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About Elza Zijlstra

Elza Zijlstra is a researcher in public health at daytime and a self-taught artist in the evenings and weekends. She makes analogue collages and stop-motion movies of materials she found at various beaches around the world and vintage magazines. Check www.trashworks.nl for more information.

TrashWorks: Collages from beachtrash and vintage magazines

Elza Zijlstra

Room of a Writer - Elza Zijlstra

Artist's Statement: I make collages of beachtrash and vintage magazines. It started during a peaceful moment at a trashy Spanish beach where I put, without thought, some pieces of plastic together. … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

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