Disco-Tick 2019 Disco-Teek
produced at residency I-Park, East Haddam, Connecticut (US)
(in the vicinity of the town of Lyme, where Lyme disease was first identified)
3,600 hand-cut plastic mirrors, leather, Nicky velour, trolly, vodka-lime filled ping-pong balls closed with a cork stopper
performing as a mirrorball mirror clad tick, dancing and passing out vodka lime filled eggs to the audience.
choreography by Marjan Hommes
3,5 minutes
photography by Linda Molenaar, Pietro Pagliaro
video by Kika Booy & Listette van der Lee, location Het Sin, Amsterdam (NL) (no audience)
performed at
2019 I-Park, East Haddam, Connecticut (US)

Molare 2017
produced at residency Schrijvers in Sluis, Sluis (NL)
1750 human molars from 130 dentists in NL and BE, leather, felt, polyester, rope, Nicky velour, steel
making 125 rollovers over 350 meters in a molar studded wheel
10 minutes
photography by Steven Decroos, Studio Zelden
video by Thomas Deknop, location Royal Galleries, Ostend (BE) (no audience)
performed at
2017 Het Vlot. Kunst is (niet) eenzaam, Mu.Zee, Royal Galleries, Ostend (BE) (commission)
2019 Firma Turner, 20-year anniversary, De Cacaofabriek, Helmond (NL)

Albino 2016
produced at residency Art Omi, Ghent, New York (US)
105,000 strands of wefted Mongolian horsehair from 600 used violin bows, Nicky velour
moving and spinning around my own axis
choreography by Lisbeth Gruwez
10 minutes
photography by Daniel Horowitz, Roscula, Studio Zelden
video by Damir Chytil, location abandoned synagogue, Varazin (HR)
performed at
2016 Art Omi, Ghent, New York (US)
2017 Nabeeld, Hilvaria Studio’s, Hilvarenbeek (NL)
2017 25 jaar Kunsten op Straat, Diepenheim (NL)
2017 Obnova! Performance Festival, Varazin, (HR)

The Digging Frog 2014
produced at residency Yatoo, Gongju Wongol (KOR)
used flippers, leather, Nicky velour
performing as a tree frog, first digging a hole with a shovel and subsequently
disappearing almost halfway upside-down into the hole.
10 minutes
photography by Gleb Osst
video by Gleb Osst, location Nature Art, Yatoo, Gongju, Wongol (KOR) (no audience)
performed at
2014 Nature Art, Yatoo, Gongju, Wongol (KOR)
2015 Kunsten op straat, Singraven estate, Denekamp (NL)
2018 Beesten in Baarle, Kunst in Baarle, Baarle (NL)

The Bombus 2014
produced at residency Kunstnarhuset Messen, Ålvic (NO) & Kunst Biotope, Goethefelsen, Darmstadt (DE)
organic rabbit fur, goat fur, henna, leather, horsehair from used violin bows, spring steel, polyester, Nicky velour
trying to find pollen as a huge bumblebee with baskets woven out of organic rye wheat
20 minutes
photography by Anna Suwalowska
video by Tim Norris, location Goethefelsen, Darmstadt (DE)
performed at
2014 Kunstnarhuset Messen, Ålvic (NO)
2014 Kunst Biotope, Goethefelsen, Darmstadt (DE)
2014 De Tuin der Lusten, Wildenborch estate, Vorden (NL)

The Hummer 2013
produced at residency Environmental Art Biennale, I-Park, East Haddam, Connecticut (US) leather, bamboo, rejected contact lenses, hammock, Nicky velour
hanging upside down like a local ruby throated hummingbird, feeding from a trumpet vine
20 minutes
photography by Oliver Huet
video by Oliver Huet, location Environmental Art Biennale, I-Park, East Haddam, Connecticut (US)
performed at
2013 Environmental Art Biennale, I-Park, East Haddam, Connecticut (US)
2013 Skowhegan Performs, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, New York (US)

The Spinning Sheep 2013
produced at studio Albert Luthulistraat, Amsterdam (NL)
Texel sheep skin, Texel wool, Louët spinning wheel, Nicky velour
performing as a sheep spinning my own wool
15 minutes
photography by Studio Zelden
video by Linda Molenaar, location De Expeditie, Oerol festival, Landerum, Terschelling (NL)
performed at
2013 De Expeditie, Oerol festival, Landerum, Terschelling (NL) (commission)
2013 De Stad Schaft, Rotterdam (NL)
2013 Zwoele Zomer, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterloo (NL)
2013 Museum Jan Cunen, Oss (NL)
2015 Ambacht in Beeld Festival, Amsterdam (NL)
2016 Artificial nature, PopinnPark, Amsterdam (NL)
2017 Schrijvers in Sluis, Sluis (NL)

Tree Pose 2011
produced at residency I-Park CT, East Haddam, Connecticut (US)
selected cedar wood chips, bone glue, Nicky velour
forcing myself into a tight cedar wood chip covered suit
17 minutes
photography by Bruno Cancado, Studio Zelden
video by Bruno Cancado, location I-Park, East Haddam, Connecticut (US) (no audience)
performed at
2011 I-Park, East Haddam, Connecticut (US)
2012 Slow Down Festival, Amstelpark, Amsterdam (NL)
2012 De Expeditie, Oerol festival, Terschelling (NL)
2012 Duizel, Vroesenpark, Rotterdam (NL)
2013 De Tuin der Lusten, Wildenborch estate, Vorden (NL) 

Harp 2011
produced at studio Neveritaweg, Amsterdam Noord (NL)
antique concert harp strung with braided human hair in different colours per octave, wefted human hair, Nicky velour
sitting at harp stringed with braided multicolor human hair, while
wearing a suit with attached human hair, combing and weaving the suits hair into the strings of the harp
choreography by Lisbeth Gruwez
30 minutes
photography by Mirjam van der Most, Studio Zelden
Performed at
2011 Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts Exodos, Ljubljana (SI)
2015 BuitenGewoon Straattheaterfestival, Doetinchem (NL)

Chicken at the river IJ 2010
produced at studio Albert Luthulistraat, Amsterdam (NL)
12 feather boas, Nicky velour, body paint, mast
squatting like a chicken sitting on a pole at the river IJ
20 minutes
photography by Studio Zelden
video by Gianni Hilgemann, 2x2Projects, Amsterdam (NL)
performed at
2010 Octavio and I, 2x2Projects, Amsterdam (NL)

The Exotic 2010
produced at Brienenoordeiland Rotterdam (NL) and EKCW (European Ceramic Work Centre), Den Bosch (NL)
22 home-painted feathered boas, Nicky velour, body paint, stoneware ceramic cage with gold luster
imitating local bird sounds as a rose-ringed parakeet in search of contact with local birds while escaping from a cage
10 minutes
photography by Christina Cornelisse, Marjet Wessels Boer
video by Linda Molenaar, location Kruisberg, Kennemerduin, North-Holland Dune Reserve, Heemskerk (NL)
performed at
2010 Kruisberg, Kennemerduin, North-Holland Dune Reserve, Heemskerk (NL)
2010 mEAting 2, Perron 58, Tilburg (NL)

Horse Head 2008
produced at DasArts Advanced Research in Theatre and Dance Studies, Amsterdam (NL)
Friesian horse skin bought from an emergency butcher, wefted horsehair from used violin bows, polyester, Nicky velour
slowly brushing the manes of a horse from inside the head
15 minutes
photography by Studio Zelden
video by Kika Booy, location, Kunst RAI, 2x2Projects, Amsterdam (NL)
performed at
2008 Scope NYC, 2x2Projects, New York, New York (US)
2008 KunstRAI, Amsterdam (NL)
2009 mEATing, Perron 58, Tilburg (NL)
2009 Indian Caps, Antwerp (BE)
2011 Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts Exodos, Ljubljana (SI)
2012 Slokdarmfestival, Veghel (NL)
2012 De Expeditie, Oerol festival, Terschelling (NL)
2013 Het Domijn, Weesp (NL)
2013 Gallery performance as part of Sacha Polak’s film Zurich
2013 Les Envies Rhônements, Le Citron Jaune, Camargue, Marseille (FR)
2013 De Tuin der Lusten, Wildenborch estate, Vorden (NL)
2015 BuitenGewoon Straattheaterfestival, Doetinchem (NL)
2017 25-year Kunsten op Straat, Diepenheim (NL)

Old Horse 2007
produced at residency Skowhegan, Maine (US)
wefted horsehair from used violin bows, used crutches, wood, Nicky velour
walking like an old horse on four wooden stilts
15 minutes
photography by Tim Hyde, Studio Zelden
video by Onno ’t Hooft, location horse crematorium Beverwijk (NL) (no audience)
performed at
2007 Skowhegan, Maine (US)
2007 horse crematorium Westerhout, Beverwijk (NL)
2010 Eat Your Art Out, Art Kitchen, Amsterdam (NL)
2010 Performance in Beeld, De Cacaofabriek, Helmond (NL)
2013 De Tuin der Lusten, Wildenborch estate, Vorden (NL)
2017 25-year Kunsten op Straat, Diepenheim (NL)

Deer Swim 2007
produced at residency Skowhegan, Maine (US)
used for hunting practice plastic deer head, leather
swimming and climbing while sporting a fake deer head
30 minutes
photography by Tim Hyde
video by Kika Booy, location Terschelling (NL) (no audience)
performed at
2007 Skowhegan, Maine (US)
2009 Terschelling (NL)

Swan Neck 2006
produced at studio Albert Luthulistraat Amsterdam (NL)
knitted polyester, felt, textile, stool
performing as a huge mute swan knitting its own neck
150 Minutes
photography by Matthew Gidney, Joris Hol, Riet Molenaar, Studio Zelden
video by Anneke de Boer, location DasArts Advanced Research in Theatre and Dance Studies, Amsterdam (NL) (birds as audience)
performed at
2006 Credo 25-years ArtEZ Kampen, De Zonnehof, Amersfoort (NL)
2006 RE-image the Collection, Limerick (IR)
2008 DasArts Advanced Research in Theatre and Dance Studies, Amsterdam (NL)
2013 De Tuin der Lusten, Wildenborch estate, Vorden (NL)
2017 Fete de la Nature, Amstelpark, Amsterdam (NL)

Still Life Live 2005
produced at studio Wittenburgergracht, Amsterdam (NL)
red deer antlers sewn in blue leather, rabbit fur, grass, Nicky velour, pully and rope
hanging from one leg like a shot deer on top of a cross made of grass in front of Dutch and Flemish still life paintings on Saint Hubert day
30 minutes
photography by Riet Molenaar
video by Linda Molenaar, location museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (DE)
performed at
2005 Slow ART, museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (DE) (commission)
2008 Diana + Akhnaton, museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (DE)
2011 Caracatastrofe, Centrale Fies, Drodesera Dro (IT)

Cow 1994
produced at Art Academy Kampen (NL)
brushed-on body paint, hair ties, shoes
jumping from happiness like a cow in a Dutch spring meadow (without audience)
30 minutes
photography by Odette van Westerop
performed at
1994 meadow of a farm in Castricum (NL)