Visual artist Sanne Kabalt is our speaker for Friday’s talk on the global theme ‘Reality’. But before we all get the chance to meet her at Spring House, we asked Sanne to answer a few questions about herself and what we can expect from her talk:

CreativeMornings: What is your creative profession? 

Sanne Kabalt: Sometimes I introduce myself as a photographer, sometimes as a visual artist. When you say ‘photographer’ many people think of commissioned work, yet I focus on my own autonomous projects. Therefore ‘artist’ feels more accurate, though I do like to emphasise the medium of photography, which is vital to my work.  

CM: What will you be sharing with the CreativeMornings community on Friday 20 May?

SK: I will give an insight in my work and talk about (in)visibility in the medium of photography. My work is about psychological themes such as memory, sanity and empathy. The places or people that are shown in the photographs are never the actual subject of the work. This month’s global CreativeMornings theme ‘Reality’ provides an interesting angle to analyse what I do.

CM: How is Amsterdam and its creative scene special to you?

SK: I admire the sheer beauty of this city, the sense of history, the fact that you criss-cross it by bicycle. The unforeseen meetings with people you know, or don’t. All the beautiful small movie theaters. The art around every corner.  

CM: If stuck in a creative rut, what’s your trick to get free and let loose?

SK: At first I usually struggle to get out of this phase by force; I work very hard and rest very little. Then at some point I surrender and I start to do something else altogether: Take a walk. Lie down in the grass somewhere. Take a shower. Anything. And then at some point in these moments of emptiness and space, new ideas will pop into my mind, when I least expected them.

Thanks Sanne for this interview! We look forward to your talk!

The event will take place on Friday, May 20th at Spring House, the home for radical innovators at De Ruijterkade. For more information on the event and how to sign up for the waitlist (unfortunately, this event is already sold out), visit the event page.