Bart Houwers is a Dutch visual artist working at the intersection of rural landscapes, industrial- and production sites, and urban environments. His practice examines the profound changes in the countryside over recent decades, focusing on themes of (spatial) memory, micro-histories, place, industries, scale, tradition, and loss.

 

Through site-specific installations, Houwers investigates how the mechanisation and standardisation of farming and industrial processes resonate within the living conditions of our environment. Using pre-existing materials

and fragmented language, his work draws parallels between bodies and the land—both as sites of labour, transformation, and erosion. By manipulating and displacing quotes and materials, he creates fragmented narratives that question the toll of industrial progress on human and non-human life alike. The resulting juxtapositions, often disjointed, highlight the erasure of individuality and history in favour of the dominance of standardised production.