Horse - Heleen Peeters
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Man and horse have a long history together. In the beginning, horses were working animals used as a means of transportation in agriculture and warfare. Nowadays, horses are considered pets with a moral status; they are used for recreation, in competitions, and for medical therapy. A less documented part of this history is the role of horses as food. In 1948, Peeters' grandfather started a business in what many now consider taboo: horse meat. At that time, people were poor, recovering from World War II, and there was a high demand for horse meat, a high-quality product at an affordable price. Starting with the family business, Peeters explored the horse (meat) culture worldwide, navigating from breeders, competitions, and rescue centers to slaughterhouses, factories, and butchers.
| PHOTOGRAPHER | Heleen Peeters |
| TITLE | Horse |
| YEAR | 2020 |
| FINISH | Softcover |
| PUBLISHER |
The Eriskay Connection |
| ISBN | 978-94-92054-56-1 |
| FORMAT | 200 x 305 cm |
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| LANGUAGE | |
| SIGNED |
Dutch |
The work of Heleen Peeters teeters on the edge of documentary and autonomous art. She doesn't see photography as a singular window to reality but as a reality with interpretation. In her projects, she often combines her voice as an author with multiple perspectives - those of the subject, the public media, or other artists - and allows them to interact with each other. By editing and processing all these materials, a new fictional space for imagination is created. As for the choice of subjects, Peeters draws inspiration from her fascination with existentialism - themes like existence and impermanence consistently thread through her series. She views photography as the quintessential medium to address these themes: it creates permanent documents that reveal the ever-changing world.