photos: Eric de Vries, KABK Graduation Show 2019

Graduation project

Generation of pink and blue

Images and image manipulation are crucial aspects in our surroundings, in which there are many modes of consuming these images. The more absurd and more visually enhanced, the more impact they will have on people. Images transform aspects of life into a newly reconstructed version of reality. My work revolves around the reconstruction of the formal aspects of life along with different associations that occur through the images that I personally consume. The central focus of my work is my fascination with the image absurdity that we absorb. I try to portray forms that symbolize our current state of complete randomness, using them as a foundation and exploring their visual possibilities through the pleasure of painting.

Thesis

Simulated simulation: The constant reconstruction of reality

The concept of our reality is constantly being challenged with the presence of visual culture. Society will constantly have the urge to reconstruct reality to reach the heightened expectations created by the media. In recent times, people have been dedicated to creating a world that fulfills all of their desires and fantasies. Television, the internet, etc. present us with an illusion of a reality that is only based on fantasies and unrealistic desires. Now, more than ever, we live in a simulation (Baudrillard). In this state, we are bombarded by images on a daily basis, which plays a crucial role in creating a non-existent image-based society.