Broodje Aap
2025
25x29cm
oil on canvas
Urban legends refer to strange, terrifying, or mysterious stories circulating in contemporary society. These stories often take place in urban settings and feature distinct modern elements, setting them apart from traditional folklore. The study of urban legends is a multidisciplinary field, blending anthropology, sociology, psychology, and literature. Urban legends spread through word of mouth and the internet, marked by anonymity and collective memory, often reflecting modern fears, whether related to technology, strangers, or public spaces. Many of these legends can be seen as responses to social anxieties, especially feelings of loneliness, unease, and alienation in city environments.
Unlike traditional folklore, Urban legends are deeply rooted in the urban environment, shaped by the anxieties of modern life and evolving through digital spaces. These stories expose the hidden fears of the collective psyche, reflecting concerns about technology, anonymity, and the fragile boundaries between the real and the imagined.
In the Broodje Aap series, I translate these narratives into immersive visual experiences, constructing dreamlike, unsettling scenarios where reality blurs with fiction. Through figurative painting, I visualize the psychological weight of these myths, capturing their eerie familiarity and underlying unease, and inviting viewers to step into a liminal space—neither fully real nor entirely illusory—where the mundane transforms into something uncanny.
城市传说是指在当代社会中流传的奇怪、恐怖或神秘的故事。这些故事通常发生在城市环境中，具有鲜明的现代元素，与传统民间传说截然不同。城市传说研究是一个多学科领域，融合了人类学、社会学、心理学和文学。城市传说通过口口相传和互联网传播，具有匿名性和集体记忆的特点，往往反映了现代人的恐惧，无论是与技术、陌生人还是公共空间有关。许多这样的传说可以看作是对社会焦虑的回应，尤其是城市环境中的孤独、不安和疏离感。
与传统民间传说不同，城市传说深深植根于城市环境，由现代生活的焦虑塑造，并通过数字空间不断发展。这些故事揭示了集体心理隐藏的恐惧，反映了对技术、匿名性以及现实与想象之间脆弱界限的担忧。
在猴子面包这个系列中，我将这些故事转化为沉浸式的视觉体验，构建出如梦似幻、令人不安的场景，现实与虚构交织在一起。通过具象绘画，我将这些神话的心理重量形象化，捕捉它们诡异的熟悉感和潜在的不安感，并邀请观众进入一个既不完全真实也不完全虚幻的阈限空间，在那里，平凡变成了某种不可思议的东西。
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