Christien meindertsma biography of martin

          Christien Meindertsma thoroughly explores the life of products and raw materials in her work. In some instances, the result of her projects may be the record of a process itself.

In others, her investigations lead to commercial products. Careful investigation and documentation, themes of local production and under-explored resources characterize her work.

Christien meindertsma biography of martin

Meindertsma seeks to reveal processes that have become distant in industrialization and encourage a deeper understanding of the materials and products that surround us.

          Meindertsma’s first work was a book called Checked Baggage (2004): Meindertsma purchased a container filled with a week’s worth of objects confiscated at security checkpoints in Schiphol Airport.

She meticulously categorised and photographed all 3267 items. Later, her book PIG 05049 (2007), documented all the products made from a single pig. Meindertsma explored the connection between r