Bio
Selin Geerinckx, MSc. Interior architecture (KU Leuven, 2016), is doctoral researcher in Interior Architecture, Faculty of Design Sciences, University of Antwerp. Her master project on (im-)material cultural heritage and internship at junya.ishigami+associates inspired her to conduct academic research. After an internal scholarship in its interior architecture programme, she continued as an academic assistant (UA, 2017-2021). Currently, she is finalizing her PhD on interwar domestic interiors in which the avant-garde negotiated modernity. Besides scholarly publications, Selin was granted two research visits (Delft, Lisbon) by the European COST Action 18137 Middle Class Mass Housing. She was co-curator (VAi, UA/KASKA) and gained experience as EAAE Workshop participant (Porto), co-tutor in Docomomo International student workshops (Tokyo, Valencia), scenography workshop tutor at the Antwerp Royal Conservatoire, and through initiatives by the Pina Bausch Foundation.
Favourite (interior) architecture project
On the wasteland of the Pas-de-Calais basin (France), Japanese studio SANAA brings an ode to the former coal mining region where nature is given back its space. Its timeless design for the museum Louvre-Lens cultivates seamless transitions between landscape and interior. An interplay of color and light echoes the seasonal surroundings to exhibit both inwardly and outwardly its industrial and art heritage to locals and visitors. By extension, the Belgian dance ensemble Rosas performed in situ a chapter of their Dark Red series, a (research) project rooted in body breathing.
The site of Louvre-Lens (picture by Selin Geerinckx, December 2020).
Dark Red performance by Rosas at Louvre-Lens (picture by by Selin Geerinckx, June 2021).
Contact & Links
Mutsaardstraat 31 - 2000 Antwerpen - België
selin.geerinckx@uantwerpen.be
Visit Selin's UAntwerpen web page