Lena Holzer

My name is Lena Holzer, I am a designer and artist based between The Netherlands and Austria. Through words, images and the haptics of natural materials, I examine the relations between social constructions and the individual. My work revolves around themes of intimacy, subjectivity and disturbance.

year of birth: 1995
Country of residence: The Netherlands

TEMA asks

  1. What time is it?
    It’s time to wake up.

  2. What’s your favourite Emoji?
    🙂 the unpredictable smiley face

  3. Standing at the train station today with a free ticket, where would you go?
    Through the Balkans along the Adriatic Sea and all the way to Athens

  4. The best thing about the country you live in:
    The North Sea, big windows, and the art and design scene

  5. More of this in Europe, please:
    Cultural diversity, social inclusivity and free education

  6. Europe can do without:
    Closed borders, patriarchal structures and nationalists

  7. What do you deeply care about?
    Sincerity, simplicity and sensuality

  8. Last book / movie that moved you:
    Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power by Audre Lorde and the video work NA JA by Leigh Ledare

  9. What song fills you instantly with joy?
    Golden Years by David Bowie

  10. What is the worst question someone could ask you?
    Red or white?

Artist of:

A shadow in the shape of a house (TEMA#7 – Housing)