Christiaan Moll is a lens-based visual artist. He holds a BFA from the Fotoacademie, Amsterdam, which he pursued after a career in international law, security, and geopolitics.

In developing his photographic language, he blends art, science, and technology. Practically, he conducts research and eagerly experiments with light, geometric shapes, abstractions, transformations, dimensions, and materials. In his academic research and work, Moll establishes his visual process as the abstract threefold pattern of ‘construction, deconstruction, and reconstruction' based on a single image. He adopted this trinity as core to his creative and production concept, in which he conceives scientifically intuitive and intellectual modes of visual structuring in connection with practically distinct perceptual viewpoints.

In his residency-project, Moll subjected a single selfmade image of ‘Christo’s Arc de Triomph, Wrapped’ (Paris, Autumn 2021) to his trinity. The outcome is a fascinating interplay of black, white and red lines and planes in video and stills, which illustrates the diversity of visual perception. An awareness of this diversity is urgent, as visual perception is directly linked to social perception. What we notice visually guides us socially: it informs our social judgement. Moll makes his pressing call for diversity awareness to Open Studio visitors to counter polarization and promote inclusivity in dialogue, debate, and conflict over urgent societal issues.