Jan Dietvorst & Roy Villevoye - Evidence - Jap Sam Books 2017

For almost twenty years the Dutch artists Jan Dietvorst and Roy Villevoye have been exploring issues as diverse as anthropological representation, the conventions of documentary filmmaking and culture as a means of adaptation and re-enactment. 
The publication EVIDENCE was published on the occasion of their first major solo exhibition EVIDENCE in Belgium, which was from 13 May to 16 July 2017 in Argos, Brussels. The method of editing used in their collective  film work has been applied in this book to 148 photographs from their archives.  In his contribution to the book, art historian and curator of the exhibition Andrea Cinel discusses the non-narrative and non-linear way in which their work makes connections and creates meaning. Filmmaker An van Dienderen, who obtained a PhD in Comparative Cultural Sciences, places their work outside the traditional documentary genre that she considers characterized by a predictable claim to reality and a fixed relationship of authority between filmmaker andsubject. Her text is a plea for the cinematography of visual artists.
Winner of Bob Calle 2019's artist book price

172p - EN - 15x20cm - softcover