Sophie Bates
audiovisual - photography - publication - video - performance
Sophie Bates (b.1993, London) is a visual artist based in Rotterdam who works with video, performance, photography and live events. Her practice is about exploring intimate experiences through the way people act such as body language, humour, performances of courtesy and the failure of language. She is a vigilant observer and uses observation as a springboard to begin her process. Her practice is a way to understand or make sense of experiences and go back to them. She is concerned with understanding herself and others better through her art practice by making connections.
She is part of WET, a Rotterdam-based collective and project space for artists' moving image. We provide a platform for exhibitions, screenings and workshops, with a focus on artworks which challenge existing orthodoxies, and propose alternative historical, political and aesthetic perspectives. We host a monthly online screening program, accompanied by a podcast. WET also acts as a support structure for both its members and the artists with whom we work.
