‘Experience does not simply unfold; it is organized. Through composite image structures (sometimes extending into sound and temporal loops) I examine how inherited modes of looking stabilize bodies, landscapes and historical imagery into coherent hierarchies, and how those hierarchies can be suspended. The work draws viewers into recognition and then unsettles it, keeping meaning in motion.’
Alida van Gool investigates how perception is structured by inherited visual systems. Working with composite image assemblies across print, video and installation, she reconfigures bodies, landscapes and archival material to examine how coherence and authority are constructed through the gaze. Rather than dissolving images into fragmentation, her work sustains near-coherence, exposing the mechanisms that stabilize meaning while interrupting their consolidation. Through subtle structural shifts, she makes visible how representation secures continuity and invites viewers to become aware of their own role in that process.
