Rachel Heemskerk
audiovisueel - conceptueel - film - fotografie - installatie - mens - performance - sociaal-maatschappelijk
Rachel Heemskerk (1984) is a Rotterdam based visual artist whose practice mainly evolves around the lives that are lived by the many humans walking this earth, questioning ‘reality’ and the ‘self. She tells her stories by means of video, performances and installations.
‘I search between different worlds and attempt to discover how these worlds relate and try to make connections. A few years ago I made a short movie called Looking where I can not see. It’s an attempt to look inside the head of someone close without getting there.
Questioning the ‘why’ can also be expressed by a visceral short movie starring 4 Russian Salads or building a ‘waiting room’. For me planet earth is a place that enables you to create your own reality. This 'reality' is constantly changing, therefore we have different stories to tell.