(Re)Framing the Frame: looking from a different perspective
Photo: Chun-Fang Tsay
With a cardboard frame in hand, Graphic Design students from ArtEZ Academy of Art & Design Arnhem walked through Museum Arnhem. They pointed the frame at artworks, details and shapes in the space, capturing what they saw within their chosen crop. A small shift of the frame revealed a different image each time. This marked the start of the introductory workshop for the new academic year.
For Fay Buurman, Danique Hoppen and Isabel van de Stadt, the workshop was a return to their former programme. The three graduated from Graphic Design Arnhem in 2026 and this year organised the introductory workshop for a new group of students.
Looking through a frame
The frame was at the centre of the workshop. Is a frame always square? What frames can you find around you? And how does a frame influence what you see?
With these questions in mind, the students visited Museum Arnhem. Holding a cardboard frame, they looked at and photographed the artworks from different angles. The resulting photographs ranged from carefully aligned reframings to optical illusions and abstract images. Moving the frame and changing the crop offered the students different ways of looking at the artworks.
photo: Chun-Fang Tsay
From photograph to image
Back at ArtEZ, the images from the museum took on a new form. The photographs were not the end point, but material for the next step. Using paper, textiles, markers and stickers, the students created their own interpretations of what they had seen through their frames.
A collective view of Museum Arnhem
At the end of the day, the works were displayed together in the corridor of the Rietveld building. The individual images came together to form a visual representation of Museum Arnhem, seen through the eyes of Graphic Design Arnhem students.
photo: Chun-Fang Tsay
