Annie Abrahams

Annie Abrahams
Born (1954-05-17) 17 May 1954 (age 70)
Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
EducationUniversity of Utrecht, Academy of Fine Arts Arnhem

Annie Abrahams (born 1954) is a Dutch performance artist specialising in video installations and internet based performances, often deriving from collective writings and collective interaction. Born and raised in Hilvarenbeek in the Netherlands, she migrated to and settled in France in 1987.[1] Her performance work challenges and questions the limitations and possibilities of online communication and collaboration. Abrahams describes her body of work as "an aesthetics of trust and attention."[2] Studying biology became an inspiration for her future line of work. "When studying biology I had to observe a colony of monkeys in a zoo. I found this very interesting because I learned something about human communities by watching the apes. In a certain way I watch the internet with the same appetite and interest. I consider it to be a universe where I can observe some aspects of human attitudes and behaviour without interfering."[2]

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  2. ^ a b "Annie Abrahams – DIGITAL ART (1960-2000)". Retrieved 5 May 2021.