Regina van der Kloet

photography

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Rendezvous

I want to kiss you on the horizon, where our universes meet I am cold, I will tell you, and your hand will fly from the cage that is your pocket and land on my shoulder We will look at the world before us, cursory intertwined It is too much, you will tell me, and I nod and acknowledge the insistent curiosity that hangs in the air Oh, to jump off bridges, feel the sun on our foreheads to let go, to speak, to feel. To listen what our world has to tell us - Independently To each explore a separate cosmos, and their occasional touching of lips

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I would like to count your freckles I would like to be so reckless I would like to smell the sweetness of your breath Or how much garlic you had been eating Wonder how many vampires you’d be defeating Or how much fun and drinks you last night had I would like to hear the twitter Of your whispers, and my zipper To be closed with assistance Yet all I receive is distance The only words I hear are yelled Flowers the only things to be smelled I filled my home with them to fill a void Stars are all that I can tally They’re as far as they are many For the space between us is the size of the world

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This weekend I am taking part in a benefit photo exhibition in and for the OCCII. I have been coming to the OCCII for about 20 years now. To me it is a magical place, where there is room for the creative and the stubborn that do not feel at home in a lot of places. Not to mention some great music that is often just as creative and stubborn. For my contribution I decided to go with two pictures taken at almost exactly the same spot, but about six year apart (first image 2013, second image 2019). To me they show the comradery that fits the OCCII, and that things change but at the same time stay the same. More information on the exhibition here. If you want to come by this weekend sign up via the OCCII site (I will be there tonight playing records). Online sale will start after the weekend.

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cuba, 2018 some excerpts/outtakes of something to follow...

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We used to have a TV with two channels

We used to have a TV with two channels and when I was eleven we got three I can remember waiting for that telly Till there was the program I wanted to see Sometimes there was nothing on these channels you were sitting staring at a clock Something there was something that was boring or stupid, or exciting, if you had any luck everyone got their turn on those two channels so everyone would have to wait their turn Or watch something that they had never heard of Something from which you might even learn Now I don’t have a clue how many channels Everywhere screens and access all day long Still sometimes I find myself yearning for those past times When we learned that giving space to others is not wrong

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I wanted to write you a song But what I composed, it had no melody And ended up not relating to you or me Just touching the things      in between Distances, lines, boundaries Spaces, confinements, in short: geometry It all adds up to statistics, and no matter how you twist it Every time the sum is the loneliest      number You have ever seen

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11112o17

The world is a cactus. The lonely life of robots (and artists). Sorry (not sorry) about the dirty needle.

new mix!

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Resent You had a spark inside yourself I saw it glistening in your eye You had a spark that could start flames They crushed it like a a firefly Reset

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Amsterdam, 2016

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31122016

a mix inspired by psychedelica, 60ies, oscillation, and alchemists. and somehow dinosaurs ended up in it, too. real life awaits us. happy new year.

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berlin - 3 nights, 7 frauleins

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A mix inspired by New Wave synths, African rhythms, androids, and a splash of nineties.

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buttons - 2016 If I weren't afraid you'd laugh at me I would run and take all your hands and I'd gather everyone together for a day and when we’re gathered I'll pass buttons out that say: ‘Beautiful people’ Then you'd never have to be alone ‘cause there'll always be someone with the same button on as you Include him in everything you do Melanie - Beautiful People  

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I went for a short visit to England in April, and 6 months later, now that it’s already too late for Brexit puns, I finally finished scanning the last few frames.

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Part of a project I'm working on, first picture I am showing of this. Amsterdam, 2015

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you can also find me on instagram now: https://www.instagram.com/_123regina_/