Join us for a workshop� �developed by artist Gustav Bengtsson, exploring imagery, autonomy an d ownership.The workshop takes place in the VU ART SCIENCE gallery.
Images, Power, and the Ownership of Narrative, examine s how images represent systems of power historically and today—acro ss photography, film, archives, surveillance, and AI-based image tech nologies. Drawing on perspectives from visual anthropology, it focuse s on questions of authorship, participation, and shared knowledge.
The workshop combines critical theory with artistic practice. It emphasises ethics as a shared and situated practice rather than a fix ed position. Through simple, guided video exercises, participants wil l be encouraged to use the mobile phone as an artistic device to expl ore questions of identity, embodiment, and artistic research. The foc us is on process and reflection rather than production.
Gustav Bengtsson is a Swedish video artist, filmmaker, curator, and educator based in Amsterdam. Working across experimental film, video art, and research, his practice explores the body, memory, gaze, and alternat ive ways of storytelling. He regularly gives workshops and lectures o n video art, video essays, and experimental filmmaking, and curates t he festival Video (H)our(s), dedicated to underground and artist-driv en moving image practices.
DESCRIPTION: Images, Power, and the Ownership of Narrative, e xamines how images represent systems of power historically and today� ��across photography, film, archives, surveillance, and AI-based imag e technologies. Drawing on perspectives from visual anthropology, it focuses on questions of authorship, participation, and shared knowled ge. The workshop combines critical theory with artistic practice. It emphasises ethics as a shared and situated practice rather than a fix ed position. Through simple, guided video exercises, participants wil l be encouraged to use the mobile phone as an artistic device to expl ore questions of identity, embodiment, and artistic research. The foc us is on process and reflection rather than production. Gustav Bengts son is a Swedish video artist, filmmaker, curator, and educator based in Amsterdam. Working across experimental film, video art, and resea rch, his practice explores the body, memory, gaze, and alternative wa ys of storytelling. He regularly gives workshops and lectures on vide o art, video essays, and experimental filmmaking, and curates the fes tival Video (H)our(s), dedicated to underground and artist-driven mov ing image practices. Join us for a workshop developed by artist Gust av Bengtsson, exploring imagery, autonomy and ownership.The workshop takes place in the VU ART SCIENCE gallery. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR