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.