interview: Jurriaan Van Hall

In 1993, the "After Nature" -group broke up. Jurriaan did not feel like painting anymore and started computer art. "I made real depressing works: diseases with strange eruptions on people's faces; mostly my own. Well, it was a very depressing period, because in the same year, the war in Bosnia started.

Besides my love for the computer at that time, I worked on my computer day and night, I felt I had to make a political statement about the Bosnian war; I sewed anti-war-texts on my clothes and wore them in the streets; I really wanted to make a difference and encourage people to think about it. I would even curse out loud. When the war stopped, I stopped doing this. Today's news is yesterday's history; it does not have the same meaning the next day."

Another change in Jurriaan's life took place after the birth of his first son. "I really had to get used to being a father; it changed my life. I could not live on a day-to-day basis anymore. Everything had to be structured. It felt like I had lost my youth; on the other hand I regained youth, but in another perspective."
Gallery of Jurriaan Van Hall
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