Platine is a festival about the tension between electronic art and alternative forms of play. The festival will have its premiere in august 2010.
I will be exhibiting the series The end of the virtual world and some images from the glitches serie.
Art Festival PLATINE
16. – 19. August in Koln
Platine (DE) Platine (EN)
Robert Overweg: photographer in the virtual world
Opening exhibition: 18-06-2010 at 19:00
Duration: 18-06-2010 – 31-07-2010
Concrete image gallery
Amsterdam Spuistraat 250
Information:
On friday the 18th of june, TAG opens the new exposition Robert Overweg: photographer in the virtual world at the Concrete image gallery in Amsterdam. Overweg ends his successful artist in residence period at TAG with an exhibition where he shows the results of this residence.
Overweg dwells through the virtual worlds of first and third person shooter games. He looks into the similarities, differences and borders between the virtual and the physical world. Borders which are being tested and stretched by Overweg.
He sees the virtual world as a direct expansion of the “real†world, the virtual places where players come together in multiplayer maps are for Overweg the new public spaces of contemporary society. For him it is logical to document his experiences and research through his photography. While making use of the new possibilities the virtual world give him.
a little note
Hi,
You might have read or heard about me and my work on Kotaku, Gizmodo, BBC-radio or BBC-website
I am a photographer in the virtual world, started in 2007. Back than I made photographs in which I wanted to show the fading border between the virtual and physical world. I was photographing in the virtual world in the same way as I was doing in the real world. I graduated in 2008 from the art academy in Arnhem (as a designer) did an internship in London and worked in Amsterdam. My work was shown in several exhibitions in Breda, The Hague, Zutphen and I had a debate about the possibility to create anything in the virtual world.
I decided to look for ways to further develop my work and vision. I met Hicham from TAG who offered me an artist in residence, I worked at TAG and Todays Art office where I reflected on my own work, I made a lot of new work and experimented with ways of presentation. The results of this period are currently on exhibition in Amsterdam and were supported by Fonds BKVB.
I make my photographs out of curiosity, because I feel some sort of necessity and not for commercial gain.
On my site you can find my very first photograph to my latest projects, The End of the virtual world, Glitches, and more.
Thanks for the interest in my work, and the interesting online discussions. I hope to see you soon in the virtual world
Kind regards,
Robert Overweg