Overfull Emptiness
By Sammy Hemerik
Overfull Emptiness is a research project that explores the potentials of boredom in a world that is characterized by an accelerating time.
Through visual research this project reveals a collective approach of avoidance towards boredom. By generating critical questions that stimulate thinking about the need for appreciation of boredom, this project opens up a way towards revaluation.
Sammy Hemerik (NL)
Sammy Hemerik is a visual communicator, specialized in graphic design. Her work has a social-cultural approach and through visual research she aims to question the ordinary. She strives for critical thinking about responsibility in major social issues and this is where her work meets other disciplines.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht in the Netherlands. After graduating in 2014 she founded a freelance design studio from where she collaborated with other designers and took part in different exhibitions. In 2020, she obtained a Master's Degree in Design at the University of Bergen.