The installation echoes the artist’s concern for the relentless threats against Iran made by many countries in recent years. Sentences that include “attack Iran” are scavenged from Google News and spoken using a text-to-speech synthesizer. The voice is then picked up by a microphone, analyzed, and translated into rhythmically corresponding smoke rings from a quartet of smoke ring makers
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One of the most striking artworks at the Arsenale for me was Pascale Marthine Tayou’s installation ‘Human Being’ which fills in a gigantic room with a bric-a-brac of objects, furniture made of recycled material, colourful figures, videos and urban noises that re-creates the activity of that small village that we call our world
In the 19th century, despite the best efforts of body snatchers, the demand from medical schools for fresh cadavers far outstripped the supply. One solution to this gruesome problem came in the form of lifelike wax models. These models often took the form of alluring female figures that could be stripped and split into different sections. Other models were more macabre, showing the body ravaged by ‘social diseases’ such as venereal disease, tuberculosis and alcohol and drug addiction
A few months before the 50th anniversary of Congolese independence from Belgium, Extra City is showing one of Tillim’s recent series: Avenue Patrice Lumumba. The work examines modern history in Africa against the backdrop of its colonial and post-colonial architectural heritage
The exhibition wishes to reflect upon the concept and meaning of ‘work’ in our present society. The artworks selected deal with issues such as flexibility, mobility, motivation, significance, and the work-life balance
While visiting the Work Now exhibition at Z33 in Hasselt, i got pretty excited by the work of young Belgian artist Helmut Stallaerts
20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the biennial for Moving Image advocates the importance of history (in relation to what the curator calls our “culture of present-ism”) and revolves around questions of historical representation and historiography
The guide offers a concise, up-to-date- and insightful presentation of European museums, art institutions, galleries, art fairs, biennials, and works of art in public space. It focuses on giving both the knowledgeable insider and the casual novice a brief and easy-to-use synopsis of European art highlights that are musts on the itinerary of anyone interested in contemporary art
Sarah Pickering’s b&w photographs document the interiors of purposely-designed buildings have been repeatedly set on fire then extinguished for training exercises at the UK Fire Service College
Nick Hannes traveled across the former Soviet Union by bus and train in search of remnants of the region’s Communist past and signs of recent social transition and evolutions
Meet Jimmy Kets, one of the most brilliant photographers i’ve seen this year. He shot photo series around the world but the ones i found most remarkable were taken in Belgium
The Game is Up! chose a challenging theme: today’s ecological and economical crisis. The festival could hardly ignore that it was stepping on trodden tracks. Yet, the event’s pleasant mix of low tech, no-tech and high-tech installations, performances, graffiti, workshops and debates managed to amaze and inspire
This new Biennial located right inside the area which Rem Koolhaas defines as the ‘hollocore’ was political, bold and intelligent if a little bit too much on the shambles side
The pavilion revolves around the idea that the motor that drives architecture is not to be exhibited, but to be built. Models, 3D renderings and plans are therefore not welcome. Instead, the pavilion displays architecture as a reality that can be experienced physically
Sleep without Architects, a section of the exhibition, presents several examples that escape the clutches of architecture. By focusing on the position of the homeless and in other ways, this chapter raises the role of architecture and the way in which it organises sleep for discussion
Where i discover the gloomy sublime world of Anthony Pontius and get to see yet another exhibition of Tom Sachs and get to loose some of my enthusiasm about his work
A collective exhibition currently running in Brussels features a unique collection of digital artworks created by internationally known new media artists, and coming from galleries and collections from around the world
An exhibition in Hasselt looks at the relationship between people and their spatial environment, art and technology.
Caitlin Berrigan, Adam Zaretsky, Brandon Ballengee, Kathy High and I will be in New York for a panel on biotech art
The concept of Territories is the focus of an excellent exhibition in the small Belgian city of Liège. Gorgeous image galore inside
Parr’s photographies show the tasteless and the unpolished, the essence of “english-ness” and the garish effects of mass tourism. Yet, I found more tenderness than bitterness in his work
A visit to the Cloaca retrospective at the Casino de Luxembourg. How works of art can mechanically produce other works of art that some might want to flush down the loo
One of the best shows i’ve seen in 2007. You’ve got until Feb. 17 to run to Ghent and enjoy a feast of mechanical pigs, filthy pirates and ketchup-infested cooking-show.
Angelo Vermeulen is currently in residency at the Aesthetic Technologies Lab in Athens, Ohio to work on his […]
The new iMAL venue and The Gate The new Brussels Interactive Media Arts Laboratory, a.k.a. iMAL opened its […]
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Yesterday was the presentation of the prize Winners in the brand new “Hybrid Art” category of Ars Electronica. […]
Yesterday, i attended the Luminous Green symposium, organized by the lovely FoAM people, on the Groenhoven Estate, near […]
Now this is getting embarrassing. I’m posting something about Fiona Raby & Tony Dunne nearly every month, linking […]
While in Belgium last week (or was it the week before?), i made a quick trip to Maastricht […]
Second chapter of the report from Designing Critical Design, an exhibition of experimental objects and hypothetic projects for […]
Jurgen Bey, Anthony Dunne & Fiona Raby and Martí Guixé have in common their critical stance towards mainstream […]
Hi dear readers, i’m going to celebrate the 3-year anniversary of my blog on the dentist chair. I’m […]
A few weeks ago, i met Myriel Milicevic in London, she was all stressed about a worshop she […]
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Sometimes you’d go to a conference to listen to someone whose work you admire and the experience turns […]
Workspace Unlimited‘s latest work IMPLANT is both a networked virtual world and a physical installation situated at the […]
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I usually have zero interest in fashion shows. Except when it comes to the graduation show of the […]
As part of Sonarama’s celebration of “the year of japan,” Toshio Iwai had been invited to make a […]