Bas Blaasse

I’m a writer and researcher working on art and visual culture in relation to ecological, social and philosophical questions. My current research looks at collective artistic practices in the Netherlands. [12/2025]

I make videos on commission.

e: sblaasse@gmail.com
t: 0031618185046

KvK: 78387353
VAT: NL002226657B69

Supported by the Mondriaan Fund

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Selection of (recent) texts:

Essay, A Curved Line Seen Straight, text accompanying Emilio Azevedo's project Rôndonia, at La Nombreuse, Brussels (2025)

Essay, A Supreme Lack of Definition: L'art pour l'art, GLEAN 4 (2024)

Essay, A Matter of Concern: Regarding Animals, Bannkörbe, Aladin Borioli, Specter Books (2024)

Feature, Finding Abundance in Waste: In conver­sation with Hannah Fletcher, Hiroki Shin and Cara Daggett, TRIGGER 5 (2023)

Essay, Salutary Alienation: On the Photography of Dries Segers and the Art of Noticing Things (Nederlandse vertaling), TRIGGER 4 (2023)

Essay, La Jamais Contente, HART 230 (2022)

Essay, Repositories of random slivers, exhibition contribution Souvenir (2022)

Essay, Nergens ergens anders, Metropolis M 2 (2022)

Essay, De onzichtbaarheid van Joseph Beuys, HART 220 (2022)

Essay, De meest onveilige garantie van je leven, Rekto:Verso (2021)

Click here for a more comprehensive overview of my activities and projects, and here for a selection from my photographic archive.