Minne Kersten (NL, 1993) presents recent and new paintings, sculptures and film works in the Coach House under the title Changing Rooms. For her new work, Kersten drew inspiration from the site of the estate, the Castle in particular. In her often elusive work, she investigates the genius loci: the spirit of a place where absence, memory and transformation intersect.

Architecture is an important source of inspiration for Kersten: it is a reservoir of invisible stories, and a metaphor for memory. The artist is specifically interested in in-between spaces, such as stairs, and places that are located between past and future. For her new film installation, part of Changing Rooms, the artist shot footage in the Castle, the former home of Jo and Marlies Eyck, the estate's founders. In the vacant rooms on the upper floors of the Castle, which are not accessible to visitors, she used a classic 16mm Bolex-camera and a special flash technique to create dreamy images that capture the invisible spirit of the place.

Minne Kersten lives and works in Amsterdam and Paris. Architecture and memory play a central role in her practice. Her work is currently on display at the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam, and has been presented in recent years at CAPC Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, Glasgow International, and Bonnefanten, among others. In 2022, she received the Volkskrant Visual Arts Audience Award. Kerstens’ video work was already on display at the country estate in 2023 in the exhibition Spark Birds & the Loneliness of Species.