‘Family Swim, attempts to synchronize’ (2011) is a 3-channel video piece created during a residency period at the Banff Center in Canada. The work is derived based on conversations with fellow residents about their own family relationships and drawings generated from these talks- depicting family constellations. Referring to the complex nature of family relations – a tightly wound universe with shooting stars and colliding planets and attempts to realign and be in sync again. These photo series is comprised out of video stills from this work and re-photographed for publication.
Kirsten Leenaars 