In Peoplescapes, video still images are presented as photographic 
images.  Figures are extracted from their environments and 
monochromatic backgrounds stand in for a generic public space.  The 
viewer becomes keenly aware of his/her position as observer and the act 
of observing. At a distance the series lures you in with a promise of 
intricate detail but as one steps closer, the images literally 
disintegrate. The effect emphasizes the fine line between attraction 
and estrangement.

Burmester’s interest lies more in questioning the notion of any form of 
stereotyping.  She uses the disintegration of the medium and the image 
produced to express the tension between what we see and what we think 
we see.

Kathrin Burmester works in Film, Video, Photography and Installation. 
Born in Flensburg, Germany, she now lives in Los Angeles.  She has 
exhibited and screened work in the United States and abroad since 
2000.  She completed her MFA at Otis College of Art and Design in 2007.