dr. Tine Wilde

About Tine Wilde

Tine Wilde studied autonomous art at AKI Academy for Art & Design in Enschede and read philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. In November 2008 she obtained a doctorate from the same university for project Do not Erase and publication Remodel[l]ing Reality. She currently resides and works in Amsterdam.Art as well as philosophy is about bringing something to consciousness in such a way that it enables us to assign meaning to ourselves and the world. For this reason, Tine Wilde's inquiry into the constructs of alternative realities is triggered by questions rather than answers. State-of-the-art questions about the autonomy of the individual, the rules and methods we use to shape our lives, subjective and collective memories, the role of the artist in society. In installations, picture works and performances, Wilde calls into question the choices made and the solutions accepted, in which we show which aspects of reality are important to us and how we communicate what we value; i.e., how these values define our (cultural) identity. Her artistic output has been on view in galeries and institutions both at home and abroad (for instance in Germany, France and Switzerland). In addition, she was for sale amongst 34000 day-trippers at the Rhine Falls near Schaffhausen (1990), received international recognition for her performance in Cologne where she crossed the river Rhine wrapped up in bandages (1992), investigated the question what happens to a human being when she is totally isolated from her natural and cultural environment and left to her own resources in a two-week stay at the fallout shelter of Dalfsen (1998), and heightened the relation between language and image in performance Language and her Tighty-whities (2006). In 2011 she produced permanent installation Corrido[o]r - Empty Space for the University of Amsterdam at the Oude Turfmarkt, finishing her inquiry into the philosophers room as an alternative reality. Together with her artwork, Tine Wilde writes articles on philosophy and art, most importantly Reflexieve dynamiek in het latere werk van Wittgenstein [Reflexive dynamics in the later work of Wittgenstein] in ANTW (2004), Installatiekunst biedt vragen in plaats van antwoorden [Installation art offers questions rather than answers] in Boekman (2005) and De Artistieke Wending [The artistic turn] in BLIND! (2012). Furthermore, she taught at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy (2003-04), delivers courses on philosophy and art at the University of Amsterdam and Utrecht University, as well as Master classes, such as Artist and World for gallery outLINE Amsterdam (2011). Within the context of the Dutch discussion concerning artistic research, she participated in a debate on the relation between art and research at DeFKA, Assen (2011), was part of a panel discussion on the pros and cons of a doctorate in the arts at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (2012) and shared her insights on the matter in Investigations IV at Minerva / Frank Mohr Institute, Groningen (2014).In her lectures and masterclasses, Tine Wilde time and again raises intriguing questions by relating philosophical issues to her art practice. The result is a fascinating and surprisingly innovative insight in ourselves.