Tessa de Vries

Biography

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

The conceptual architecture of the projects 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.