Robert
Overweg is a photographer of virtual world environments. These
environments most often appear in first and third person shooter
games but Overweg sees them operating as a direct extension of his
physical world, revealing the new public space of contemporary
society.
Overweg
proceeds to the outskirts of the virtual world which he dissects
through his photography. In doing so, he draws our attention to
environments that are often overlooked and yet ironically appear
eerily familiar.
The
images not only document the limitations of these virtual worlds,
they are often capable of triggering memories and associations from
real world life experience. We are consequently transported via the
virtual back to the real where a visual semiotic interplay allows us
to abandon the context of the game almost entirely.
He
exhibits throughout the world ranging from Amsterdam, Cologne and
L.A. The press gave his work a fair share of attention from the dutch
newspaper NRC Handelsblad, BBC to Gizmodo and Kotaku.
