Castaway (the island series),
pencil, monoprint on paper, 30x 40 cm each, 2022
Perception. Creating my own world.
In the works depicted here, the island is the same, yet the backdrop of all the large industry, makes it an entirely different island all of a sudden. Seeing the background depicted, destabilizes the imaginary of the viewer. It redefines the place. The myth of paradise, which for many could be represented by a deserted tropical island, seen with this actual backdrop of the industrial world, creates a surprise of strangeness and shows the complex relationship I/we have with the real. The two worlds depicted here in the reality of the island, seem to not belong together, as they seem worlds apart.
A bold confrontation of globalisation, overturning preconceptions and stereotypes.
Based on film stills from my video work 'the island".
In the works depicted here, the island is the same, yet the backdrop of all the large industry, makes it an entirely different island all of a sudden. Seeing the background depicted, destabilizes the imaginary of the viewer. It redefines the place. The myth of paradise, which for many could be represented by a deserted tropical island, seen with this actual backdrop of the industrial world, creates a surprise of strangeness and shows the complex relationship I/we have with the real. The two worlds depicted here in the reality of the island, seem to not belong together, as they seem worlds apart.
A bold confrontation of globalisation, overturning preconceptions and stereotypes.
Based on film stills from my video work 'the island".
