mette sterre - distorting the human contour through costume based performance and photography
"THE PURPOSE OF A MYTHIC NARRATIVE IS TO MAKE THE WORLD INTELLIGIBLE, USING MAGICAL MEANS TO RESOLVE THE CONTRADICTIONS OF LIFE.“ CLAUDE LEVI-STRAUSS
METTE STERRE IS A LONDON/ROTTERDAM BASED VISUAL ARTIST/designer MAINLY FOCUSING ON SCULPTURAL COSTUME BASED PERFORMANCES AND LENS BASED MEDIA. HER WORK DEALS WITH THE GROTESQUE; THE WORLD OF TOPSY-TURFY, THE UNCANNY AND THE PARADOX. SHE'S INSPIRED BY FIBONACCI NUMBERS IN NATURE, SOCIOLOGY AND HORROR MOVIES.
HER CURRENT RESEARCH IS THAT OF THE META-BODY, PROPOSING A NEW PHYSIQUE AND BODY LANGUAGE FOR THE NON-HUMAN BODY. LIKE A DOCTOR FRANKENSTEIN SHE SEWS BODY PARTS TOGETHER, CREATING NEW FORMS OF LIVING BEINGS. With these "body masks" She's BLURRING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ANIMATE AND INANIMATE, GENDER, NATURE AND ARTIFICE, OBJECT AND SUBJECT.
SHE IS A RECENT MA GRADUATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON, CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS. METTE STERRE WORKS INTERNATIONALLY AND HAS EXHIBITED AND PERFORMED IN THE WATERMILL CENTER IN NEW YORK, THE PLATFORM THEATER IN LONDON, THE TRIENALE MUSEUM IN MILAN, AND ART ROTTERDAM.
She has worked with Robert wilson, dimitris papaioannou, marvin gaye chetwynd, christopher knowles, maria pask, andrey bartanev and getinthebackofthevan.
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS/PERFORMANCES/PROJECTS
|
|
