Art Nouvhoes is a long-term research project in collaboration with Max Bouttell. It began as a pastime, wandering around Amsterdam and documenting 19th and 20th century ornamentation—particularly that in the styles of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Amsterdamse School—and uploading our finds to Instagram. It has since become a deep obsession that has come to influence our respective work in many ways. We have begun to formalize our Art Nouvhoes project by publishing our written work on the subject and exhibiting the artworks which develop out of it. Max’s research interests and writing is influenced by his background in political theory and philosophy, while I approach the project from an artistic and historical perspective. Our first paper, Where’s the Rot? – Art Nouveau, Decadence, and Decay was published in Subaculta’s Sprout Magazine in the Decay edition in September 2021.


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