Documentary projects

Bea de Visser works since the nineties to a cinematic oeuvre that touches various disciplines: film, performance and installation. The thematic approach in her work revolves around the great emotions such as loneliness, resistance, doubt and anger. Her scenarios unabashedly rude, provide food for thought and fuel for anger. She dissects the dynamics and the dark side of human nature and takes viewers into the social powder keg, where recognition and uncomfortable laughter merge. Her focus is on outsiders and nonconformists.

Bea de Visser studied monumental art and painting at the Academies of Fine Arts in Breda and Rotterdam. She leaves the academy for a final year practical research on ‘live electronics’ at the Sonology department of the Brabant Conservatory. Initially she began her career as a sound and performance artist in the trendy club scene and artists’ galleries early years 1980. With her installation work she was invited for international exhibitions in museums, art institutions and galleries, including the MoMA New York, National Museum, Prague Madrid and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Her films are screened at international film festivals worldwide, including the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rencontres International in museums Museum der Welt, Berlin, Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid and Paris museum Jeu de Paume.

Bea de Visser leads hitherto the production studio Anotherfilm, among others as a director, producer and consultant. Additionally the production studio operates as ‘headroom’ for her own film projects. In addition to activities as (co) production and scenario consultancy, Bea de Visser develops seminars and teaches at among others the HKU University of Arts, Faculty of Art and Media Technology in Hilversum, faculty Theatre, Writing for Performance, Utrecht and as a lecturer on the Master Studies Theatre, Scenography in Utrecht. She works as an art consultant for a corporate art collection.