Turin Horse: Hydrotherapy (2023)
Silkscreen print, mounted in birch frame
27x21x3,5cm
€300,- (edition of 5)

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High luster pearl, 2023
Silkscreen print, mounted in birch frame
21x16x3,5cm
€300,- (edition of 5)

High luster pearl uses the trope of a pearl as a visual metaphor to reflect on illness and overcoming challenge. Oysters cover unwelcome material (nucleus) that might harm the inside of the shell with multiple layers of soft nacre (mother of pearl) to create a pearl. Under the right conditions, it manages to secrete more and tighter layers of nacre — resulting in higher luster and bigger and better quality pearls. It managed to transform hardship into beauty. But how does that work for us, people?

We keep our bodies healthy and safe with an immune system that battles hormonal imbalances and harmful bacteria and viruses, but we also depend highly on the circumstances we live in. Only when our bodies have the resilience to fight, the time to rest and the medical resources to guarantee a win can we overcome illness. And in some cases — such as, in the artist’s case, with HIV/AIDS or depression — a pearl-shaped pill will make us luster.

The project raises poignant questions about accessibility to medicine and care as a collective responsibility. It thinks critically about the socio-political discrepancies and the monetary interests of the pharmaceutical industry, where patients continue to wait for treatment and illness is something to capitalize on. Nonetheless, it is also meant as a visual metaphor of hope and of overcoming illness despite adversity and social stigma.

NB: Over the past two years, Dijkhuizen worked together with a pearl farm in Japan to grow pearls from his daily medication. These pills were injected as nuclei in living oysters. In January 2024, they harvested the result of: Emtricitabine/ Temoforvirdisorproxil, Dolutegravir-Natrium, Doravirine/Lamivudine/Tenofovirdiroproxil, Co-trimoxazol/Sulfamethoxazol/ Trimethoprim and Virtioxetine a.o. More information about this project will follow soon.

Good Luck (2023)
Paper, pencil and vinyl sticker, with hooks on the back
100x120cm
€200,- (edition of 5)

Good Luck, in situ (2025)
Vinyl sticker placed directly on the wall (exact height)
72cm diameter
€200,- (edition of 5)

More information can be found here.