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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.
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 esthetic 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'.
COUNTERPARTS
(Ongoing project, 2009)
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, 2004-2009)
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 a third at SMBA in Amsterdam during the 2008 Museum Night. A fourth version took place during the Playground Festival at STUK in Leuven.
FEDERER VS. NADAL AND HEILIGER VS. BILL
(Video, 2007)
A tennis match is linked to sculptures in a park by similar camera movements.
THE YAWNER
(Performance, 2006)
Ongoing performance in and around the city center of Breda. This was part of a project to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Stichting
Lokaal 01.
DE OVERSLAG
1/4
(Installation, 2006)
Copy of the exhibitionspace on a scale of 1: 4. Part of the exhibition: 'Typical But Good Art In MDF'.
REMEMBERING AN INSTALLATION
(Installation, 2005)
Installation made from memory of an artwork by another artist that was exhibited a few months earlier on the same spot.
ADJUSTMENTS
(Installation, project, 2004)
Installation around the building of an exhibition space. Twenty subtle adjustments to the landscape that would or would not be noticed. Adjustments like a painted left entrance door, a scent of pine trees spread in the bushes, gum on the ground that forms a grid and the sound of wind along the side of the building.
Last update: November 30, 2009
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