Text on methods

[STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION]

Abstract: This text functions as an insight into my artistic practice and my way of working. I will look at a few strands of visual and conceptual ideas which occupy me at the moment. Below I will discuss how my research can be divided into three strands of thinking, and also how this will be translated practically.

Intro:

Past:

Present: Currently I am focused in making the cinematographic language my own. I do this through making short experimental films. Important research area's here are queer (or gay) cinema, magic and rituals. I also would like to use some CGI elements in these films when I'm more acquainted with the medium. The interest in magic and rituals started after seeing work by Maya Deren and Kenneth Anger, (see previous essay). Here I looked at how the use of rituals occured in their films and what it actually means. It is also interesting how magic and rituals are trending again in art (witchcraft, ritual performances, also for example the italian pavilion at the Venice Biennale).

(analysing films of: kenneth anger, derek jarman, ursala mayer, brucelabruce, Alejandro jodorovski, Sergei Parajanov)

The first part is about seeing, photography, collecting, making analogies, visual thinking, coming closer to objects, and desire. 

The second part is about magic, rituals, fantasy, desire but also a research into cinematography. Ernesto de Martino described the role of rituals and magic as a way for individuals to try to regain control again in times of uncertainty and confirm their presence in the world.

Observing the world around me is essential in my process. By taking a photo and sharing this I show my gaze, my interests and my desires. It’s about seeing. But it's also about obscuring. In that sense there is is always a sort of duality. Questions like, why do I photograph a certain subject? What do I leave in and what do I leave out? arise. This is not necessarily based on any argumentation, the realisation of what belongs or might be interesting is mostly intuitive.

Image making for me used to be collecting images and making analogies between them. I like playing the artist and the curator, and I don't think my images should stand on their own but should always have a converstation with eachother. This could entail images taken in daily life, staged imaged, found footage, collage and digital manipulated images. My process is to collect and then select certain images, the idea of an archive plays a role as I sometimes come back to images previously taken years before. The images can be autobiographical, but can also just be a means to get closer to the object photographed. I depict persons I find interesting, images of myself that are tempered with, daily life situations, but I also use found footages of galaxies, scientific imagery, and photo’s found on flee markets.

Future: