Studio Drift's “The Artist she/her and The Artist he/him” (2021), part of the ″Materialism″ series Nauta said that they got the idea after thinking, “Can we take organic objects apart?” and then, “Why don’t we start with ourselves?” The piece is divided into female and male sections, each of which explore the different stages of life at the ages 0, 4, 40 and 80. Each block, which represent a material like plastic or glass, maintain the 1:1:2 ratios that the artists explained is “a formative beauty” in terms of mathematics or architecture and how this ratio “has the most possibilities.” A number of comparisons are provided on the walls of the exhibit, with “Materialism” versions of an iPhone 4S and Nokia phone, Casio and Rolex watches and a Starbucks coffee and McDonald’s Big Mac each shown side by side. The meaning of the pieces extends much farther than how they appear on the outside: Objects like an iPhone or a Barbie doll have been dismantled to their rawest and most minimal forms.
“Materialism” was born from the pair’s “curiosity in how the world is made” and the “interconnection between art and the world,” Gordijn said. At first glance, these pieces may remind viewers of Tetris, due to the composition of blocks in all sizes and colors. “So there are many, many, many hours in this installation.” The exhibition includes a wide collection from Drift’s “Materialism” series, including four new pieces. “These are real dandelions, and every year in May in the Netherlands it is ‘dandelion time.’ We harvest dry them take them off the stem and take an LED light and one by one we glue them with tweezers so these are recreated natural LED flowers,” Gordijn said.
It is on view at the very last section of the exhibition. A small light bulb has been inserted into each flower. A close-up of Studio Drift's ″Fragile Future″ (2019) Arguably the duo’s most famous piece, “Fragile Future” comprises of 15,000 dandelions that were collected from all over Amsterdam.
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