Simonse, Katinka - New Media Artist

1. Simonse, Katinka
Manuta Jr., Perfecto P.
Instructor: Joseph DeLappe

2. Katinka Simonse
 June 10, 1979, her known alias is
Tinkebell.
 A Dutch artist who is known for her
work with animals and how people
treat them.
 She has received lots of hate mail for
most her work. One in particular. “My
Dearest Cat Pinkeltje”
 The goal of her work is to raise
awareness of mass production of
animals like cows and pigs; then kill
them for consumption.

3. “Save the Pets”
 95 hamsters were set loose in
art gallery Master in
Amsterdam. She wanted to
show people how they treat
their pets. The concept of
dual morality of respecting
peoples animals. People were
shocked. Her thought was
that you can put one hamster
in one ball but you put 95
hamster in 95 balls then
there is an uproar.
 She wanted to show how
people treat their pets.

4. Tedx
 She did a Tedx in Amsterdam about
social medial and blogs. These where
fiction based blogs and social medial
outlets that she created to blur the
truth. She then explains that this was
the new truth. This makes her status
as an artist more controversial.
 https://youtu.be/WlIV-utTMnY
Protesters against her appearance on Tedx
Amsterdam

5. Tinkebell “My Dearest Cat Pinkeltje”
 https://youtu.be/YBrRJ4vvto4
 https://www.theguardian.com/comm
entisfree/2012/apr/20/online-
anonymity-death-threats
 She turn her cat into a purse. She
killed the cat by breaking its neck
and skinning it.