Fabricated Fears

Fenna dissects the visual language of the Dutch far right, exposing how carefully curated images can normalise exclusion, racism and anti-immigration ideas. Through photography, collage, and essay-film she pulls these images apart and puts them back together. She experiments with disturbing passive consumption of digital images by bringing them to a physical form and challenging gaze and interpretation.

During the three-week GOGBOT x Concordia Productielab residency, Fenna will expand her graduation project through conversations with four mentors with different expertise. Expect a fresh take and a work that is still evolving.

Dutch artist and photographer Fenna Jensma investigates how images shape our ideas about women, identity and society. With a background in journalism and years of experience as a picture-editor, she knows exactly how images are selected, framed and circulated. Her research-based practice hijacks that process, using photography and visual experiments to expose the power structures hiding in everyday imagery.