Noorderlicht 2019 | Thomas Kuijpers: 'That’s Delirous!'
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Overzicht
The 26th edition of the Noorderlicht International Photo Festival examines the social tensions created by international mega corporations with their enormous accumulation of capital and influence on national and global politics. How does the increasingly intense entanglement of corporatism, financial capital and modern governmental rule shape the lives of ordinary people? With the 34 participants, the manifestation presents a refreshing mix of photo series, mixed media, video and sound installations, performances and spatial work on this theme.
For the project That’s Delirous! (2019) Thomas Kuijpers has been observing how contemporary virtual phenomenons of concern brew and boil in a virtual atmosphere, until the moment they lash out and put their tentacles in reality. This moment where the virtual suddenly becomes a dark reality, and directly after this event instantly is compressed to being a virtuality again, is mostly interesting to him. By collecting and combining the layers of information that are shaping the narratives around these contemporary events – from preface to the actual event, to the aftermath in newsmedia and politics – Kuijpers attempts to gain insight into the chaotic and uncontrollable flows of information that nest in our minds.
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