The multi-channel video installation Formed by the Gaze, Twisted by the Beast by Ginta Tinte Vasermane will be on view from 2 through 9 December 2024 at the Eye Foyer, near Cinema 1 of the Eye Film Museum, Amsterdam. The installation, developed as part of Eye’s Artist in Residence programme, is inspired by the anarchic and subversive elements of silent slapstick and vaudeville films in the Eye archive.
Ginta Tinte Vasermane is Eye’s fourth Artist in Residence. The residency programme welcomes artists and scholars to explore and creatively reuse archival material within the Eye collection. Ginta Tinte Vasermane (Riga, Latvia) graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie and obtained a Master of Film from the Netherlands Film Academy. Ginta works with a range of media, including moving images, video installations, film choreography, sculpture and curation. Through her video work, she strives to observe human behaviour from different perspectives. Ginta’s work has previously been exhibited by Art Rotterdam, the European Media Art Festival in Germany and ISCP – International Studio & Curatorial Program; Residency Unlimited as well as Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in New York, among others.
The Eye Artist and Scholar in Residence programme is sponsored by Ladies Eye and FC Waterboys. The installation was developed with additional support from Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst, Amphion Theater, Splendid Palace Riga, and Central Market Riga.
On view from 2 through 9 December 2024 in Eye’s Foyer near Cinema 1, between 10:00 and 22:00 (Monday 2 December from 12:00). Entry is free.
Camera: Lukas Heistinger, Mārcis Slavinskis and Roman Ermolaev
Performers: Juan Pablo Cámara, Diego Oliveira, Tea Teearu, Jana Jacuka, Ahmed El Gendy, Alexey Shkolnik, Akram El Sayed, Kreete Tarmo, Liis Maria Kaabel, Polina Richter and Netti Nuganen
Assistant: Toby Paul
Advice and guidance in the archive: Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi
