Karina Beumer

Karina Beumer holds an interactive artistic practice which stays alive by being in conversation with — or being captivated by — something or someone else. She makes drawings of conversations, situations and observations and does real life actions that she approaches as a case study or unannounced performance. In a dream-like universe she connects banal issues with personal fantasies using strategies of existing structures such as pop songs, blockbusters and live action role playing.

In 2020, Beumer hired a substitute to take over her artistic practice. In 2021, together with Peter Lemmens, she organized the UHF Film Fest in Antwerp’s last video store. Beumer published several books (via Geen Pijn productions), for example Terms of Conditions, a choose-your-own-adventure book about a freelancer who fires herself (and is fired by herself at the same time). In 2022 her film will be released (…), a mental journey through someone else’s head.