Jan Dietvorst & Roy Villevoye - EVIDENCE

For almost twenty years, 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.

EVIDENCE was published with the support of Mondriaan Fonds on the occasion of their first major solo exhibition in Belgium which took place at argos from 14 May to 16 July 2017. The method of editing used in their collective film work has been applied in this book to 148 photographs from their archives.

In his essay, curator Andrea Cinel discusses the non-narrative and non-linear way in which their work makes connections and creates meaning. Filmmaker and researcher An van. Dienderen places their work outside of the traditional documentary genre, which she considers being characterised by a predictable claim to reality and a fixed relationship of authority between filmmaker and subject. Her text is a plea for the cinematography of the visual arts.

authors: Andrea Cinel & An van. Dienderen
concept, photos, editing: Jan Dietvorst & Roy Villevoye
publishers: argos editions (Brussels) & Jap Sam Books
year: 2017
book: 15 x 20 cm, 172 pages, English
ISBN: 9789490322908
price: €15