ Academy of Music in Enschede)
• Adriada Florescu (Graphic Design, ArtEZ Academy of Art & Design Arnhem)
• Niels Gräber (Design Art Technology,ArtEZ Academy of Art & Design Arnhem)
• Laurien Booij (Interior Architecture, ArtEZ Academy of Art & Design Zwolle)
• Sylvana Versteege (Graphic Design, ArtEZ Academy of Art & Design Zwolle)
• Teun van der Meer (Artisteducator in Theatre, ArtEZ Academy of Theatre & Dance in Arnhem)
• Jawdat Shaboo (Jazz & Pop, ArtEZ Academy of Music in Zwolle)

The collab between ArtEZ and We Are Public continues over the coming weeks. More students will be featured, each offering their own perspective on their creative process, sources of inspiration and artistic practice.