About
Robert Overweg is a photographer in the virtual world, he sees the worlds of (first and third person shooter) games as the new public spaces of contemporary society and as a direct extension of the physical world.
Overweg dwells by foot or by air through the outskirts of the virtual world which he dissects through his photography. He documents the similarities and the differences between the virtual and the physical world while making use of the new possibilities the virtual world give him as a photographer.
By looking into how games work and the aesthetics of the virtual world he asks questions about how the system works and the people behind them.
On this site you can view his work and stay updated on new developments and expositions.
I recently finished an artist in residence
@ TAG in The Hague
choreographed dance by gunfire
Choreographed dance by gunfire 2010, Robert Overweg, Wheelman
courtesy of TAG
Artist statement, choreographed dance by gunfire:
Looking into the behavior of computer games I stumbled upon the action + reaction found in Wheelman. When shooting through 1 car window I triggered a setting of events which applied to all of the characters on the screen. The drivers in the center move in a totally synchronized way escaping my gunfire one pose at a time. The scene becomes close to a synchronized dance.