{"id":6493,"date":"2022-12-22T10:37:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T09:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/bibliotheek\/what-a-new-prosthesis-can-mean\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T16:16:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T14:16:01","slug":"what-a-new-prosthesis-can-mean","status":"publish","type":"library_pt","link":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/en\/library\/living-with-an-eye-prosthesis\/what-a-new-prosthesis-can-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What a New Prosthesis Can Mean"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-12-22T10:37:00+01:00\">22 December 2022<\/time><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We see him at work alongside painter and prosthetist Julios Veizaj. They create the prosthetic eyes through modeling, scanning, and traditional painting techniques. While Jelmer and Julios focus on the tiniest details during the creation process and pay close attention to the patient\u2019s reactions, we also get a good sense of what the new eye can mean for the patient.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So there are plenty of reasons to interview director Eline van Diggelen about the background of the documentary.  <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How did you come up with the idea for the movie?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eline: \u201cI actually came up with the idea for a film by chance. Jelmer and I both live in Leeuwarden, and we\u2019re neighbors. We got to talking, and he told me he\u2019s an ocularist\u2014someone who makes artificial eyes. At the time, I\u2019d never heard of that before, and I\u2019d never seen an artificial eye either. It turned out to be much flatter in reality than I\u2019d initially thought. I was surprised by how such a prosthesis is made. Everything that goes into it\u2014that aspect fascinated me. It\u2019s truly wonderful that you can create something with such care that is so important to someone else. My initial idea was to focus on the creation process. The care and attention that go into the work. I wanted to show that this attention is important and generous. I also wanted to portray the people receiving the new eye. What does it feel like for someone to see themselves in the mirror with a new eye for the first time? An important theme in the film is that people want to be meaningful to others. I think this is every person\u2019s deepest desire. Especially in today\u2019s world, where people are sometimes pitted against one another.\u201d  <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Manufacturing Process<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Jelmer put me in touch with people who are missing one or both eyes. He was a huge help in selecting the participants: who wanted to take part, who wanted to be on camera? Some people are too vulnerable for that, and Jelmer knows that because he knows everyone personally. I spoke with the participants beforehand and explained what I wanted to do: fortunately, every single one of them was enthusiastic. The shoot\u2014the filming\u2014took place over two days. On one day we filmed three participants, and on the other, two. It went so smoothly because everyone already knew how and what I wanted to film. At the end, you see the people through a one-way mirror. They could see themselves in the mirror, but not the camera filming from behind it. Immediately afterward, I interviewed the participants about their experiences and recorded only the audio from those interviews. Some already had an ocular prosthesis; two were seeing themselves with a new eye for the first time. Coincidentally, those were the two men.\u201d             <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Wow, that&#8217;s so beautiful!&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne of them was very emotional when he saw his \u2018new face.\u2019 It happened spontaneously; we hadn\u2019t anticipated that. I comforted him, and we talked for a while. After that, he looked happily in the mirror again. It wasn\u2019t until the premiere at the Plons Film Festival that the significance of an eye prosthesis for the recipients became clear to me. One of them was present at the documentary\u2019s premiere. She was in tears and told me that she finally has something to show others so they can understand what it\u2019s been like for her. Only then did I realize that the film holds tremendous significance for all people with an artificial eye.\u201d       <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Watch the documentary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Nieuw Oog&quot; regie: Eline van Diggelen\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/939694732?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the PLONS! International Short Documentary Film Festival in Leeuwarden, the premiere of the remarkable TV documentary *Nieuw Oog* by director Eline van Diggelen took place on September 4; the film focuses on ocular prostheses. The film was shot at the practice of ocularist Jelmer Remmers in Grou, Friesland.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6494,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_daextauttol_enable_tooltips":""},"library_cat":[118],"class_list":["post-6493","library_pt","type-library_pt","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","library_cat-living-with-an-eye-prosthesis"],"acf":[],"permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library_pt\/6493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library_pt"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/library_pt"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"library_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ver-ooginoog.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library_cat?post=6493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}