In his multi-layered films and projects , which are both ambiguous and razor-sharp, Sven Augustijnen analyses cultural and historical places, events and people. He explores the way in which historiography can shape and warp reality: “History is invariably written and so always a kind of fiction.” Since 2005, Augustijnen has been working in several phases on his project ‘Spectres’, in which he scrutinises European colonial history and searches for the ghosts from the past that continue to affect the way we think and act.
