"I would like to strive for a more realistic positioning of man, in which we can relate to reality in a more complete way."
Central to Art van Triest's work is the human tendency to fight our fundamental fear and insecurity with an order, a system. He considers this a coping mechanism: an attempt to get a grip on the world around us, which stems from a deep need for control, or the illusion of control.
"I see this tendency to frame reality in a system on various levels. It is anchored in our thinking: we divide the world around us into categories and use rational constructs to define differences and make connections. This also shapes our world in a concrete sense: from spreadsheets to urban planning and agriculture or architecture." - Art van Triest -
His work is a visual investigation, in which Van Triest questions how this framing of reality relates to the physical reality of the world around us.