Mieke Woestenburg (the Netherlands, 1981, is a conceptual artist graduated from Gerrit Rietveld Academy (Ba) + Film and Photographic Studies, Leiden University (Ma).
She is currently course leader of the Visual Culture program at AMFI / Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS)
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My work explores how human narratives shape the visible world around us. Our narratives are meant to create a sense of cohesion and control, an understanding of the world. Yet, looking from any another perspective, there is none such inherent cohesion to be found. Taking up different (visual) perspectives reveals the inherent gaps and inconsistencies.
Working across photography and film, I use scale, perspective, time, and light to question the illusion of narrative coherence. Through both still and moving images, I invite viewers to deconstruct familiar frameworks of meaning, exposing the unpredictability of human decision making and the unintended consequences that emerge when our carefully constructed narratives begin to unravel.