Interview Jeroen van den Bogaert

Jeroen van den Bogaert interviewed by Tuana Inhan during the Graduation Show 2022 at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK).

A Foolish Pleasure of Wicked Schemes

Graduation project 2021-2022 by Jeroen van den Bogaert
Audio installation with fabric

The project departs from an ambiguous relationship with masculinity, that Jeroen van den Bogaert encountered within himself and other young men around him. He describes this relationship as one that involves a dilemma.

“There appears to be a general consensus that certain masculine structures can be detrimental for everyone involved. Yet, the behaviour resulting from these structures still seems to be attractive to some of the same people who share this consensus. On the one hand, it's concerning and I take exception to it. On the other, it interests me and I feel attracted to it. It stands for a sense of freedom, ‘no one can tell me what to do’! However, it can be deemed reckless, and raise questions whether this freedom comes at the expense of others”.

From that vantage point the project intends to initiate conversations on topics such as: Where lies the genesis of this behaviour? How long has it been revered? Has it changed in time, or remained the same?