The Asser Instituut for International and European Law (University of Amsterdam) and the KABK are collaborating again. Three fourth-year
Over the last months, the students — Emilie Tizien, Jamie Smith and Tori McCrea — were immersed in the Institute’s research community, and collaborated closely with legal scholars to create works that explore how international and European law shapes the daily lives of The Hague’s residents.
Programme
18:00 - Exhibition opens
19:00 - Panel discussion: artists in conversation with their project supervisors
20:00 - Panel closes, closing drinks
20:30 - event ends
About the artists and their projects:
- Emilie Tizien is a French-Dutch photographer. Rooted in an upbringing in the south of France (Montpellier), surrounded by nature and community life, her work draws inspiration from both human behavior in public and natural spaces, as well as the quiet influence of the landscape. Emilie’s project that will be presented at Asser emerges from a fact that in the Netherlands a growing number of houses suffer from foundation damage caused by fluctuating land levels and low groundwater. Climate crisis is further worsening the issue, putting around 425,000 buildings at risk of becoming unsafe within 15 years if no action is taken.
- Jamie Smith is a London-born, Amsterdam-based photographer. His project ‘Crash’ starts from a staggering figure: This year over 1,000,000 used cars and trucks, no longer able to be certified or meet emission standards, will be shipped from the Global North to Africa alone. 46 percent of which will come from Europe, and a significant proportion will be sent illegally. By tracing cars, their parts, and the lives entangled around them, Crash uses the vehicle trade to question and challenge conventional representations, identities, and global sustainability narratives.
- Tori McCrea is a Belgian/American photographer and visual artist working between the Netherlands, Belgium and California. Her practice explores the relationship between ecology, science, and visual storytelling. In her project ‘If the Sea Could Speak’ she asks:’ Law has been written for humans, but what about the beings and forces that cannot speak in court? What it means to grant rights to the sea, a living body beyond borders?’ Tori works ‘in collaboration’ with the sea itself, making water, salt and minerals ‘co-creators’ of the images.
Join the presentations on the evening of 3 December 2025, at Asser Institute! More details to follow soon!
