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CURSING AND BLESSING THE GALLERY
(Action, documentary pictures, 2010)
A spiritual practitioner was hired to consecrate the
right part of the space using white magic. The left part was
cursed with the use of black magic.
FREE SAND
(Installation, 2010)
On the grounds of an art festival ten cubic meters of dune sand is placed and offered for free on several public
websites. This kind of sand is often used as a substrate for tiling and pavements.
WOMAN, VOICE, CAR, HORN
(Performance, video, 2010)
At the time a car horn is heard an opera singer sings a corresponding tone.
FLUTIST
(Video, 2010)
Part written for the flute in Havanaise is played, a
composition by Camille Saint-Saëns
for violin and orchestra.
ABOUT THE GOOD AND THE BAD SCULPTURE II
(Video, installation, 2010)
Criticising and discussing two sculptures at a flee market.
Together with Hedwig Houben.
STEREO ACCIDENT
(Performance, 2009)
Two glasses of wine fall on the exhibition floor at the exact same moment.
DOG AND DANCE
(Video, 2009)
A classical ballet starts and stops in time to the sound of a barking dog.
BEAT AND SHAPES
(Video, 2009)
SMALL MASSIVE BUCKETS (TRYING THE TRICK OF SCALE, DUPLICATION AND DEFUNCTIONALISING)
(Sculptures, 2009)
Attempt to make successful work based on observations by searching for underlying aesthetic rules in contemporary art.
LOVE / ART
(Performance, video, installation, 2009)
Covers of songs where the word 'Love' is replaced by the word 'Art'. Song titles include: 'Bye Bye Art', 'Wake Up And Make Art', 'Let There Be Art' and 'Art Is The Drug'.
GAME
(Installation, 2008-2009)
Game to be played (and artwork to be completed) by visitors of the exhibition. A 100 euro bill hangs five meters in the air. Some supplies and a set of rules are provided so that visitors can attempt to take the money.
NEW FAILED WORK
(Sculpture, video, 2008)
A small stage, presented as a sculpture on a pedestal and a video. The video shows the stage placed in public space where it was supposed to be ‘used’ by the people there.
A HOUSE AND SOMETHING
(Video, Installation, 2008)
Two children play with a scale model of my studio and different materials at the HISK (www.hisk.edu).
STUNT
(Performance, 2006-2009)
Preparation for a stunt. In the first version, a jump ramp and a ring of fire were placed in the water. The performance took place during a festival in a park in Breda. A second version was done at Art Brussels and at SMBA in Amsterdam during the 2008 Museum Night. A third version took place during the Playground Festival at STUK in Leuven.
FEDERER- NADAL, HEILIGER- BILL
(Video, 2007)
A tennis match is linked to sculptures in a park by similar camera movements.
Last update: August 17, 2010
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