What am i doing here

a mobile art residency

What am I doing here Karin van der Molen

What am I doing here Traveling in an old van through the Balkans to Armenia, I found the landscape impregnated with beauty, snippets of old culture, discarded left overs of socialist times and absurdism.

It pushed me into the question, what I am doing here.

What am I witnessing, what defines my relationship to the situation and how do I react in a spontaneous, direct way?

The result is a series of photographs of my ephemeral art interventions in the local environment of that day.

Idea, performance: Karin van der Molen Photography: Pat van Boeckel Part one What am I doing here Through Hungary and Rumania to Bulgaria Part two The burden of civilization.

From Turkey to Armenia

Deine Haaren, Erzebeth Eger, Hungary

Deine Haaren, Margarethe Ingolstadt, Germany

As the tree Eger, Hungary

Reflecting the stone Nozvaj, Hungary

First contact Nozvaj, Hungary

Reflecting the stone /TouchĂŠ Nozvaj, Hungary

Reflecting the stone /Insider Nozvaj, Hungary

What am I doing here Sapanta, Rumania

Ritual for Maramures Sighetu Marmatiei, Rumania

I never walk alone Bicfalau, Rumania

Catching light Bucarest, Rumania

Waiting for inspiration Gabrovtsi, Bulgaria

Dream Gabrovtsi, Bulgaria

Communication with a building Gabrovtsi, Bulgaria

Waiting for inspiration Gabrovtsi, Bulgaria

I wish I was innocent Gabrovtsi, Bulgaria

The burden of civilization From Turkey to Armenia

The burden of civilization Ani, Turkey

The burden of civilization Khertvisi, Georgia

The burden of civilization Vardzia, Georgia

To carry a torch Vardzia, Georgia

My first flag Jechegnadzor, Armenia

No nature Arzni, Armenia

My first Moskvitch Arzakan, Armenia

I wish I was innocent Vorotnovank, Armenia

Rest Orbelians caravanserai, Armenia

Crossing borders Kapan, Armenia

Diaspora Kapan, Armenia

Enlightenment Arzakan, Armenia

Sketching an answer to the daily questions about the absence of offspring Sevan, Armenia

My first lasso Byurakan, Armenia

Part of it Byurakan, Armenia