Artist Statement

My influences: Life! People, troubles, drive, communication, other artists; Pipilotti Rist, Marina Abramovic, Bill Viola, Ernesto Neto, Tony Oursler, Kim Ki-Duk, Yayoi Kusama, John Cage, Kathe Kollwitz, Jackson Pollock.

The human plays the central role in my work, with the focus on the intrinsic thinking world. I want to see if I can play with the individual as work in progress. People keep learning, (re)creating and repositioning themselves. This process of trial and error I find interesting. I want to zoom in on consciousness processes with the inevitable that emotions will be reflected. In my opinion any person is able to discover, investigate and shape his being in contact with others. We are all so alike, and yet so different. This difference I find intriguing. In the meeting with the other through reflection, development can take place.

In my visual language I tent to be intimate, poignant and direct. Mostly I use static or tracking shots, with close-ups and straightforward montage. Characteristics of people become visible and the suggestion of the viewer being there as their mirror or as observer as the ‘fly on the wall’.