Trails and traces

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Manon de Boer primarily works with film, critically examining the medium itself. She explores the interplay between image and sound, questioning the power of pictures and their claims to truth. Personal narrative and musical interpretation serve as both subjects and methods in her filmic portraits, which unfold as slow-paced sequences of images. Her protagonists, often actors, musicians, dancers, and intellectuals, gradually take shape through their recollections, emerging like photographic prints in a darkroom, with even the fully formed images concealing as much as they reveal. A series of her works investigates recollection, capturing individuals speaking about past experiences over multiple sessions. Discrepancies and changing details in their accounts highlight the pliability of memory. De Boer’s exploration of narrative fragility emphasizes the mutable relationship between time and language, illustrating how perception is influenced by context. Voiceover narration adds a layer that transcends physical presence. Her recent projects engage with themes of repetition, rhythm, reverie, and the perception of time and space, reflecting her belief in the importance of aimless moments for creativity. Theoretical support for her observations comes from figures like British psychoanalyst Marion Milner and painter Agnes Martin, whose writings have inspired de Boer and influenced her films. Her artist’s book, created for an exhibitio