The Oldest Thing - Ruth van Beek runway amidst a back-drop of leafy

amidst a back-drop of leafy courtyards

he meets Twitter revolutionaries and pop-up populists

he has found himself drawn into the anonymity and voyeurism of their life

refugee camps

pictures by Filip Dujardin and a drawing by Inge Vinck

The Oldest Thing - Ruth van Beek runway amidst a back-drop of leafyIn Ruth van Beeks new book The Oldest Thing it is ordinary objects that take on a body and life of their own. With a practice that is deeply interwoven into her everyday experience, Van Beek looks inwards at how her vast archive works. In doing so, she explores the thin borders between studio and domestic life, the repetition of daily tasks and the origins of her interests in manuals and household books, tracing them all the way back to her mothers