Artist in Focus: Cameron Jamie

Artist in Focus Cameron Jamie (Los Angeles, USA, 1969) is one of the most wayward visual artists today. Jamie investigates and documents folklore traditions and new culture forms that emerge on the frontiers of our civilisation. For this he uses a variety of media: from film, drawings, photographs and performances to spatial work. His films show wrestling contests organised by American teenagers in their backyard or how homes are transformed into Halloween ghost houses. During the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the American rock/metalband The Melvins will perform the soundtrack of three of Jamie’s films live; the Japanese ‘noise’ guitarist Haino Keiji will play live the soundtrack of Jamie’s most recent film JO.