Wandering, not lost.

Saturday 25 January 2025 16:00
Saturday 15 February 2025 17:00

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Wandering, not lost.

Dineke Versluis

25.01 - 15.02.2025

Dineke Versluis presents work exploring the boundary between public and private life, capturing landscapes, interiors, and cityscapes across the American Southwest, as well as coastal environments in her series Swell. The works reflect on how people inhabit, leave traces, and interact with the spaces around them, revealing the tension between presence and absence.

Through road trips guided by place names and personal curiosity, Versluis observes sites and situations that are momentarily devoid of people but remain imbued with human presence. In Swell, she turns to the coast, noting how energy moves across oceans to shape the shore. Visiting the beach for a swim, a walk, or simply to watch the horizon, she documents the connections between distant storms and the waves breaking locally, reflecting on scale, movement, and the subtle traces of the natural world.

Her practice emphasizes careful observation, selection, and framing, allowing her to document how both built and natural environments carry the weight of human life and broader forces. By rearranging and reselecting images, Versluis continuously uncovers new relationships between people, places, and phenomena, allowing her work to evolve over time.

Through this series, Dineke Versluis invites viewers to engage with the spaces she explores, notice the traces left behind, and consider how environments, whether human or natural—shape, reflect, and record life.