Onder de naam The Office voor Momentum Management, werkt zij rond het thema van 'Dichtung und Wahrheit' en de creatie van een identiteit. In haar installaties, archieven, teksten, videowerken en tekeningen ontrafelt ze op persoonlijke wijze de geschiedenis en het verleden van zichzelf, haar Duitse en Belgische familie en die van andere mensen. Vooraf bepaalde feiten en persoonlijke interpretaties zijn hiervan het resultaat. Ze archiveert, documenteert en organiseert dit alles terwijl ze gebruik maakt van de structuur en de vorm van de (auto)biografie. Daarnaast is haar werk een onderzoek naar vervlogen tijden en landschappen, het gevoel iets kostbaars te hebben verloren en de manier waarop herinneringen worden geconserveerd en overgebracht naar het heden.
Tussen 2010-2018 gaf zij als docent Plastische Opvoeding en Project Kunstvakken les aan de Thomas More hogeschool in Turnhout en Vorselaar. Sinds 2016 werkt ze als adjunct-bibliothecaris in de bibliotheek van Kalmthout.
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EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
(2010)
"TRANSITLAND: VIDEOARTA IN EUROPA CENTRALA SI DE EST 1989-2009" - curated by Rita Kàlmàn and Tijana Stepanovic, Trieste Contemporanea Committee, Trieste (IT)
"TRANSITLAND: VIDEOARTA IN EUROPA CENTRALA SI DE EST 1989-2009" - curated by Kathy Rae Huffmann, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (MNCARS), Madrid (ES)
"BITES #2" - curated by Fabio Campagna, CORPO 6, Berlin (DE)
"LYBEER INTERPRETED" - curated by Charlotte Lybeer and Barry Camps, ACTIONFIELDS, Brussel (BE)
(2009)
"Transitland Destination Berlin" - curated by Diana McCarty (Programm) and Kathy Rae Huffmann (Screenings), CHB - Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, Berlin (DE)
"Hooded and Headless: An Erratic Survey of Anonymity in Recent Video and Life" - curated by Harry Dodge, Light Industry, Brooklyn (US)
"Pro Patria" - curated by Gino d'Artali, the former Dominicus church, Antwerpen (BE)
(2008)
"Not Figments of a Madman's Imagination:..." - Kontainer Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
"Not Figments of a Madman's Imagination:..." - Romanian Cultural Institute, Madrid (ES)
"So spill on me your nostalgia" - curated by Patricia Van De Velde, Arte Falco, Antwerpen (BE)
(2007)
"Not Figments of a Madman's Imagination:..." - Romanian Cultural Institute, the Mirador at Miami Basel, Miami (US)
Happening "Fred & Friends" - MUKhA, Antwerpen (BE)
Star and Shadow Cinema - screening by Clare Ruddock (UK)
"Legal Aliens" - Spaces, Cleveland (US)
"Not Figments of a Madman's Imagination:" The Uncanny in Romanian Video Art" - curated by Lara Taubman, Rewind, Florence Lynch Gallery, New York (US) In collaboration with the Romanian Cultural Institute, New York.
(2006)
"LOVE Sum Game" - Monkey Town, Brooklyn (US)
"Legal Aliens" - guest curated by Ofri Cnaani and Rotem Ruff, Smack Mallon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (US)
"Make Your Own Damn Artworld" - screening by Clare Ruddock, Mima, Middlesborough (UK)
"Hot/Cold? Summer Loving" - curated by Maria Brewinska, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (PL)
"New Video, New Europe - A Survey of Eastern European Video" - The Kitchen Art Gallery, NY (US)
"Cover Story" - ForumStadt Park, Graz (AT)
"Black: Implication Flooding" - curated by Mona Casey and Paul Mc Aree, Colony, Birmingham (UK)
"New Video, New Europe - A Survey of Eastern European Video" - Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin (US)
(2005)
"Brief Encounters" - 11th Bristol International Short Film Festival, Watershed Cinema 3, Bristol (UK)
"Serial Cases" - curated by Matei Bejenaru, Center for Contemporary Central European Art, Faculty of Art and Design, J.E. Purkyne University Usti nad Labem Czech Republic, Centa za Nove Medije, Novi Sad - Serbia and Montenegro, The Red House - Centre for Culture and Debate, Sofia - Bulgaria, Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon - Israel, < rotor > at Forum Stadtpark, Graz - Austria, NOMAD at Istanbul Bilgi Univesity, Istanbul - Turkey, Galerija Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb - Croatia, Vector Gallery, Iasi - Romania "Irreducible: Contemporary Short Form Video" - Bronx Museum, NY (US)
"Irreducible: Contemporary Short Form Video" - Miami Art Central., Miami (US)
"REALTIME" - CIAP, Hasselt (BE)
"Cover Story" - Display, Prague (CZ)
"Cover Story" - curated by Cosmin Costinas, Galeria Noua, Iasi (RO)
"New Video, New Europe - A Survey of Eastern European Video" - The North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks (US)
"Irreducible: Contemporary Short Form Video" - curated by Ralph Rugoff, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (US)
"New Video, New Europe - A Survey of Eastern European Video" - Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam (NL)
(2004)
"New Video, New Europe - A Survey of Eastern European Video" - Tate Modern, London (UK)
"New Video, New Europe - A Survey of Eastern European Video" - Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis (US)
"REVOLUTIONS RELOADED werkstatt rumänien" - Galleria Artra, Milano (IT)
"REVOLUTIONS RELOADED werkstatt rumänien" - curated by Marco Scotini and Mihnea Mircan, 2004 play_gallery for still and motion pictures, Berlin (DE)
"New Video, New Europe: A Survey of Eastern European Video" - curated by Hamza Walker, The Renaissance Society, Chicago (US)
(2003)
"Avé-Café" - Café X2, Hasselt (BE)
"There is no art in paradise" - the Gelatine factory, Hasselt (BE)
"Born at the right time 2" - the Beguine church, Sint Truiden (BE)
(2002)
International Video Festival - Kansk (RU)
"Video P6" - curated by VECTOR>, French Cultural Center, Iasi (RO)
SELECTED PERFORMANCES & INTERVENTIONS
(2006)
"Zwarte plastieken zakken" - performance of Meryem Bayram, Antwerpen (BE)
"Recipes & Stories" - Antwerpen (BE)
(2002)
"Essential Current Affairs" - Iasi (RO)
EDUCATION
(2008-2010)
Initial Teacher Training, Option Plastic Arts, (Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerpen - BE)
(2005-2007)
Manager of an art gallery (Syntra, Mechelen - BE)
(2003-2004)
Art Science (RUG, Gent - BE)
(2001-2003)
Fine arts - M.F.A. in Mixed Media (PHL, Hasselt - BE) M.F.A. in mixed media. Was mentored by Jan Carlier, Jarg Geismar and Joannes Késenne in tutorials and seminars.
(2002)
Arte plastice (Universitatea de Arte George Enescu, Iasi - RO) Was mentored by Matei Bejenaru and Dan Acostioaei.
(1999-2001)
Fine arts - B.F.A. in Graphic & illustration (PHL, Hasselt - BE)
(1996-1998)
Vrije beeldende kunsten (Kunstschool, Genk - BE)
FORMATION & EXPERIENCE
(2014)
Teaching 'Creative thinking' during the Intensive Program at Dokuz Eylul University - Izmir (TR)
(2013)
Teaching 'Creative thinking' during the Intensive Program at University College UCC - Copenhagen (DK)
(2010)
Masterclass storytelling by re-contextualizing the private archive with Péter Forgács Hungary/Pécs, European Cultural Capital On Screen ism Open Doek Film Festival, Turnhout (BE)
Teacher of fine arts + creative and socio-cultural activities at Thomas More Kempen, Turnhout (BE)
(2003)
E.U. youth exchange project - Peseckendorf (DE)
(2002)
IP Exchange project - Bilbao (ES)
Erasmus exchange - Iasi (RO)
(2001)
E.U. youth exchange project - Kilkis (EL)
PUBLICATIONS
(2007)
As If Something Once Mentioned, Now Plain To See, COLONY publication No Place Like Home: Europe - Sophia Phoca, Issues in Curating Contemporary Art and Performance, Edited by Judith Rugg and Michèle Sedgwick, 2007
(2006)
Black: Implication Flooding, Volume Two Hot/Cold? Summer Loving, exhibition catalogue
Koken als glijmiddel - Tom Vander Sande, Menzo, april 2006
(2005)
Irreducible, catalogue Antropologie van de kunst en de populaire cultuur, Kathleen De Blauwe
PUBLICATIONS, written by Ann herself
(2014)
A TRUE STORY, novel
(2008)
Alles is nieuw en anders en dat geeft weer mogelijkheden om te ontdekken, article about the work of Bart Van Dijck
Filip Vervaet, article about the work of Filip Vervaet
Complexe ideeën in directe beelden - ART Magazine, 29.05.2008, article about Dan Perjovschi and his show at Wiels, Brussels-Vorst
Barry Camps, article about the work of Barry Camps
(2006)
CYNTHIA, novel
(2005)
Naar een andere wereld, article about the work of Jethro Volders
Over de mensen en de dingen, review of OVER DE MENSEN EN DE DINGEN, Z33, Hasselt (BE) (2004)
TRANSZOO - ZOONATION Spleen Touristque, article about the work of Filip Van Dingenen
(2003)
A man and a zoo, review of TRANSZOO - ZOONATION Spleen Touristque, Z33, Hasselt (BE)
DVD
(2007)
New Video, New Europe: Programs 1-2
(2005)
Cover Story, a subjective selection of recent video works by Romanian young artists.
PPOJECTS
(2008-2009)
Bastart - Villa Basta, Houthalen-Helchteren (BE)
(2008)
Workshop - ArtEconomy, Gent (BE)
(2005-2007)
'Recipes & Stories', cookingproject at the Cantina of the Arenbergschouwburg in Antwerpen (BE). In collaboration with Provincie Antwerpen, Arenberg and 3HOEK.