I am an artist and designer researching ways to create visual narratives through a variety of media reflecting on socio-political tendencies expressed through (internet) subcultures. My work consists of video, graphic design (web and print), performance and installation as a means to close gaps of knowledge between netizens and citizens, and to express concerns about how digital life is shaping alt-realities by amplifying growing polarization. Through my performance installations, VJ projects and collaborations I try to challenge and transcend the boundaries of my former graphic design practice and interact with my audience in new and direct ways. More: https://pleungremmen.nl/
Pleun Gremmen
Pleun Gremmen (NL, 1992) is an artist and designer researching ways to create narratives through a variety of media reflecting mainly on internet subculture and politics while pushing the boundaries of her practice.
She graduated in 2018 from the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam (Master Media Design, Experimental Publishing), and in 2014 from ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in Arnhem (Bachelor Graphic Design). Since graduating in Arnhem she has been freelancing as an artist, designer and researcher and has been connecting and collaborating with artists and institutions in Rotterdam.
The work “Alt Reality Lexicon” (2018) explores the language neologisms of the Alt-right and Manosphere subcultures, acting as a translator between realms of reality. The performance installation “R.E.S.T”(2017) explores contemporary physical and digital expressions of escapism in a politically turbulent time.
