Entrevista a Erik van der Weijde

Abstract

The work of Erik van der Weijde is framed by a photographic practice considered from multiple converging perspectives. The appropriation and production of images make up his work in an extensive gallery of publications edited from 4478zine, an publishing house created by the author to edit his works.

Art in the Public Space - Ara, Luli, Flower, Diana, Sheila, Nicol, Belén and Aylin is the piece that Erik van der Weijde has selected for ENVELOPE nº 5, a reflection on the press understood as a public space of communication and, in particular, on aesthetics and communication strategies in the newspaper’s contact pages. It consists of 8 images accompanied by a text, which is full of humor and irony. We contextualize the participation of Erik van der Weijde in this issue with an interview that presents it to us. In this interview he talks about his work methodology, his interests and his beginnings in the Gerrit Rietveld Academie at Amsterdam.