For Korrie Besems, a photograph is an enigmatic entity, akin to a swamp. When its surface layer is opened, hidden depths emerge, filled with ambiguities, blemishes, voids, words or fragments of text. Through a playful exploration of these elements, she deconstructs photographs, transforming them into universal poetic expressions that transcend factual descriptions and the fixed nature of a captured moment. This process can be seen as a form of subjective data mining.
Her work highlights the inherent unreliability of memory. While photographs can spark long-forgotten recollections, they are never entirely objective or complete. Much like memory itself, which is in a state of constant flux and evolution.