Hostile City

Class discrimination remains a blind spot in Dutch society. It is subtly woven into our daily lives using elements such as anti-homeless spikes to restrict unwanted behavior and people in public places.

[portraying social inequality through aggressive design].
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Junkie monkey

Are house pets more at risk of becoming addicted to drugs because of their non turbulent lives? Or because they have difficulty with the superficiality of everyday life?

[a series of animals struggling with addiction &/ unwanted behavior]
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I am 'ik'

Nail biting is seen as a mental disorder; an uncontrollable repetitive urge to bite nails. It can be a sign of an underlying mental problem.

What defines abnormal behaviour?

[visualizing cultural norms]
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‘More is better’. Illustration for Harold Schellinx‘s Hoofd Stuk, Gonzo (Circus). #181, 2024 #dutchmagazine #illustration #digital

Zoom in on characters in illustration; Aphex Twin and Mark Zuckerberg.

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‘Siamese twins’. Collage painting/illustration for (ab)Nomalie artbook. 2021 #collage #illustration #artbook #mixedmedia

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‘Fantastic unicorn’. Illustration for (ab)Nomalie artbook. 2021 #illustration #artbook #mixedmedia

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‘Time on a roll’. Illustration for Harold Schellinx‘s Hoofd Stuk, Gonzo (Circus). #178, 2023 #dutchmagazine #illustration #digital

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‘Law of Conservation’. Collage painting/illustration for Harold Schellinx‘s Hoofd Stuk, Gonzo (Circus). #157, 2020 #dutchmagazine #illustration #collage #mixedmedia

Starting out with a rough collage ‘sketch’…

‘Leap of faith’. Painting/illustration for (ab)Nomalie artbook. 2021 #illustration #artbook #mixed media

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‘Music, Man & Mondrian’. Collage painting/illustration for Harold Schellinx‘s Hoofd Stuk, Gonzo (Circus). #154, 2019 #dutchmagazine #illustration #collage #mixedmedia

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‘Lollipop, lollipop!’. Illustration for (ab)Nomalie artbook. 2021 #illustration #artbook #digital

‘The composer wasn’t born yesterday’. Illustration for Harold Schellinx‘s Hoofd Stuk, Gonzo (Circus). #162, 2021 #dutchmagazine #illustration #drawing

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‘More is better’. Illustration for Harold Schellinx‘s Hoofd Stuk, Gonzo (Circus). #181, 2024 #dutchmagazine #illustration #digital

Zoom in on characters in illustration; David Bowie and Queen.

‘Before the music’. Illustration for Harold Schellinx‘s Hoofd Stuk, Gonzo (Circus). #182, 2024 #dutchmagazine #illustration #digital

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‘Trash Collectors’. Collage painting/illustration; digitally adapted version and original. 2014 #collage #painting #illustration #digital

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‘(ab)Nomalie’. Collage painting/illustration for (ab)Nomalie artbook, front and back cover. 2021 #collage #painting #illustration #artbook #mixedmedia

ABOUT

Multidisciplinary artist based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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Collage art & illustration

In her artistic practice Xenia Gott prefers an intuitive approach when she captures her random (online) impressions into figurative collage sketches..
Influenced by shape, color and rhythm Xenia combines layer upon layer with drawings, magazine snippets & texts.

She’s found this randomized method appeals to her imagination and works well with the fragmentary manner in which she paints her stories on canvas.

Recurring themes in her works are struggling anti-heroes, wrestling underdogs; characters that often reside on the edge of society.

Exhibitions, performances & publications

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Who are we?

The non-profit foundation Plus-X-Creative was founded in 2015 by three creatives from the Netherlands: J. Koolen (city council, banjo musician, Rotterdam), H. Kwee (photographer, Amsterdam) and X. Gottenkieny (musician & artist Rotterdam). They met during cultural events and shared the passion to perform and to spread music and art. With this foundation their main aim was to play an active and supporting role in building a platform for creative empowerment.

Mission: Put creativity first!

These are exciting but also challenging times for the creative entrepreneur. Apart from trying to keep up with the fast changing world of technology, we’ve seen the emergence of necessary initiatives such as the ‘Platform for freelance musicians’ and the ‘Fair Practice Code’. Inspired by these positive movements, we want to help stimulate the emancipation of the artist, musician, dancer, performer and many other creatives.. .

Goals & Methods

We focus on cross-border projects / platforms where different artists and media come together. We seek collaboration with organizations that work with groundbreaking (‘realtime’) software technology.. We invite musicians and artists to explore the possibilities of these platforms and to what extent it enables musicians in developing their professional practice. We challenge artists to experiment and create new work at an accessible level with innovative technology.. Now and in the future, we will be able to reach more places where music and art are less obvious.

LATEST NEWS

On March the 8th we organized a special ‘Mesh it Up!’ edition at the MeshPrintClub. Besides fantastic concerts and performances given by Tinyloops & Monster 3D Incubator and Kanipchen Fit we also had a T-shirt competition! First prize shared winners were Margriet Killian and Juninho Wouter! The designs were printed by Eden Simhony.

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‘Blackbox’. Painting/illustration, digitally adapted for (ab)Nomalie artbook. 2021 #painting #illustration #artbook #mixedmedia

‘Blackbox’ refers to AI because when you put data into the AI system it’s not fully understandable or opaque how AI got to its result.