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Pleun Gremmen (they/them, NL, 1992)
I am a who creates autonomously and collaboratively in artistic (research) projects and by commission for (graphic) design and theater projects. My multidisciplinary practice uses a toolbox consisting of 3D rendering, virtual world building, graphic design (web and print), performance and installation. If you would like me to create, design, research, talk, workshop or collaborate with you on a project don't hesitate to contact me. |
based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands previous member El Aleph, Porto, Portugal 2021-2023 Time Window, Rotterdam 2019-2021 contact info[at]pleungremmen.nl or pleungremmen[at]gmail.com instagram: @pleunpleunpleun media digital media (VR, 3D, web), moving image (animation, video), performance, installation, printed matter and datavisualisation. |
bio Pleun Gremmen (they/them, NL, 1992) is an artist with a multidisciplinary practice engaging in exploring and queering the body and time through unraveling mythologies, fictions, histories and technologies in recent projects "The Wandering Womb" (2023), "Hysteria Narratives" (2021) and "This work might contain nudity, do you want to proceed?" (2020). Pleun engages in storytelling through worldbuilding in multimedia installations using techniques across and beyond 3D animation in game engines and video, performance and (graphic) design. Techniques explored in their commissioned work for theatermakers and cultural organizations often find their way into their autonomous work (motion capture, VR spaces, generative AI, photogrammetry, 3D printing). In earlier years (2014-2020) their practice consisted of exploring socio-political tendencies expressed through internet subcultures and policy. Projects researched and attempted at vizualizing the intricate tugs of war between people and technology that make up the internet. The book & mediawiki “Alt Reality Lexicon” (2018) and the short animated 3-channel film "A Revisited Story of Decline" (2019) explore the language neologisms of the Alt-right and Manosphere (internet) subcultures, acting as a translator between realms of reality. The projects mean to close gaps of knowledge between netizens and citizens, and to express concerns about how digital life is shaping alt-realities by amplifying growing polarization. The spatial installation and performance “R.E.S.T” (2017) explores contemporary expressions of escapism in a politically turbulent time via the internet subculture of Vaporwave. Pleun Gremmen graduated in 2018 from the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam (Master Media Design, Experimental Publishing), and in 2014 from ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in Arnhem (Bachelor Graphic Design). Since graduating they have been working as a research-based artist, a freelance (graphic) designer, and has working with and for artists, theatermakers and institutions in the Netherlands, Germany and Portugal a.o. 
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The Wandering Womb (2023)
The Wandering Womb explores creation from the microcosm of the womb to the macrocosm of an evercreating universe, and from ancient creation myths to contemporary multiverse theories.
media unity (game engine), live cinemachine, ~10 minutes, 1920x1080
concept, 3D animation, virtual world building Pleun Gremmen
concept, research, text and audio supervision Menahem Wrona
audio Ricardo Carvalho, Da Hye Yang
virtual landscaper Noémi Biró
special thanks Lou Lou Sainsbury, Kolijn Jagersma, Djuna Couvee
curated by Johan Gustavsson, Louise Bjeldbak Henriksen
concept, research, text and audio supervision Menahem Wrona
audio Ricardo Carvalho, Da Hye Yang
virtual landscaper Noémi Biró
special thanks Lou Lou Sainsbury, Kolijn Jagersma, Djuna Couvee
curated by Johan Gustavsson, Louise Bjeldbak Henriksen
Hysteria Narratives (2021) & This work might contain nudity, do you want to proceed? (2020)
Hysteria Narratives, (2021)
“Almost pretending to be a film for scientific use, Hysteria Narratives by Pleun Gremmen is an immersion inside a dreamlike female human body, punctuated by the words of a hypothetical patients who complains of the symptoms of the disease described as hysteria. Four video reconstructions of explorations of female intestines with a tube retrace the history of hysteria and its exploitation to define the sexist intellectual, physical and moral inferiority of women.” – Metronom Gallery, Modena Italy, 2021
“Almost pretending to be a film for scientific use, Hysteria Narratives by Pleun Gremmen is an immersion inside a dreamlike female human body, punctuated by the words of a hypothetical patients who complains of the symptoms of the disease described as hysteria. Four video reconstructions of explorations of female intestines with a tube retrace the history of hysteria and its exploitation to define the sexist intellectual, physical and moral inferiority of women.” – Metronom Gallery, Modena Italy, 2021
media video, mp4, ~8:33 minutes, 1080x1920
concept, 3D animation, virtual world building, text, editing Pleun Gremmen
This work might contain nudity, do you want to proceed?, (2020)
is a 15-minute narrative exploring the lack of medical research in womxn bodies through early medical texts and the myth of the wandering womb, an animal within an animal, while wandering through a virtual body.
is a 15-minute narrative exploring the lack of medical research in womxn bodies through early medical texts and the myth of the wandering womb, an animal within an animal, while wandering through a virtual body.
media video, mp4, ~15 minutes, 1080x1920
concept, 3D animation, virtual world building, text Pleun Gremmen
camera, editing and sound Edith van den Elzen
narration Lot van Teylingen
made in residence at the Internationales Frauen*Theater Festival, Frankfurt am Main at antagon theaterAKTion
camera, editing and sound Edith van den Elzen
narration Lot van Teylingen
made in residence at the Internationales Frauen*Theater Festival, Frankfurt am Main at antagon theaterAKTion
A Revisited Story of Decline (2019)
An animated story about far right ideology that tries to strike a balance between gaining some much needed knowledge about and creating unwanted propaganda for this fringe internet culture.
project: three synchronized screens showing three perspectives, mp4, ~13 minutes, 1920x1080.
1: an animated look into the ideology of the online far-right, from radicalization to action.
2: selected content written by Brenton Tarrent, the terrorist who killed 51 people in Christchurch, New Zealand in March 2019.
3: my own perspective, my comments and collected definitions of terms mentioned in the other two screens, taken from my publication Alt Reality Lexicon.
1: an animated look into the ideology of the online far-right, from radicalization to action.
2: selected content written by Brenton Tarrent, the terrorist who killed 51 people in Christchurch, New Zealand in March 2019.
3: my own perspective, my comments and collected definitions of terms mentioned in the other two screens, taken from my publication Alt Reality Lexicon.
film Pleun Gremmen
narration Alexander Brouwer
score Matthijs van der Wilt, Thomas James Scholte
sound assistance Sjoerd van Kampen
curated Iris Sikking
special thanks to Delphine Bedel, Leslie Robbins, Eline Benjaminsen & Djuna Couvee
narration Alexander Brouwer
score Matthijs van der Wilt, Thomas James Scholte
sound assistance Sjoerd van Kampen
curated Iris Sikking
special thanks to Delphine Bedel, Leslie Robbins, Eline Benjaminsen & Djuna Couvee
Alt Reality Lexicon (2018)
Every key point in the ideology of the online far right is mirrored in their expressions, their aesthetic, behavior and in their vocabulary. To gain a deeper understanding of the views of the online far-right it is key to be able to understand their language.
project: a mediawiki and a printed publication both acting as a lexicon, http://altrealitylexicon.xyz/, book size ~A5, 221 pages
website, mediawiki help Michael Murtaugh
guidance (Piet Zwart Institute) Steve Rushton, Marloes de Valk & Aymeric Mansoux. design tutor (Piet Zwart Institute) & collection editor Delphine Bedel
book intro text editor Djuna Couvee
guidance (Piet Zwart Institute) Steve Rushton, Marloes de Valk & Aymeric Mansoux. design tutor (Piet Zwart Institute) & collection editor Delphine Bedel
book intro text editor Djuna Couvee
El Aleph (SEP2021-SEP2023)
El Aleph is a transdisciplinary space for culture and the arts established in the city of Porto, bringing together musicians, visual artists, writers, theatermakers and philosophers to live and create together. Working with the local community, the goal of El Aleph is to establish dialogue between diverse cultural spheres and the city of Porto, exploring literal and figurative languages through the hosting and co-creation of cultural events in music, performance, philosophical inquiry, visual art exhibitions, and readings. elaleph.pt
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current–2014
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current–2014
Pleun Gremmen creates
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Their multidisciplinary practice uses a toolbox consisting of 3D rendering, virtual world building, graphic design (web and print), performance and installation.
The Wandering Womb, 2023
in collaboration with Menahem Wrona
— May 15 - July 23 2023: Dunedin Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
— February 9-12 2023: Prospects, Art Rotterdam, Van Nelle Fabriek, The Netherlands
More project previews on desktop.
info[at]pleungremmen.nl
The Wandering Womb, 2023
in collaboration with Menahem Wrona
— May 15 - July 23 2023: Dunedin Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
— February 9-12 2023: Prospects, Art Rotterdam, Van Nelle Fabriek, The Netherlands
More project previews on desktop.
info[at]pleungremmen.nl