In elementary school, I remember having an arts and crafts class once every week. Occasionally we would have classes to practice and create art through cut and paste. We would be asked to bring cut-outs from magazines, colorful wrapping papers, a jar with rice (which was, on first thought, weird), and glue sticks. Honestly, I would always end up putting all the materials together for a kitsch ‘sunset through mountains’ scenery, so I was not the best candidate to be a collage artist. Even so, I do remember the variety of different things that could be done with those already existing materials.
Seeing Fenna Schilling’s works on Instagram reminded me of those classes where some of my classmates could merge irrelevant images into a multi-dimensional, conceptual form. They were the perfect moments to get rid of the already constructed patterns in our minds, which follow us for a lifetime anyways.
Based in Amsterdam, Fenna Schilling is an artist, who has been collecting photography books since her teenage years, to create collages for herself. Thanks to the accessibility of her choice of material, she states that she is never lacking inspiration and always finds a starting point with her artworks. She pays attention to using familiar images with unfamiliar ones to compose an unexpected but tasteful harmony. The tension between these two opposites is caused intentionally by the artist to stimulate the experiencer while creating an original statement.
Schilling follows the same principle with her sound experimentations. The samples she has been using in her mixes are in juxtaposition, which provides her a constant reinvention of her sounds. The creative engagement is the driving force behind her practice; Schilling designs record sleeves, while listening to the yet-to-be-released records for inspiration, and pursues the collage as a medium for it gives access to selection and makes space for self-expression.
You can follow Fenna Schilling on her Instagram @fennafiction, SoundCloud and website to discover what the uncommon is while getting surprised by the obvious.
Schilling was born in 1990, in Haarlem, The Netherlands. After earning her Bachelor in Philosophy, Schilling studied Graphic Design at KASK in Ghent for one year. She then attended the interdisciplinary program Radical Cut-Up at Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam. In between her artistic practices, Schilling designs record sleeves and posters, develops visual communications for events, and collaborates with other artists to further explore her medium. Recently she has designed the cover of Amsterdam-based musician Loradeniz’s EP “Fear, a Crystal Charm”, electro-acoustic duo Garland’s album “Preludes”, Gordon Pohl’s EP “Rodarte”, and the cover art for Draaimolen Festival 2022.
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Fenna Schilling Presents: An Alluring Mix Of The Analogue And The Digital
In elementary school, I remember having an arts and crafts class once every week. Occasionally we would have classes to practice and create art through cut and paste. We would be asked to bring cut-outs from magazines, colorful wrapping papers, a jar with rice (which was, on first thought, weird), and glue sticks. Honestly, I would always end up putting all the materials together for a kitsch ‘sunset through mountains’ scenery, so I was not the best candidate to be a collage artist. Even so, I do remember the variety of different things that could be done with those already existing materials.
Seeing Fenna Schilling’s works on Instagram reminded me of those classes where some of my classmates could merge irrelevant images into a multi-dimensional, conceptual form. They were the perfect moments to get rid of the already constructed patterns in our minds, which follow us for a lifetime anyways.
Based in Amsterdam, Fenna Schilling is an artist, who has been collecting photography books since her teenage years, to create collages for herself. Thanks to the accessibility of her choice of material, she states that she is never lacking inspiration and always finds a starting point with her artworks. She pays attention to using familiar images with unfamiliar ones to compose an unexpected but tasteful harmony. The tension between these two opposites is caused intentionally by the artist to stimulate the experiencer while creating an original statement.
Schilling follows the same principle with her sound experimentations. The samples she has been using in her mixes are in juxtaposition, which provides her a constant reinvention of her sounds. The creative engagement is the driving force behind her practice; Schilling designs record sleeves, while listening to the yet-to-be-released records for inspiration, and pursues the collage as a medium for it gives access to selection and makes space for self-expression.
You can follow Fenna Schilling on her Instagram @fennafiction, SoundCloud and website to discover what the uncommon is while getting surprised by the obvious.
About Fenna Schilling
Schilling was born in 1990, in Haarlem, The Netherlands. After earning her Bachelor in Philosophy, Schilling studied Graphic Design at KASK in Ghent for one year. She then attended the interdisciplinary program Radical Cut-Up at Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam. In between her artistic practices, Schilling designs record sleeves and posters, develops visual communications for events, and collaborates with other artists to further explore her medium. Recently she has designed the cover of Amsterdam-based musician Loradeniz’s EP “Fear, a Crystal Charm”, electro-acoustic duo Garland’s album “Preludes”, Gordon Pohl’s EP “Rodarte”, and the cover art for Draaimolen Festival 2022.
Images and mix: Fenna Schilling’s Instagram and SoundCloud
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