Gijs van der Meer

artistiek onderzoek - audiovisueel - documentair - film - sociaal-maatschappelijk - video

Gijs van der Meer is a socially engaged visual artist based in Rotterdam. With a background in Visual Ethnography and Human Geography, the work's themes relate to the fields of anthropology, social sciences, sociology, architecture and urban planning. His artistic practice focuses on topics such as migration, labour and our understanding of history, including the way humans deal with their given (physical) surroundings. Specifically, he investigates how culture is an expression of the times we live in and how we express "culture" in our day to day routine: work, home chores, conversations, etc.

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    • Screening of my graduation film at the Move Cine Arch biennale in Venice

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    • 12-09-2020 t/m 12-09-2020
    • In samenwerking met: Move Cine Arch Sao Paulo, European Cultural Centre Venice
    • Locatie: European Cultural Centre, Venice
    • I was invited to present my graduation film 'Zie je mij / Zie ik jou' at the Move Cine Arch biennale in Venice, as part of the architecture biennale of Sao Paulo.
    • https://www.movecinearte.com/filmshortlist2020

    Screening of "Do Birds Sing in Wartime?" at LantarenVenster, as a part of the AFFR Film&Architecture Studio

    Workshop

    • 05-09-2022 t/m 06-10-2022
    • In samenwerking met: Independent School for the City, AFFR
    • Locatie: LantarenVenster, Rotterdam
    • For the fourth time, the Independent School for the City and AFFR are organizing the Film & Architecture Studio. The online course headed by architect, filmmaker and curator Jord den Hollander offers insight into the use of the language of cinema in architecture and urbanism, and how cinematography is deployed as a way of exploring the built environment. The result was shown on the big screen on the second day of AFFR.
    • https://www.affr.nl/en/specials/film-architecture-studio/

    Screening at TENT online Cinema

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    • 04-01-2022 t/m 23-10-2022
    • In samenwerking met: TENT Rotterdam
    • Locatie: TENT Rotterdam, Rotterdam
    • After the overwhelmingly positive response to the first open call for TENT’s Online Cinema, we’re excited to announce that we are organizing a second edition leading up to IFFR 2022! Have you made work in 2020 or 2021 that you would love to share with an audience but have not been able to show much or at all?
    • https://www.tentrotterdam.nl/en/open-call/

    Artist talk/Q&A

    Lezing

    • 17-09-2020 t/m 17-09-2020
    • In samenwerking met: Two Rivers Film Festival, Koblenz
    • Locatie: Online, Koblenz
    • Q&A with the film festival around my graduation film 'Do You See Me/Do I See You'

    Erkenningen

      Stipendium

    • Bekker-La Bastide

    • 2020
      Stipendium

    • Droom & Daad

    • 2021