Koen Hauser
Monday, 11 July 2011
Work from Catharsis.
“For six weeks the exhibition space of the Scheltema complexwas transformed into a filmstudio for a project that connects art, psychology, documentary, cinema and music. During this working period I interviewed people on situations or conditions that makes them feel abnormal and different from others, recording it on video. These conversations functioned as a starting point for creating new ‘staged’ moving images in which the interviewees also play a part. The greenscreen process together with cut out images from old books created illusionary backdrops and locations. As these scenes refer to cinema of a by-gone era in our collective memory, the seven personal stories and the look ‘behind the scenes’ interweaved with the visual language and universal themes of the classical Hollywood movie in this work-in-progress presentation.
Last step in the process was shooting material for a final scene, by means of filming the interviewees in front of the green screen, while viewing ‘their’ moviescene for the first time… This material was first presented during the art festival Niet Normaal. Together with the transcriptions of the initial interviews it will be part of a future video work in which the documentary and fictional aspects will be integrated.” – Koen Hauser