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Latest News!

16th December 2017 by jimini Comments Off on Latest News!

ONGOING GRATITUDE to the MONDRIAAN FUND , the AMSTERDAM FUND for the ARTS , CBK-Zuidoost and Stichting Stokroos for their generous support! . . 2023, 28 February MUSEUM ARNHEM Very happy that two videos from my series The Prostitution Monologues have been included in this exhibition of paintings by Hans Baluschek and Carel Willink at […]

Museo de la Mujer

12th November 2016 by jimini Comments Off on Museo de la Mujer

CASTELLANO… CLIQUEAR AQUI! The solo exhibition Business as Usual revolves around the theme of prostitution as a worldwide phenomenon promoted by an industry that earns huge sums of money from the use (abuse) of women’s bodies. In Amsterdam, brothel-keeping was legalised in 2000, cleverly packaged as part of a liberal, forward-thinking attitude toward sex in […]

Latest News!

31st October 2016 by jimini Comments Off on Latest News!

ONGOING GRATITUDE to the MONDRIAAN FUND , the AMSTERDAM FUND for the ARTS , CBK-Zuidoost and Stichting Stokroos for their generous support! . . 2023, 28 February MUSEUM ARNHEM Very happy that two videos from my series The Prostitution Monologues have been included in this exhibition of paintings by Hans Baluschek and Carel Willink at […]

In Dakar, Senegal

26th May 2016 by jimini Comments Off on In Dakar, Senegal

Now you can read the BK-blad article (in Dutch) about my visit to Dakar with Patricia Kaersenhout to present Handle With Care in the residency of the Dutch ambassadeur there. Click here for the link: Handle With Care, Dakar

Mulier Sacer promo video!

22nd February 2015 by jimini Comments Off on Mulier Sacer promo video!

The English publication is already out. Now we are looking for the means to have the book translated into Dutch. Coming soon to a bookshop near you! Watch this space for more info or click the link below to pre-order your copy… Mulier Sacer – Disposable Women from Jimini Hignett on Vimeo. The Red Light […]

New Book – Mulier Sacer

24th December 2013 by jimini Comments Off on New Book – Mulier Sacer

MULIER SACER is out!  Order your copy at Books. Also on sale now in Amsterdam at the Stedelijkmuseum bookshop, Tropenmuseum shop, International Bookshop Fort van Sjaako, Boekhandel van Pampus on de KNSM-laan, and of course, San Serriffe Art Bookshop at 30 St.Annenstraat where the launch took place on Thursday January 16th. The title is taken […]

Handle With Care

6th November 2013 by jimini Comments Off on Handle With Care

Duo-exhibition with Patricia Kaersenhout, in the Amsterdam Tropenmuseum In conjunction with Black & White, the Tropenmuseum’s exhibition commemorating the 150 years since the abolition of slavery, Patricia Kaersenhout invited me to be her partner in dialogue for this exhibition. Our joint installation is entitled in Handle With Care and deals with the existence of present […]

If Bees Are Few…

6th November 2013 by jimini Comments Off on If Bees Are Few…

Non-Urban Garden in collaboration with Doris Denekamp Our design for a Non-Urban Garden as part of the project Gardens of the 21st century at Kunstvereniging Diepenheim has been accepted. Hurrah! The title for our project has been taken from a line in the poem To make a prairie by the American poet Emily Dickinson. The line, […]

‘Mulier Sacer’ (in progress)

15th January 2013 by jimini Comments Off on ‘Mulier Sacer’ (in progress)

Couple of photos made in the workshop during preparations for a new video project to be exhibited, with Patricia Kaersenhout, later this year, for the Tropenmuseum (Tropical / Colonial Museum) here in Amsterdam, reflecting on 150 years since the abolition of slavery.

Non-Urban Garden

15th January 2013 by jimini Comments Off on Non-Urban Garden

Collaborating with Dutch-Art-Institute colleague Doris Denekamp of Informal Strategies on an assignment to design a ‘Non Urban Garden’ for Kunstvereniging Diepenheim in the wilds of Twente close to the German border. This project, whereby six different artists are designing Non-Urban Gardens, is curated by Joop Hoogeveen (Kunstvereniging Diepenheim) and Peter Sonderen (Lectoraat Theorie in de […]