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*** Nederlands *** Zacht beweegt de bronzen kroonluchter heen en weer in het voormalig bureau van de hoofdwaterschout in de toren van het loodswezen in Antwerpen. “Recht door zee” staat gebeiteld in de schoorsteenmantel. Uit het niets verschijnt en verdwijnt de tekst “Si fallor sum”.“Twijfel is de waakhond van het inzicht”Confucius (551 – 479 BCE)Onder het bewegend beeld in de vitrine een aangetroffen afbeelding uit de krant De Standaard van 6-7 februari 2021: een indrukwekkende kroonluchter uit het Witte Huis verlicht een president. *** Français *** Doucement, le lustre en bronze se balance dans l'ancien bureau du commissaire maritime dans la tour du pilotage à Anvers. "Droit devant" est ciselé sur la cheminée. De nulle part, le texte "Si fallor sum" apparaît et disparaît." Le doute est le chien de garde de la compréhension "Confucius (551 - 479 AEC)Sous l'image animée, dans la vitrine, une photographie trouvée dans le journal De Standaard des 6-7 février 2021 : un lustre impressionnant de la Maison Blanche illumine un président. *** English *** The bronze chandelier moves gently back and forth in the former maritime commissioner’s office in the tower of the pilotage in Antwerp. "Straight ahead" is chiselled on the mantelpiece. From nowhere, the text "Si fallor sum" appears and disappears."Doubt is the watchdog of insight"Confucius (551 - 479 BCE)Under the moving image in the showcase is a found image from the newspaper De Standaard of 6-7 February 2021: an impressive chandelier from the White House illuminates a president.
*** Nederlands *** Lore Stessel is een beeldend kunstenares wonend en werkend in Brussel en Leuven.De serie beelden maakte ze in januari 2022 in Mexico City met de Butoh danser Espartaco Martinez.Lieve Shukrani Simoens is een Belgisch-Congolese beeldend kunstenares en schrijfster, wonend en werkend te Brussel. Op het ritme van Stessels beelden schreef ze het gedicht 'a dance with no rules'....www.lorestessel.com *** Français *** Lore Stessel est une artiste visuelle qui vit et travaille à Bruxelles et Louvain.Elle a réalisé la série d’images en janvier 2022 à Mexico avec le danseur de Butoh Espartaco Martinez.Lieve Shukrani Simoens est une artiste et écrivaine belgo-congolaise, vivant et travaillant à Bruxelles. Au rythme des images de Stessel, elle a écrit le poème 'a dance with no rules'....www.lorestessel.com *** English *** Lore Stessel is a visual artist living and working in Brussels and Leuven.She made the series of images in January 2022 in Mexico City with the Butoh dancer Espartaco Martinez.Lieve Shukrani Simoens is a Belgian-Congolese artist and writer, living and working in Brussels. To the rhythm of Stessel's images she wrote the poem 'a dance with no rules’. www.lorestessel.com
*** Nederlands *** Ik verzamel, vorm, meet af. Jij parafraseert. Zij speelt met het tussenin, lokale kronieken en alledaagse vondsten. Wij gieten en verdubbelen, jullie schrijven materieel. Zij verschuiven en herhalen. Laura De Jaeger (1995) is een kunstenaar die werkt tussen Tallinn en Brussel.lauradejaeger.com *** Français *** Je collectionne, façonne, mesure. Tu paraphrases. Elle joue avec l’entre-deux, les chroniques locales et les trouvailles du quotidien. Nous versons et doublons, vous écrivez matériellement. Ils déplacent et répètent.Laura De Jaeger (1995) est une artiste travaillant entre Tallinn et Bruxelles.lauradejaeger.com *** English *** I gather, mold and measure. You rephrase. She plays with what is in-between, local chronicles and quotidian findings. We cast and double, you write material. They shift and repeat.Laura De Jaeger (1995) is an artist working between Tallinn and Brussels. lauradejaeger.com
*** Nederlands *** Lotte Van den Audenaeren makes works that illuminate the material dimensions of time as it takes shape in patches of natural sunlight, transient sounds, swathes of fluorescent fabric, or decaying natural objects. With an artistic practice that is open to the intentions and durations of her materials, she works with time as though it were a strip of celluloid film—parsing, fixing, and editing the fleeting moment through material processes such as bronze casting, glass blowing, ceramic firing, and photography.Isabelle Lynch, Philadelphia, January 2020 Van den Audenaeren graduated with two Masters in Fine Arts from LUCA School of Arts in Brussels and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts KASK in Ghent. She has participated in solo and group exhibitions at national and international art venues and institutions including Carriage Trade, New York City (2021), KAAP and Mu.ZEE, Ostend (2020, 2021), Z33, Hasselt (2020), Kunst&Zwalm Biennial, Zwalm (2019), Triennial for Contemporary Art, Duffel (2018), AKA artist-run center, Saskatoon (2016), Banff Center, Banff (2016), ISCP, Brooklyn (2012), and S.M.A.K., Ghent (2006). Her site-specific public commissions include light installations for the cities of Forest, Saint-Gilles, Ronse and Brussels (2020 - 2021), Moore Street Market, Brooklyn (2012), the Maalbeek tunnel, Brussels Capital Region (2014). She has recently worked on projects in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Vancouver, San Diego, Chicago, Mexico City, Philadelphia, New York, Antwerp & Brussels. *** Français *** Lotte Van den Audenaeren makes works that illuminate the material dimensions of time as it takes shape in patches of natural sunlight, transient sounds, swathes of fluorescent fabric, or decaying natural objects. With an artistic practice that is open to the intentions and durations of her materials, she works with time as though it were a strip of celluloid film—parsing, fixing, and editing the fleeting moment through material processes such as bronze casting, glass blowing, ceramic firing, and photography.Isabelle Lynch, Philadelphia, January 2020 Van den Audenaeren graduated with two Masters in Fine Arts from LUCA School of Arts in Brussels and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts KASK in Ghent. She has participated in solo and group exhibitions at national and international art venues and institutions including Carriage Trade, New York City (2021), KAAP and Mu.ZEE, Ostend (2020, 2021), Z33, Hasselt (2020), Kunst&Zwalm Biennial, Zwalm (2019), Triennial for Contemporary Art, Duffel (2018), AKA artist-run center, Saskatoon (2016), Banff Center, Banff (2016), ISCP, Brooklyn (2012), and S.M.A.K., Ghent (2006). Her site-specific public commissions include light installations for the cities of Forest, Saint-Gilles, Ronse and Brussels (2020 - 2021), Moore Street Market, Brooklyn (2012), the Maalbeek tunnel, Brussels Capital Region (2014). She has recently worked on projects in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Vancouver, San Diego, Chicago, Mexico City, Philadelphia, New York, Antwerp & Brussels. *** English *** Lotte Van den Audenaeren makes works that illuminate the material dimensions of time as it takes shape in patches of natural sunlight, transient sounds, swathes of fluorescent fabric, or decaying natural objects. With an artistic practice that is open to the intentions and durations of her materials, she works with time as though it were a strip of celluloid film—parsing, fixing, and editing the fleeting moment through material processes such as bronze casting, glass blowing, ceramic firing, and photography.Isabelle Lynch, Philadelphia, January 2020 Van den Audenaeren graduated with two Masters in Fine Arts from LUCA School of Arts in Brussels and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts KASK in Ghent. She has participated in solo and group exhibitions at national and international art venues and institutions including Carriage Trade, New York City (2021), KAAP and Mu.ZEE, Ostend (2020, 2021), Z33, Hasselt (2020), Kunst&Zwalm Biennial, Zwalm (2019), Triennial for Contemporary Art, Duffel (2018), AKA artist-run center, Saskatoon (2016), Banff Center, Banff (2016), ISCP, Brooklyn (2012), and S.M.A.K., Ghent (2006). Her site-specific public commissions include light installations for the cities of Forest, Saint-Gilles, Ronse and Brussels (2020 - 2021), Moore Street Market, Brooklyn (2012), the Maalbeek tunnel, Brussels Capital Region (2014). She has recently worked on projects in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Vancouver, San Diego, Chicago, Mexico City, Philadelphia, New York, Antwerp & Brussels.