Joana Velu


artist, she/her, NL/BR, based in Amsterdam, curious how people observe themselves and the world they are part of.

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ik zie ik zie wat jij niet ziet [i spy with my little eye...(something)]


2021

13 min. videowork and installation on a semi-transparent screen. 

This work was the result of a six weeks artist-in-residency program presented at Merten Frames Project by Plan B, Amsterdam (NL). A 12 min. version was comissioned by RietveldTV and aired at AT5. Watch full RietveldTV episode here.

Is it possible to see the world through someone else’s eyes? Or do we inevitably translate the experiences of others through those of our own? Can we listen to someone without the disruption of our worldviews and assumptions? Is the way we look at the world the result of our autonomous thinking or is it determined by the contexts we live in ? In the latter case, is the focus on what “I see”  in itself a product of Western individualism?

During the residency period at Plan B, Joana Velu took regularly walks in the neighbourhood in Amsterdam-Noord close to the River IJ (sounds similar to ‘eye’). While filming the things that caught her attention, she also met and captured people who shared their views and perceptions. 




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