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The weather forecast stays the same, unless, the roof starts leaking.

 

 

Thus I asked myself; Has my plant ever experienced the feeling of rain?

“The weather forecast stays the same, unless, the roof starts leaking.”

(Steel, Destilled Water, Medical Flow Controllers, Cashier’s ticket, Musa plant)

2023

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Control.

 

 

(Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm)

2024

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Crow. (3.) (Shooter)

 

 

(Diptych, oil on canvas, 20 x 20 cm and 50 x 70 cm)

2024

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Untitled (Commerce).

 

 

(Charcoal on canvas, 25 x 35 cm)

2024

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Crow. (2.)

 

 

(Charcoal on paper, 20,7 x 28 cm)

2024

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Crow. (1.)

 

 

(Wooden Sculpture)

2022

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Floating in vain.

 

 

“As the wind keeps blowin’, day after day, I cannot help but notice the black crow that keeps floating in vain”

(Wood, rope, sand, electric motor)

2023

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Again.

 

 

There is dust lying in the bottom of my teacup. Resting there, still. There is little water left. The clouded water too bitter to finish. I’m listening to David Chazam on Kiosk Radio, talking about the passing of Ryuichi Sakamoto. I feel sorrowfully at ease. At the same time, I’m doubting if I should write this passage, a hint of stress. My eyes feel dry, slightly burning from staring (e)motionlessly into my screen. Am I writing this just to break the writer’s block? I stir my tea. My stare is broken. I look into the cup. The water, together with the residue follows the movement of my hand. I sigh, take the spoon, try to balance it on my finger. The motion in the water continues. The dust collects in the middle, forming a perfect circle. The water is still in motion, the residue has settled. I am stunned. I do it again, the action repeats itself, again, and again, and again, and again, and again…

(Pictures + text)

2023

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Eternal Jarman.

 

 

Rosemary, a symbol for eternity, a sheaf plucked or fallen, caressed.

a painting made after reading Modern Nature by Derek Jarman portraying different relations to the passing of time.

(Oil on canvas, 25 x 35 cm)

2023

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Flagpole with no flag, self sabotage.

 

 

A work that started as a daily ritual of raising a flag in my garden, soon got confronted with the confines of now having to be presented in the context of the white cube. I never succeeded in finding a neutral flag and because the artworld overanalyses every detail, raising any flag would be making a statement. While I just wanted a ritual and a flag floating in the wind, nothing crazy.

The artworld sabotaged the artwork.

The flagpole was carried into the artworld but never raised, as a sign of defeat.

(Steel, rope and documentation)

2023

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Passage

 

 

(Pictures and video installation, pictures by Kayin Luys)

2023

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Traces; A performance

 

 

A trace; a mark, object, or other indication of the existence or passing of life; a performance. But when all traces fade into blackness, only the trace of a performance remains recognizable. ‘Traces’ questions our (disappearing) legacy on earth. How to leave a lasting mark?

(Fabric, Japanese ink, steel, performers)(Pictures by Jente Waerzeggers)

2022

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Untitled

 

 

(3d Prints)

2022

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Paterkesdans

 

 

(Cans of Leffe, glue, led lights)

2022