In the monumental building on the old canal in Utrecht (which once housed an orphanage and housed pop venue Tivoli for decades), old walls exude the warm atmosphere of a building full of many fond memories.
The building will be transformed into a boutique hotel with restaurant in 2024/2025 and as I walk around and look at these beautiful old walls, I feel the history. These almost forgotten walls in corridors, changing rooms, attic and stairwells tell the stories of yesteryear while they still can.
Before it disappears completely, I photograph them and create new visual compositions from them. Nostalgia in transformation.
My name is Susanne Engels and, together with my husband, I am founder and owner of Studio Boterkoek. And that's something different. Studio Boterkoek doesn't fit into any pigeonholes. So that's why we just do what we like. And what we're good at. We invent. We make... Read more…