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Welcome to the Homepage of
Zachar Laskewicz :
COMPARATIVELY TRANSFORMED UPDATER
My name is Zachàr Laskewicz and I was born in Western Australia in 1971. Although my unusual name reflects a largely Eastern European family history, I've learnt to become wary of attempting to find personal meaning in 'history' as inculcated in both social and familial contexts. The complex process of resculpting my sense of self into the person I am today was made possible thanks to my time in Belgium. This country is an interesting one to live in and I'm also fortunate that the people here have respect for creative artists.
Recent research through my films and music has helped me realise that the sociocultural conventions one feels comforted or trapped by are in fact artificial and can be unlearned and replaced by acquiring knowledge or exploring new cultures. My work in all its apects questions the complex linguistic, social and cultural ways of behaving or experiencing the world that unite people as much as they make each individual unique. As a creative artist I've felt necessited to use this aspect of my work to help me make sense of the absurdity which surrounds me...
I've been a composer, a performer and a lecturer in places as diverse as China, Finland, Indonesia and Denmark, although I've settled permanently in Ghent, a truly beautiful and interesting Belgian city to develop my work as a composer and film-maker.
"I am as frenetically creative as ever. In retrospect, I've always applied my creativity to sculpt a sort of lense through which I can gaze at the world in an attempt to understand it better. The bitter pill of experience has taught me that this sword cuts on both edges; although on the one hand I long for people to return my gaze, I always fear that the focus-providing glass on my side will not produce the desired effect in reverse. All the same, I've realised that those who find what they see unusual would probably understand me better if they realised they were looking in the wrong end of a telescope!"
- Zachar Laskewicz, 4 August 2011 Ghent.
This site contains a lot of personal property over which I maintain the ultimate copyright. I kindly request that you credit any references you make to my compositions, writings or films. Telling me about how you may have interacted with my work or this site would be an extra added bonus. My email address is zachar@telenet.be.