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Alexander Koning, France, 1978. Videojournalist, filmmaker and visual artist based in Amsterdam.

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Solo: 'Strangers I Know'

Solo: 'Strangers I Know'

‘All of the sudden we woke up and saw our society had turned into a monster made solely out of money. A society led by ruthless pragmatism, algorithm-fascism and Excel-sheet... Read More
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Finalist Art Contest | Krabbé Zoekt Picasso

Finalist Art Contest | Krabbé Zoekt Picasso

'My painting ‘Le Voyage’ has been selected out of more than 3000 participating works as one of the 25 finalists in a national contest linked to a television series showing... Read More
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Finalist Art Contest | Krabbé Zoekt Picasso
ThirtyFive Amsterdam

ThirtyFive Amsterdam

'A chance to expose my artwork came when I met Amsterdam based sommelier Simo Zbiri. He had just opened a high class winebar in my neighborhood and offered me carte-blanche to... Read More
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Columns & Poems

Artist Statement

Artist Statement

My paintings portray the emotions of a generation that seems to have trouble finding a tangible form of hope. A generation that is losing grip on its future despite its... Read More
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'Finding the Switch'

'Finding the Switch'

Dialogue Interieur 'What's up?' -'I cannot stand the darkness any longer.' 'Why don't you switch on the light?' -'I tried. I cannot find the switch.' 'I have been looking for... Read More
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'Finding the Switch'

Art Stories

Series | 'Reconstruction of a past still to come'

Series | 'Reconstruction of a past still to come'

Libya, Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Slovenia. We travelled a big part of the Mediterranean to film different sides of the ongoing refugee crisis for different Dutch broadcasters. I incorporate the impressions of... Read More
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'Andy and Bianca'

Series | Longing for the Ephiphany

'Staring, gazing, waiting, imagining, fearing and longing for the epiphany that will deliver us from this ever-growing amount of existential uncertainty.'   'Longing for the Epiphany' reflects on a world that is... Read More
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'Andy and Bianca'