Laurence Aëgerter & Ronald van Tienhoven Tristes Tropiques: Illustrations hors texte 2010-2011 During the Brasil Festival in October and November 2011 the Lloyd Hotel & Cultural Embassy in Amsterdam premiered the Tristes Tropiques project and artist's book in the hotel's central hall. The presentation consisted of a digital version of the Tristes Tropiques artist's book.

132. Claude Lévi-Strauss
Editions Plon
1955

133. Laurence Aëgerter
Ronald van Tienhoven
2010

134. One year ago, the village of Beetsterzwaag in Frysia (NL) was the
setting for a residential art project at Kunsthuis SYB by Laurence
Aëgerter and Ronald van Tienhoven.
Departing from Claude Lévi-Strauss’ seminal publication Tristes
Tropiques (Éditions Plon, 1955), the artists recreated the french
anthropologist’s photographs of Indian tribes in Brazil.
All 63 original photos in the book were reenacted with a group
of Beetsterzwaag residents.
By means of this form of ‘counter exploration’ through space
and time the artists emphasize the continuum of human
expression and cultural exchange.

135. This project and the artist’s book have been made possible
thanks to the generous support from
the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture.