Andrea Geyer

Andrea Geyer investigates the lived experience of history and politics. She defines art as a site where past and present can coexist: “We cannot uninvite the ghosts,” Geyer reminds us, as she develops the intimacy and complex layering of her installation Feeding the Ghost. In the work, autobiographic and collective memories resonate with the life and work of Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman. The series Resonant, in which Geyer incorporates her experiences at protests against police violence in the US, is also built in polyphonous layers. Based on photographs and news images, Geyer drew outlines of protesters and transferred them onto paper in iridescent silver layers. They reflect the gestures of protest that at once express vulnerability and political power in the face of repression.