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  • Djara Van Hove

18 results

  • Growing Chewellery

    Wearable objects.

    The following objects were created by destroying another experiment. A delicate woven tissue was made with care and needed to fill it with some soil and flower seeds. The whole thing just fell apart...

  • Chair of Sal(i)vation

    Beyond the secret act.

    Have you ever accidentally felt an old piece of gum underneath a chair while moving it? Or touched one with your knees underneath a table/desk? 

  • Despitable Art

    More artists. More chewing gum.

    What would you do if a gigantic bubble gum, sticking between 2 buildings, obstructs the passage? Simone Decker , a Frankfurt-based artist, has made this dream or nightmare come true. She created this...

  • Re-Marked

    Digital Patterns.

    Chewing gum is no longer a sweet candy. It has become a fascinating material with surprising benefits. Through creating different types of woven fabrics with this material, it changed my approach.

  • Heather Dewey-Hagborg's Trace Hunt

    Identifying Human Fragments.

    Heather Dewey-Hagborg is a transdisciplinary artist and educator who describes herself as a biohacker. She operates on the intersection of art, technology, and science. Her core focus lies on...

  • Salivary Sample

    Created spit by spit.

    When I began my research. I dove in the deep and bought a lot of different gums. This was to compare the different brands and types of gum. Looking further than just the colorful packages, I tried...

  • Bursting the Bubble

    How bad is it for our environment?

    Chewing gum may have some benefits for mankind but do we exactly know what we put in our mouth? Unfortunately, your favorite piece of gum consists of plastic.

  • Let's Gum Together

    Gumdrop: the act against gum waste.

    Gumdrop Ltd. is a London-based company and is the leader of its self-developed niche. They specialize in recycling and processing chewing gum into new compounds or products and used in the rubber and...

  • Gumversation pieces

    Something to sink my teeth in.

    My remembrance after I bought Chewing Gum Rolls. This chewing gum type immediately sparked my creative juices and linked the shape with those old letter tapes. This kickstarted the idea of providing...

  • Tissue made by mouth & hands

    Searching for undesired beauty.

    For a long time, I've been annoyed by the ridiculous amount of gum sticks to the pavement. I hate it, even more, when people spit out their gum in a public space without any shame. It currently seems...

  • The Chewing Gum Man

    a.k.a. Ben Wilson.

    Depicted as an outsider, British artist forms art with materials found under your feet. Since 1998, he paints colourful miniatures on chewing gum. Which is stuck to the pavement. He tries to embrace...

  • Chewellery

    What happens if jewelry designers get their hands on chewing gum?

    While Ted Noten emphasizes the act of chewing and is convinced that our mouth is also capable of creating art. Corrina Goutos finds an innovative technique to use this atypical material for jewellery.

  • Chewy Facts

    The Benefits of Chewing Gum.

    Scientific research indicates that chewing gum may be good for you. So, grab a piece of gum (sugar-free is recommended) and chew along while reading the following health benefits. 

  • Gumfusion

    Material ex-spearmints.

    Met uitzondering van bubbelgums hebben de meeste kauwgoms een harde kern of gombasis (sommigen hebben binnenin nog een vloeibare smaakstof) en zijn omhult door een glanzend suikerlaagje. De gum...

  • Chewable Plants

    Is it possible to give an ordinary piece of rubber a new afterlife?

    A human can produce an average of 0.5 to 1.5 liters of saliva each day or 0.3 to 0.4 ml per minute. This production of saliva can be increased or stimulated by eating, drinking or chewing some...

  • Gum Beading

    An experiment with personal associations.

    A minty experiment in which various chewing gums produced transform into an almost wearable piece of jewellerey. 

  • Freedent(al) Teeth

    Impersonating reality.

    The plastic chewing gum blister -containing 2 parallel rows in which rectangular chewing gums are individually packed- is probably the most common packaging. This specific packaging evoked an...

  • Lola's Chewing Gum

    Discover the oldest DNA found in a chewing gum.

    What happens if you are chewing gum while doing research about human secretions? Well, this ordinary piece of chewing gum has become my inspiration for a Secretopic research. 

created Djara Van Hove modified Sjoerd Houben

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