English:Barbara Debeuckelaere (Q574543)

Barbara Debeuckelaere's visual work revolves around normalisation, capitalism, money and power and lies at the intersection of documentary and fiction, and of still and moving image. It depicts real spaces with an unexpected role for emotions, poetry and unconscious drives. She works with reality and documentary strategies as well as staging, including in her latest project Slobozia, Texas (2021). Debeuckelaere has a master's degree in economics, a master's degree in international politics and a master's degree in photography. She was a development worker in Suriname and then a radio and TV journalist for VRT. She left journalism in 2015 to study visual art and work on her own projects, mainly through photography and film. Her work has been published in newspapers (De Standaard, Volkskrant) and exhibited (Fotomuseum, Brakke Grond, Rivoli Brussels).

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