Jeff Sermon
Sermon Jeff is an artist and filmmaker based in Brussels, Belgium, who is currently studying for his Master's degree in audiovisual arts at L'ERG (Ecole de recherche graphique) after completing his Bachelor's degree in the film department of Sint Lukas. In his work, he explores various media like text, photography and film. With these different media, he explores the triangle formed by time, landscape, and social. To what extent are our identities shaped by the landscape we have grown up in and continue to live in? Landscapes modelled by time, landscapes that show the scars of time in the layers of soil that form over the years.
His research starts with a statement from Avery F. Gordon in his book "Ghostly Matters, haunting and sociological imaginations." Here she states that "the ghost is not simply a dead or missing person, but a social figure, and its study can lead to that dense place where history and subjectivity make up social life." What are the methods we can use to uncover these ghosts and view the traces left behind? Is a habit a ghost inherited from the past? How are we shaped by the past? Jeff pursues the ghost in a landscape that is shaped by time and habit by working with various media.