December 4, 2012
Dealing with traumatic memories raises a lot of psychological questions. There are lots of debates in history, neuroscience and of course in psychology, how memory works, how do we recall and restore them. One is for sure, memories are never exact, they are scattered, unclear and they are more of an...
September 3, 2012
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I was trying to find ways of reconsolidation through self-created rituals. After I noted my memories and photographed them exactly there where they actually happened, I wanted to create an act of letting them go. So I dig a small hole in the garden of the house in order to burn them...
August 27, 2012
Selected research images
Creating one's own ritual, changing the circumstances of remembering in order to process childhood traumas - that is how this project started. I revisited the house where I grew up, I wanted to face my own memories. I wanted to get them out of my system, so I can start my ow...
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THE ARTIst'S MANIFEST:
In my work I attempt to examine how the private relates to the public. Through self documentation I present personal memories, feelings, experiences but I translate them into images of everyday objects, places, situations everyone can connect to.
This personal journey is the analysis of the self through themes defining individuality. Such as family and home, relationships with other people and one’s place in society. Although the peculiar point of view I represent is highly subjective at the same time it provides authenticity.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
13/08/15: Artist Village, Brugge, Belgien
16/10/14: Frames Per Second Festival, Kansas City, USA
12/04/14: BIOGRAPHY: ME, Fotogalerie Wien, Wien, Austria
10/02/14: 10th Berlin International Directors Lounge, Berlin, Germany
13/09/13: Coup de Ville, Sint-Niklaas, Belgien