Charlotte Dumas

BIOGRAPHIE

Charlotte Dumas studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and the RIjksakademie for Visual Arts in Amsterdam. 'The notion that the state of humanity can be read and studied by the way we relate to animals is a vital thread in my work. My choice of subject relates directly to the way we use, co-exist with, and define specific animals, assigning various symbolisms to them as well as our own personal reflections. I’m interested in how we define value when it comes to animals mirroring how we attribute value to others. Starting out as a photographer I have developed and expanded my practice making short films since 2012. From portraying the funerary horses of Arlington National cemetery (Anima 2012) to working horses in the North of Sweden (Work Horse 2015) a filmic project consisting of three short ( Shio, Yorishiro and Ao) films ensued between 2017 and 2021with a small Japanese island and its native horses at its center.'

FILMOGRAPHIE