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Mimicry
GiesenLeenders is a dutch photographers duo Maurits Giesen and Ilse Leenders. They try to combine inventiveness with technical expertise. They state that each series has its own particular question although the thread running through their work is a cutting edge concern with pushing the technical, aesthetic and narrative boundaries of the medium.
Each frame shows the two photographers side by side in highly stylized sets, predominantly colored in primary and secondary shades, depicting an identity crisis in the imagery.
GiesenLeenders encourages the viewer to be attentive, to not only the visual look of the precise choreographed mise-en-scenes we create, but also the diverse cultural influences that make up Western shared memory and imagination. Increasingly, the people in their images tend to be lone characters, people who may remain otherwise unnoticed in our technologically dependent lives.
Mimicry invites the viewer to read these shots as if they were stills in an engrossing film, but the narratives are mainly supplied by the curious viewer rather than a pre-determined script. The inspiration of the series Mimicry came from the uniformity of persons.
People from whom the identity is missing and those who are inconspicuous in our society. Just like animals they adapt to their environment. Visually in this series it is shown by the use of similar costumes, position and gender.
Artist Name
Giesen Leenders - Maurits Giesen & Ilse Leenders
Photographic Series
6 photographs
Title Series
Mimicry (#01 - #06 as attached in the name of the photos)
Year
2003
Format
80x100 cm
Courtesy
The Artists
GiesenLeenders
Rotterdam | The Netherlands
web site | e-mail
GiesenLeenders is a dutch photographers duo Maurits Giesen and Ilse Leenders. They try to combine inventiveness with technical expertise. They state that each series has its own particular question although the thread running through their work is a cutting edge concern with pushing the technical, aesthetic and narrative boundaries of the medium.
Each frame shows the two photographers side by side in highly stylized sets, predominantly colored in primary and secondary shades, depicting an identity crisis in the imagery.
GiesenLeenders encourages the viewer to be attentive, to not only the visual look of the precise choreographed mise-en-scenes we create, but also the diverse cultural influences that make up Western shared memory and imagination. Increasingly, the people in their images tend to be lone characters, people who may remain otherwise unnoticed in our technologically dependent lives.
Mimicry invites the viewer to read these shots as if they were stills in an engrossing film, but the narratives are mainly supplied by the curious viewer rather than a pre-determined script. The inspiration of the series Mimicry came from the uniformity of persons.
People from whom the identity is missing and those who are inconspicuous in our society. Just like animals they adapt to their environment. Visually in this series it is shown by the use of similar costumes, position and gender.
Artist Name
Giesen Leenders - Maurits Giesen & Ilse Leenders
Photographic Series
6 photographs
Title Series
Mimicry (#01 - #06 as attached in the name of the photos)
Year
2003
Format
80x100 cm
Courtesy
The Artists
GiesenLeenders
Rotterdam | The Netherlands
web site | e-mail
