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
new perspectives
Up in the water 2010, Robert Overweg, Left 4 dead 2
pan-car 2010, Robert Overweg Left 4 dead 2
stacked pigeons 2010, Robert Overweg Half-Life 2
All images courtesy of TAG, The Hague
Artist statement, New perspectives:
New perspectives is a series in which I make use of the new possibilities the virtual world give me. By going into the ground and documenting what I find looking up into the constructed world. I can float in water without consequence for my camera photographing what I find intriguing, the above world deformed by the movement of the water. Photographing upwards underneath a car positioned just in the right spot makes it so that the sky does not fully render leaving the photograph with pitch black sky. This new perspective results in a abstract and surreal photographs.
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