Tessa de Vries
Born in Stins, Netherlands in 1954.
Biography
Brédyk, Stiens, the Netherlands
Being the first-born, I look after my mother
Oude Doelesteeg, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
At age 15, I start going out and fall maniacally in love with men
Schoolstraat, Yde, the Netherlands
At age 16, I start smoking pot, and escape from my mother’s terrorising reign
Norgerweg, Yde, the Netherlands
At age 17, I run away from home
Zaailand, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
At age 18, I am raped by a man while drunk
Birdaarderstraatweg, Dokkum, the Netherlands
At age 19, I can no longer have children
Spanjaardslaan, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
At age 20, I experiment with heroin, cocaine, and spirituality
Jelsum, the Netherlands
At age 21, I use mushrooms, LSD, pot and tranquillisers, and enjoy my hallucinations
Stationsplein, Steenwijk, the Netherlands
At age 25, I violently break off my connections with my husband and the outside world
Oldehoofsterkerkhof, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
At age 26, my sister has become a heroin addict
Grote Hoogstraat, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
At age 27, I am clean and alone
Stiens, the Netherlands
At age 30, I comfort myself with homegrown cannabis and lock myself into a closet for months at the time
Attesweg, Vrouwenparochie, the Netherlands
At age 32, I am addicted and psychotic without treatment
Willemskade, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
At age 37, I go into rehab, build a ship, and survive on the thought of love
Oude Arnhemseweg, Zeist, the Netherlands
At age 40, I work as a caregiver in a rehab program
Hoogeveen, the Netherlands
At age 43, I fall back on the use of homegrown cannabis as a substitute for love
Middenweg, Hoogkerk, Groningen, the Netherlands
At age 51, I am compulsively in love and psychotic
Brédyk, Stiens, the Netherlands
At age 51, I attack my mother
Harlingerstraatweg, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
At age 51, I am sober
Related spaces
The conceptual architecture of TBDWBAJ is based on the investigation of various social spaces, isolated space, cultural space, public space and virtual space. Each of these rooms describes a phase of the project and takes on a different perspective.