As an homage to dutch tulips - Marja Samsom - also known as Miss Bhave and Miss Kerr- is rooted in 1970s international avant-garde. Moving between Amsterdam & New York’s underground - making something out of nothing.'
She began her practice in the early 1970s with Super8 films, including 'The Office' and 'Busy with Cows' (filmed by Suzan Pitt ) presented at the Byrd Hoffman Foundation 1975,
She designed some of ICP Orchestra’s record sleeve concepts for ‘Handicaps’ 1973 & ‘Lumps’ 1975 and collaborated on Steve Lacy’s multimedia work Garden Variety creating Super8 film loops as a film score, at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam 1974. (documented in Steve Lacy: Conversations - page 249 )
After closing The Kitchen Club - a long term gesammtkunstwerk - combining food, performance, sound and social choreography - Samsom returned to full-time art practice in 2011, with a residency at The Clocktower -presenting the installation 'Shrine.'
