Annaleen Louwes - Dismantling the self or the making of a selfie
Maarten Van Overeem
Photographer Annaleen Louwes does not like being photographed. She suspects this has to do with a negative self-image. Before she can work on the LGBTQI+ group exhibition next year in the Beautiful Distress House, she must first search for the origin of this negative self-image that she suspects of sabotaging her work.
During this preliminary study on the work she avoids making, she transforms the Beautiful Distress House into a film set. With a film crew, castings for the role of herself and through various audio layers, conversations with her therapist, mother and daughter can be heard.
She films the process toward making a selfie or self-portrait, and whether it succeeds remains the question. She films the avoidance of confrontation with herself and begins this quest with the x-ray scan of her skull. What is hidden there that she has no control over?
Annaleen Louwes was the first artist-in-residence for Beautiful Distress at King's County Hospital Center (Brooklyn, NY) in 2014 . She made the publication Black and white and some kind of blue as a result of her residency period.
Annaleen Louwes - Dismantling the self or the making of a selfie
May 24 - May 31, 2021 at the Beautiful Distress House.