Before I called myself an artist, I lived in many places and had very different jobs. One of these jobs was a technologist, where I taught journalists how to code and visualize data. For that period of my life, what I did was to give meaning to data, to find and tell stories that could inform the public. When I became an artist, funnily, I stopped working with data. I wanted to see the world as it was, not as how it was interpreted. I learned and unlearned so that I can look deeply at the world and at myself, and pay attention to what is true.
As an artist, writer and filmmaker, I have worked among words, moving images and installations. For the first few years of my artisthood I was motivated by themes of memory, grief, oppression and personal agency. More recently I have been working from a place of belonging. The notion of home has been central to my work: from the search of home, to homecoming, to the recognition of home as something internal. I am guided by the desire to return to truth.
ROAR festival (Radical break Out of an Artificial Rulebook)
My 2021 film, T,M,RR,W, was presented during the ROAR Festival (Radical break Out of an Artificial Rulebook). The festival reflects different realities of life and circumstances that get little to no recognition in society as a whole.
The 12th Seoul Metro International Subway Film Festival
My film, passage, was screened at The 12th Seoul Metro International Subway Film Festival. It was shown at Seoul Metro stations, the longest subway system in the world.
Cinedans FEST'22
My film T,M,RR,W is shown during Cinedans Fest 2022 at Eye Filmmuseum.
45th Norwegian Short Film Festival
My film T,M,RR,W has been officially selected for the International Short Competition at the 45th Norwegian Short Film Festival.
18th Athens Digital Art Festival
My film T,M,RR,W (2021) has been selected for the video art section during the 18th Athens Digital Art Festival with the theme "FutuRetro".
Oberhausen Seminar 2022
I was selected as a participant at the 2022 Oberhausen Seminar. "The Seminar is an experimental course exploring contemporary artists’ moving image practice in the context of a renowned international film festival. It is a gathering that brings together filmmakers, critics and curators, using the Oberhausen Film Festival as a laboratory to discuss ideas in the curation, production and criticism of contemporary moving image media."
Inward Outward Symposium
Reflecting on how to decolonialize film archives, I presented a performance lecture titled “Cannonball and other stories, or, how to hold an image”. See excerpt of the presentation in portfolio.
ARGOS Projector: The Faraway Nearby
My film, there is no death in gravity, was selected for the ARGOS projector: The Faraway Nearby. The event included three screenings at ARGOS.
Performing the Lens: The Choreography, Algorithms and Materiality of Imagemaking
I was part of this group show featuring 2020 graduates from the Master's program in Lens-based Media at Piet Zwart Institute.
Talking Shorts
I am a contributor to Talking Shorts, an online magazine dedicated for short films.
ASEF (Asia-Europe Foundation) Culture360 Magazine
I wrote an article for the ASEF (Asia-Europe Foundation) Culture360 Magazine. Titled "Making Systemic Change: Reflections from Artist Residencies in the Netherlands and Belgium," the article comments on the Dutch funding measures for cultural practitioners during the pandemic and discusses points from the On Affecting Change symposium (co-hosted by Hotel Maria Kapel , Kunsthuis SYB and Transartists - AIR Platform NL).
On and For Production and Distribution
I was commissioned to write a reflection text on artist moving image production based on the "Production for Dummies Workshop" organized by On and For Production and Distribution. On and For is a European cooperative project conceived to advance and strengthen the field of artists' moving image.
Symposium: Fair International Cultural Cooperation - Language
I was selected to participate the "Fair International Cultural Cooperation - Language" symposium. During the forum we discussed issues and fair practices regarding language in international cultural cooperations. The resulting report has been shared with relevant embassies and funding partners. More info on website (shortened URL).
Metropolis M
I am a contributor to Metropolis M. You can find my writing translated into Dutch in print issue No.4, 2021 and issue No.1, 2022. Other writings are available on the magazine's website. Sample article in link (shortened URL).
Garage Cafe #9
I performed "an unwillingness to forget" during Garage Cafe # 9, an evening event for performances, presentations and meeting new people in the art, hosted by Nicole Sciarone. Photo credit: Eva Maria. Background artwork: The girl who kept walking on other people's feet by Vanessa Safavi.
EYE on Art Research Labs 2019 & 2020
With my peers from the Piet Zwart Institute, I screened my work "Seek" in 2019 and an excerpt of "Querida" in 2020 during the annual Eye on Art Research Labs. Image from "Seek".
Amsterdam Art x ArtReview Conference 2018
I was a speaker at the Open Stage section of the conference, where I spoke about my own (art) history and how I am trying to find ground as an "international" artist in the Netherlands.