‘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 perception as a historically conditioned operating system, examining how images organize bodies, landscapes and archival materials into coherent hierarchies through inherited modes of looking. Working across printed image assemblies, video and installation, she constructs composite constellations that intensify discontinuity: seams remain visible, spatial relations resist alignment and narrative authority is held in suspension. By interrupting the automatic consolidation of representation, her work keeps meaning in circulation and renders the gaze self-aware.
