Sierra Bloem is a filmmaker and student of Ancient Studies at UvA/VU in Amsterdam. In her free time, she photographs the world around her and visits museums. Thinking critically about exhibitions, their curation and effect, she writes reviews about her experience in the museum.
Nuance is where things get interesting for me. It’s too easy to think in rigid terms such as “good” or “bad”, to eliminate doubt by simplifying storylines beyond real meaning.
But the world is much more complicated than these polar opposites.
As a filmmaker, I purposely look for nuance. My works are experimental and philosophical: the questions I pose don’t need to be answered. That does not, however, mean that my films are without intention or thought. The purpose itself is to make the viewers think – and feel – independently.
The most important question, that returns in each of my films, is:
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN?
In exploring this question, I look at the world from a sociological perspective.
What differences and similarities exist between people around the world? What unites us? What is the Human Experience?
Myths and other folklore are a big inspiration for my works.
I believe film is a universal method of communication. Personal experiences can be transferred and stories are palpable. That – for me – is the essence of film, and maybe even of being human in general: we all want to share our experiences with each other.
At the core of my work, therefore, are the emotion and the experience.
Sierra Bloem 