An artistic research on self examination, relationships, intimacy and memories
Currently living and working in Amsterdam
2025 - 2026 CRUSHFILM
Duration: 22:56 min
Experimental documentary
“For the past few years, I have been working on CRUSHFILM, a short film that emerged from an artistic investigation into a crush that gradually turned into an attachment that could never fully exist.
Using the camera as a tool for reflection, I recorded memories, observations and moments that helped me navigate an experience that was both intimate and destabilising. From the beginning, this process carried the potential of becoming a film.”
In CRUSHFILM, a seemingly innocent obsession becomes the catalyst for a tragic inner conflict, exposing the fragile boundary between desire, projection and reality.
Sound mix: Michael Bucuzzo
Editorial advice: Wendelien van Oldenborgh
The film is scheduled to premiere in 2026, with events to be announced.
credits: Margo van de Pas
Diptychs
Photo of Paul sleeping / Photo of victim 32, Pompeï, 2024 (on show at Unseen Fair 2024)
Volledige titel: Foto van Paul die slaapt, vrijdag 24 juni, 18:54, 2020, Jan Lievensstraat (De Liefjes), Amsterdam en Foto van Slachtoffer 32, omgekomen tijdens de uitbarsting van de Vesuvius in oktober, 79 n. Chr, gipsen afgietsel van 16 maart 1957, gefotografeerd op 6 mei, 9:14, 2024, buiten Porta Nocera, Pompeï
In a series of diptychs, images are placed side by side. Rather than explaining, the pairing holds a tension between them.
In Photo of Paul sleeping / Photo of victim 32, Pompeï, a photograph of a former partner is paired with the plaster cast of a body found in Pompeii. The similarity in posture creates a precise but coincidental alignment, while the distance between the two remains intact, quietly pointing to the transience of the body and of life itself.
view booth Rosie’s Gallery w Niko Lee Gail Démoed en Esmée Bruins
Credits: Tycho van DijkEleye Boerenkamps (she/they, b. 1994, NL) places the complexity of (family) relationships and memories at the heart of their practice. Personal experiences tied to objects, people, bodies, places and language take shape as fragile sculptural expressions of connectedness. The works, rooted in experiences of precarity, awkwardness and loss, are shared in a direct and uncanny way, sometimes with a touch of humor. Her interest in archaeology, combined with her observation of everyday life, informs her approach to archiving and revealing personal histories through sculptural, performative and documentary works. Eleye was a resident at the post-graduate program De Ateliers in Amsterdam (2018–2020), and studied Art History at Radboud University Nijmegen and Education at the Academy for Fine Arts in Tilburg. Eleye currently lives and works in Amsterdam.
photo: Victoria Ushkanova
NL
Eleye Boerenkamps (zij/diens, 1994, Deurne) maakt de complexiteit van relaties en herinneringen tot de kern van het werk. Persoonlijke ervaringen die verbonden zijn aan objecten, personen, locaties en taal krijgen vorm als kwetsbare sculpturale uitingen van onderlinge verbondenheid. Kwetsbaarheid, ongemak en verlies worden op een directe en soms humoristische wijze getoond. Eleye’s interesse in archeologie, gecombineerd met haar observatie van het alledaagse leven, vormt de basis voor een onderzoekende praktijk van het archiveren en ontsluiten van persoonlijke geschiedenissen via sculpturale, performatieve en documentaire werken. Eleye was deelnemer aan de postacademische instelling De Ateliers in Amsterdam van 2018 tot 2020, en studeerde Kunstgeschiedenis aan de Radboud Universiteit in Nijmegen en volgde de docentenopleiding aan de Academie voor Beeldende Vorming in Tilburg. Eleye woont en werkt momenteel in Amsterdam.