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Visual tour through the exhibition of the Medellin International Art Encounter 2015 in Colombia: Art works and projects at almost all the venues.
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Please Think Positive. 2010
Video installation
"A man can wash away shame with a glass of water, but for a woman, all the seawater is not enough."
Annaleen Louwes work is characterized by a strong focus on social topics related to groups that sit at the margins of society. Her keen interest in the way people survive in exceptional circumstances and the impact this has on their body language is shown in several of her series of photographs.
In 2008 she installed a temporary photography studio in the women prison in Tirana, where she worked with the inmates. The video-installation Please Think Positive consists of 5 separate video-loops of imprisoned women who are turning around endlessly. Built on ethically problematic grounds – the women are placed on rotating platforms as objects to be looked at – Louwes highlights the act of objectification as inherent of the gaze. The viewer, forced to watch the rotating women, in a second moment is challenged to confront him/herself, caught in this act of watching.
(From the MDE15 Short Guide)
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
Visual tour through the exhibition of the Medellin International Art Encounter 2015 in Colombia: Art works and projects at almost all the venues.