one cell of space
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​Video-art is a manifestation of a single human being: a world on it's own. Complex, enigmatic, with all it's tensions, diverse motivations, irregularities and colors spread out over both hemispheres. Consequently my video-art distinguishes itself from traditional cinema, which is usually the product of collaborations, despite the existence of a single director. Working in my one cell of space underlines the intention of wanting to be video-art, solely, clearly, with all it's fragmented parts which can be absorbed as a whole, as a coherent object that can be considered a finalized entity, because only within video-art I can fully provide an experience of the one cell of space.

There are ‘black spots’ in my work to underline the still existing and relative independence of each element: absence of an image or absence of sound. They appear to be lost, for a moment, but are still part of the actual game, of the ongoing story, even in their non-existent momentum. This tension between loosing objects and introducing objects is essential in making the viewer aware of the idea of one cell of space.

exhibits, screenings & festivals 2010 - 2018
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​​-  Metropolis The W:OW Project - WOW.19 / USA @ Torrance Art Museum
California , 21 July till 14 December 2018

- Metropolis The W:OW Project - Art Film & Video Festival@ 4th TENT Little Cinema International Festival
8-10 December 2017 Kolkata/India

- Durchschauen and 6 other video's selected by curators for Videotheque Art Stream
New York, 2016/2017. 

​​​- Curator Alberto Guerreiro selected Durchschauen and A moment at 44 for the Transborda Videoart Gallery
Books and Movies Festival in Alcobaça, Portugal 1-10th of June 2015

- Durchschauen selected by Streaming Festival
The Hague, the Netherlands, 9-14 Dec 2014

- 1933 shown noveber 2014 at The Jia Pingwa Museum in Xi'an
China (Enrico Tomasselli invited to give a talk) 
Also shown at Reflections of the Past in Ljubljana / Slovenia June 2014

​​- Jigo Jisho video presented at the Ionian International Digital Film Festival
Greece, Levkas Island, Sept 15-22, 2012

- Aeternitatis, A moment at 44 and Out of the blue at International review of video art 21st DokumentART 
European Film Festival for Documentaries, 16-20 November, 2012 in Neubrandenburg, Germany, and Szczecin, Poland.
Catalog issued for the festival. Thanks to Antoni Karwowski (curator) for the invitation

- 30th of May 2012 I present 3 new video pieces with an oral introduction in 'Pakhuis de Zwijger' (Beamlab)
Commisioned by the VPRO tv Netherlands.
The videos are made with material provided by 'Nederland van Boven', (vpro, dutch broadcasting) 
Contains the videos: Out of the blue, A cell of space and Cobra Attack

- Jigo Jisho shown in India at the CeC
Februari 24-26 2012, at the Sattal Estate, in the Lower Kumaon of the Himalayan Indian state of Uttarakhand

- Aeternitatis shown at opening night of the Streaming Festival at Het Nutshuis
The Hague, 1st of December 2011
Aeternitatis, A moment at 44 and Jigo Jisho selected for the 6th Streaming Festival
The Hague (NL), December 1st till 18th 2011

-Interview for CologneOFF Videoart Festival

- Home is where the heart is selected for 'music video around the globe' at the Bornshorts film festival
​Denmark, sept 16th and 17th 2011

- Jigo Jisho is selected for the CologneOFF videoart festival
Germany sept. 2011

- Jigo Jisho is now part of the permanent collection of the Casoria Contemporary Art Museum
Napels, Italy. Museum director: Antonio Manfredi

​- Jigo Jisho selected with 30 out of 800 videos for the MagmArt Video-art festival
​Napels, Italy. Screening: friday, march 18th 2011 at the Venue of Foundation Universal Forum of Cultures.

​1933 (project: 100x100=900) 2013 - 2014
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​2014 the video '1933':
- Jia Pingwa Museum in Xi'an, 2014, China (including a talk by Enrico Tomasselli, invited by the museum)
​- Video in Progress 5: Reflections of the Past in Ljubljana / Slovenia

2013 the video '1933':
- One Minute One Shot festival, Yerevan (Armenia)
- PALLADIUM Piazza Bartolomeo Romano 8, Garbatella, Rome (Italy, within “Roma Tre Film Festival 2013”)
- MOSZKVA CAFÉ Industry Hall, Sonnenfeld Palace, Oradea (Romania)
- NATIONAL HISTORICAL and ARCHITECTURAL MUSEUM ‘KIEV FORTRESS’ Kiev (Ukraine)
- NEW BULGARIAN UNIVERSITY, Sofia, (Bulgaria)
- BACK TO SQUARE JUAN - PWU 2nd Floor (Philippine Women’s University)
- TORRANCE ART MUSEUM 3320 Civic Center, Torrance, Los Angeles, California (USA)
- TAKESH GALLERY 43, Kakh Sa’adat-Abaad St., Noth Chahar-Bagh St., Isfahan (Iran)
- INSTITUT FÜR ALLES MÖGLICHE Ackerstr. 18 - Berlin mitte (Germany)
- SEEDSPACE 427 Chestnut St‎, Nashville, TN 37203 (USA)
- PLATEFORME 73 rue des Haies, 75020 Paris (France)
​- Galleria Fuorizona Arte Contemporanea (different timing) P. Matteo Ricci 74/76, Macerata (Italy)
- HOLDUDVAR GALLERY Margaret Island, Budapest (Hungary)
- CENTRE3 FOR PRINT AND MEDIA ARTS, Hamilton, Ontario(Canada)
- DIGITAL ARTS ENTERTAINMENT LABORATORY One Park Place South, Atlanta (USA)
- REGIONAL MUSEUM OF HISTORY OF COLIMA Portal Morelos 1, Centro, CP 28000 Colima, Colima, Colima (Mexico)
- RAF GALLERY  229 Fatemi St., Tehran (Iran)

May 2013:
- EAST ART GALLERY No 40, Khodami St, Vanak Sq, Tehran (Iran)
- MEM 19 h. Dohain Gratis. Pulimentos del Norte. Cortes 29-31. 6ºE. Bilbao (Spain)
- JAAGA Jaaga, No 68, KH Double Road, Opp. Corporation Bank, Bangalore (India)
- Espacio AVAart Calle San Bernardo 73. Gijón (Spain)

April 2013:
- Richland College, Multimedia Department, Dallas, Texas (USA)
- NUOVO CINEMA AQUILA via L’Aquila 68 00176 Rome (Italy)
- Moscow Museum of Modern Art Petrovka st. 25 Moscow (Russia)
Roelof Broekman at Casoria Modern Art Napels, Italy
​Showing of his video Jigo Jisho (2011)
Roelof Broekman at Streaming Festival Den Haag, Netherlands
​Showing of his video Aeternitatis (2011)

interviews about my video art...

INLEIDING BEAMLAB PAKHUIS DE ZWIJGER (Amsterdam, 30 MEI 2012)
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Ik maak een vorm van beeldpoëzie die voortkomt uit door mij gecreëerd beeld, door mijzelf gecomponeerde en gespeelde muziek, en door mijzelf geschreven of gesproken tekst. Tijdens het maakproces switch ik voortdurend tussen deze drie componenten om ze zo dicht mogelijk bij elkaar te krijgen. Ik probeer ze als het ware in elkaar te weven, te vlechten. Van belang daarbij is de gelijktijdigheid in het proces. Om een bepaalde vorm van concentratie te behouden werk ik alleen, net als een schrijver. Zo kunnen zich bijvoorbeeld tijdens de video-opnamen al compositorische fragmenten vormen, of tekstideeën aandienen. Er toont zich uiteindelijk een resultaat van 1 visie, 1 denkraam, waarbij elke mogelijke vorm van collectiviteit, samenwerking, is uitgeschakeld.
Maar vandaag laat ik dus iets anders zien: ik heb gebruik moeten maken van beelden die niet door mijzelf zijn geschoten. En dat levert meteen een iets ander resultaat op. Met een andere spanning. Hoewel het proces van werken in wezen hetzelfde is lijkt het er op dat we hier meer te maken hebben met slechts een reactie op beeldmateriaal: de beelden behoren immers al tot een bestaand concept, een bestaand programma, zijn al ‘gebruikt’, en voor mijn doel dus in feite corrupt. De uitkomst is dan ook op alle niveaus die van een verstoord proces. Wellicht gaan de video's daar ook over. 

Ik toon vanavond een drieluik dat ik dus heb gemaakt met de aangeboden beelden van ‘Nederland van Boven’.

practical issues

In order to achieve the best results when viewing my work a few things have to be observed:

- Format works: 1920 X 1080 (Full HD) 
- Sound: 24 bit 48 kHz /16 bit 48 kHz/files at least 320 kbps 
- Closed viewing room with beamer/audio equipment and speakers which can handle low Hz (10 - 30) drones or:
- Flat-screen TV with additional superior headphones (2 or 3) 
- Computer or laptop with QuickTime or Windows media software

It’s important that the spectator is able to experience the different elements (sound, image and words) in their full capacity.

thank you

- Elliot Carter (composer, USA, 1908-2012) who developed the independent routings of different instruments in an ensemble: he started to see instruments as individuals with their own needs and willpower as an equivalent of the modern democratic society. 
- Alexander Sokurov (filmmaker, Russia, 1951) who showed how spoken words and slow revealing images can capture ones attention in a way that you eventually get overwhelmed by the intensity of simplicity, and taking the time to let you become part of his dreamlike world, for instance in his ‘elegy of a journey’, but as well as in his other works.
- Michel van der Aa (composer, The Netherlands, 1970) who combines film images, interviews and acting with ensemble live performance. He also uses singers who interact live with pre-recorded images and voices of themselves projected on screen. Van der Aa writes the music and directs the visuals himself. 
- Rob List (dancer, USA, 1946) who makes very slow body movements in strict silence, moving away from dance in such a way that it manifests an inner world seen on the outside, demanding full concentration of the spectator who almost becomes part of the play. Very compact ideas stretched out over a long period of time. Challenging performances.
- Anders Weberg (video-artist, Sweden, 1968): a video artist from Sweden, about the same age.
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