Little Red Roses

A celebration of the Dutch band Nits EP 21

There is an intimate connection between the musical and the visual work of the Dutch band Nits. Some names that have influenced the songs, the record sleeves and videos Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Mondriaan, Picasso, L.S. Lowry, Georgia O’Keefe, René Magritte, to name but a few. In this episode, we take a closer look at the design of some of their record sleeves; we take a look at some of their video work ; we hear how an exhibition at the Kunst Museum in the Swiss city of Winterthur with the name "Dutch mountains" came to be; we ask whether a landscape can influence your artistic work. The guests in this episode: wife and husband-team Riemke Kuipers and Henk Hofstede, film journalist Michael Sennhauser, Pim Kops (De Dijk), Konrad Bitterli (Kunst Museum Winterthur) and artist Sigrid van Essel. Music by Fatima Dunn, Stefan Horlitz, Henk Hofstede and Nits. Sound design and production: Darren Hayne. Video & animation: Pascal Müller. Listen with visuals: https://youtu.be/HWLYmBjHbUI