Ginta Tinte Vasermane - Artist in Residence

Inspired by her findings in the Eye collection, Ginta Tinte Vasermane created the new multi-channel video installation Formed by the Gaze, Twisted by the Beast, which will be exhibited in Eye's Foyer from 2 through 9 December. In an artist talk, she shares her working process and shows her sources of inspiration.

Ginta: “During the artist residency at Eye Filmmuseum, I looked into the past of moving image to understand a present. My main focus was silent cinema slapstick films, Vaudeville and non-fiction moving image materials. I was looking in unknown authors, and not so much the known slapstick makers. My attention was taking works with obscure situations, awkward movements /moments, specific choreography.

I looked into slapstick comedy of chaos and failure, violence, madness, fights, violent chasings, women’s oppressions and revival, as well as absurd choreography in architecture (like Vaudeville) or extreme stunts. I was concentrating on anarchistic approaches, scenes which turns upside down social norms. Illogical behaviours and scenes, which has mostly in begging’s of silent cinema era, but also later.

Through archival images I wanted to analyse human behaviour, what can we learn from those images about us as humans, how we act, play rolls, why we use humour, absurd and how there is similarities to nowadays.”

With live music by Elizabete Beāte Rudzinska (composer), Marcus Wärnheim 9saxophone), Néstor Martínez Jara (tuba, serpent) and Katerina Orfanoudaki (harpsichord).

About Ginta Tinte Vasermane

Ginta Tinte Vasermane (Riga, Latvia) graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and completed the Master of Film at the Dutch Film Academy. Ginta works with various media, including moving images, video installations, film choreography, sculpture and curation. Through her video work, she tries to observe human behaviour from different perspectives. Ginta has previously exhibited her work at Art Rotterdam, the European Media Art Festival in Germany and ISCP – International Studio & Curatorial Program, Residency Unlimited and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in New York.