Firma Snoek

25/01/2016

Firma Snoek has a new ambitious project. With a great passion for paradox, Firma Snoek will aim to prove the following contradictions to be true.

14/08/2015

Merchandise # 1

08/07/2015

The youngest descendants of Snoek: Daan and Jelle.

These little men are the great grandsons of the stern looking former director of Firma Snoek, Jan Snoek.
(third from the left on the cover photo).

07/07/2015

Drafts for a self defeating website, designed to have people move away from their screen.

05/05/2015

Somebody once told me that my one minute short film exercise "Appled" portrays Adam and Eve, on a park bench. I didn't think about it much. I just realized though, that five years later I have sliced up the film and put 'the ultimate confession'.. in my very own piece of home confession furniture.. (see: the Q&B.)

https://vimeo.com/9683319

First week mastershot assignment for NYU SCPS. Shot with Arriflex, on Plus-ex black and white reversal.

04/05/2015

Confession time is getting close.. This Thursday night Firma Snoek will launch the installation "Q&Biecht" at the Vlaamse Film Festival. Wondering about the conversations that will become, here is a sneak preview:

26/04/2015

into this:

The owner of the closet is giving it to me, all I have to do is pick it up on Tuesday the 28th. In Groningen.

Who of you is Firma Snoek's hero today? Who has a driving facility for this and the time to help out?

Gas money is covered. Plus, you will receive a high quality printed portrait of yourself in the "Q&Biecht" at the Vlaamse Film Festival.

Please send a personal message you feel like helping out.

Gratitude,
Firma Snoek

26/04/2015

For a series of portraits Firma Snoek is going to rebuild this:

http://www.marktplaats.nl/a/huis-en-inrichting/kasten-kledingkasten/m922901147-oude-kledingkast.html?c=80906a7f13ccf514b11788e5504db095&previousAction=asqSent

Mooie kast, zelf demonteren en ophalen in groningen, alleen dinsdag 28 april overdag.

26/02/2015

The dairy factory no longer exists. And I kind of stole my family's company name and their logo.

For a while I thought about making milk and porridge, as my grandparents did, but it really doesn't appeal to me.

So, instead, I will simply do my very best running the new Firma Snoek. By the way: "Snoek" means "Pike". And the hunt is for new forms of social beauty created on the level of digital interaction*.

You are welcome to join me in my search. As a matter of fact, most of the efforts of Firma Snoek will be dependent on the participation of others.

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*I will probably explain this self set goal in more detail later. For now - Yes, it was indeed triggered by the great efforts of the late Miranda July.

26/02/2015

Well, Firma Snoek is also created as a place where I can do whatever want, make whatever I want and show it to whoever wants to see it.

Firstly, I would like to emphasize the importance of dancing. I know, because one night last December I witnessed.. this:

https://vimeo.com/116056672


You too can dance,
any dance,
today

This is "The Russell Welch Hot Quartet - Winkel van Sinkel" by Maria Snoek on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

26/02/2015

This is the original Firma Snoek, a dairy factory in a small Dutch village called Abcoude. The family company was started in 1936. The stern looking man - third from the left - is my grandfather. I have never met him. The naughty looking woman - second from the left - is his sister "tante Jo", who I know as my third grandmother. She lived right next door, when I grew up on the farm. Tante Jo taught me and my sister a great deal about the concept of having fun.