Who is Looking?

Welcome to the interactive lecture and screening about working with images, with Gustav Bengtsson. This lecture invites you into a shared exploration of how we understand and produce images , touching on the use of AI, the context of research with images, and the relationship with critical theory.

At the heart of the event is a curiosity about perception and authorship: who looks, and from where? The key method is the use of one’s own body together with the camera as a source of knowledge, not merely as a tool for documentation, but as an active participant in the process of meaning-making.

Whether you come from an artistic, academic, or practice-based background, this workshop offers a space to reflect on and experiment with the ways images think, feel, and communicate.

About the artist

Gustav Bengtsson is a Swedish video artist, filmmaker, curator, and educator based in Amsterdam. Working across experimental film, animation, video art, and research, his practice explores the body, history, power and alternative ways of storyteling. He regularly gives workshops and lectures on video art, video essays, and experimental filmmaking at venues including Memphis Brooks Art Museum, Linköpings University, Gothenburg University, VU Art Science Galery in Amsterdam, and University of East London. He curates the festival Video (H)our(s), dedicated to underground and artist-driven moving image practices.