Harm Weistra’s photographic series Curbed Chaos shows an unusual representation of everyday snapshots. By twisting their properties, the work conjures up a new reality. Although at first glance the images may seem somewhat familiar, on a closer look they are difficult to identify, depicting a reality that sidetracks our perception and mystifies the true nature of the initial image.
Curbed Chaos turns failure into an opportunity. A software- glitch inspired the artist to develop a procedure that is freeing him from the limitations of traditional photo editing, and manipulation. That lead him to a personal approach that alters the
identity of the original snapshot to an image that balances between reality and abstraction, inviting the viewers to charge it with a new meaning.
Harm Weistra’s work contain elements of history, geography and environment.
By using these elements, movement and communication is prescribed, interrupted and exchanged.