An interview with Petrovsky & Ramone
Dutch Duo Morena Westerik and Petra van Bennekum, known as PETROVSKY & RAMONE met while assisting the same photographer, traveling the world they started to create concepts and ideas for shoots and realizing them. In 2005 they entered a competition and they were invited to shoot a story for Avantgarde magazine. After that they started shooting editorials for national and international magazines. Petrovsky & Ramone is about holding your attention.
Who do you think are Petrovsky & Ramone at the moment?
Petra: We are all artists, but we don t know it, yet…
In which moments do you feel, that you are gifted?
Morena: I’m not to much aware of it, but when we finisched a project or piece of work the feeling pops up for a little moment.
Are you happy, having this talent?
Morena: Yes it gives a free feeling
Petra: We are lucky that we have the change to create from our hobby our work.
Describe intuition.
Morena: For me intuition is a unconscious way of thinking, in our art its a important part we make decisions by our intuition our work is our intuition.
Petra: Intuition is a way of knowing without thinking. No mind.
Describe your work.
No comment.
Do people need your work?
Petra: Our work has a sense of “breaking the ice”, we are looking for contrasts, ethical as well as visual. Our work could enhance feelings or emotions, and maybe, this human race is in need for that… and in need to feel LOVE as ONE.
Could things be changed by creativity?
Morena: 100%.
Describe rebellion.
Petra: Rebellion… we rebel when we feel trapped, when we feel cornered, there is a need to break through or open… rebelling comes across when you don’t understand a situation or find this situation to forced… it helps to rebel if you can review later and put your ego aside… be OPEN.
Tell us your most beautiful thought.
Morena: Traveling around in a camper and seeing the most breathtaking places on earth with a whiskey and a cigarette in my hands.
Petra: Close your eyes, see yourself from above sitting… go up, see your house, see your city, see your country, see the earth, go up further, see the earth floating in the universe…
What makes you smile?
Petra: Good food with good friends who you can tease and make stupid remarks and have humor fun about your own and the other characteristics.
And: when my banc-account is really full and i am on top of the mountains with new years eve, and…
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