Jan Hoek
Jan Hoek (1984) is artist, writer, care giver and founder of the art space No Limits! Art Castle. In his work he is always attracted to the beauty of outsiders worldwide and always keen to collaborate intensively with people that normally are overlooked and create together a new image. In the universe of Hoek the ‘normal’ people are the strangers and the outsiders are the funky rulers of this planet. Hoek‘s work is shown at places such as Foam (Amsterdam), Unseen Festival (Amsterdam), Photoville (New York), Fomu (Antwerp) and Lagos Photo (Lagos).
︎︎︎Jan’s website
‘‘SAAC is a space where the sexually abused are suddenly the normal and the rest of the world abnormal. And in that world, we can just talk about making good art, without holding back.’’
︎︎︎Jan’s website
I Think U Did Something To Me And Now It’s In Everything I See And Do
In this movie Jan confronts his possible abuser more than 15 years after it happened in a park in Utrecht. The conversation is combined with endless little movies Jan made overall several years, both at home and during travels. About all the images Jan shot u can clearly see a possible distorted youth, but can you really? The same u can say about the reaction of the possible abuser: is it clearly the answer of someone who is guilty, or would an innocent person exactly react like this?