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Recent publications by Jean-Louis Vincendeau
On the occassion of the award of the Silver Lion to Haris Epaminonda at the Venice Biennial we are happy to publish the translation of a poetic text written by Jean-Louis Vincendeau, inspired by her installation VOL.XVI at Le Plateau, Paris in 2015 (French version). It is also an occassion to point out two other recent publications by Vincendeau – « Blanche déese de la rivière Separa» in the wonderful magazine Fabulla and « Au bord du blanc», ‘Suis-moi’ in the Revue Sarrazine. Haris Epaminonda “Stelle”, the word “place” Haris Epaminonda, Untitled #04 a/w, 2016, VOL.XIXinstallation view… Read More
The garden of Gilles Clément
This is certainly the year of the most surprising and inspiring collaborations for Bureau Doove. Recently I was asked by Rita Cachao if I could supply her with photos of the unique rooftop garden on the submarine base in Saint-Nazaire by Gilles Clément for a project she is developing. As it happened Ollivier Moreels and Jean-Louis Vincendeau had explored the garden already in view of their ongoing film project. Another international collaboration of the Currer Bell College was born. To be continued. Find below the translation of the text that Jean-Louis Vincendeau… Read More
Traces of Didda 2
During the recent film festival Zone Portuaires at Saint-Nazaire, dedicated to Scandinavian film, Ollivier Moreels, Jean-Louis Vincendeau and I had the honour to colloborate with the Icelandic actress and poet Didda Jonsdottir. We filmed in the port of Saint-Nazaire where Didda wrote some of her poems on the rusty buoys as part of The Film without End by Moreels and Vincendeau. The movie recordings have now been edited and subtitled. You can find them here. The text by Jean-Louis Vincendeau is a poetic description of the film shooting with references to the… Read More
AnneMarie Maes at UN/GREEN, Riga
The 2019 RIXC Festival at Riga, Latvia aims at complicating the pervasively employed notion of “green” by providing a cross-disciplinary platform for the discussions and artistic interventions exploring one of the most paradoxical and broadest topics of our times. The festival will feature the UN/GREEN exhibition opening that takes place in the Latvian National Museum of Art, and the 4th Open Fields conference which aims to ‘un-green’ greenness, eco-systemically reconnect post-human postures, and discover and unpack ‘Naturally Artificial Intelligences.’ AnneMarie Maes participates with the installation ‘Sensorial Skin for an Intelligent Guerrilla Beehive’ and with… Read More
Sara Bomans finalist of Luxembourg Art Prize 2019
Very happy to announce that Sara Bomans is one of the finalists of this year’s Luxembourg Art Prize that supports upcoming international artists. Of course prizes are not important for Bureau Doove to appreciate the artists we choose to work with but it certainly boosts the artist’s confidence. The finalists are included in a group show in the Pinacothèque in Luxembourg and the final winner will be announced in three months time so fingers crossed. In the meantime, congratulations Sara! Sara will be on a residency in Saint-Nazaire from 8 till 12 june…. Read More
Fordlandia – Florence Jou & Dominique Leroy
In a follow-up of our earlier post of 8 March, we can now announce that the collaborative sound project Fordlandia by Florence Jou & Dominique Leroy is available on wav + mp3. You can buy it for just 5 euros at the Editions Jou website via this page on which you can also listen to an excerpt. —————————————————————- 1928. Henri Ford embarks on intensive rubber mining. To clear a million hectares of forest, in the Amazon, on the banks of Rio Tapajós, to plant rubber trees, and to build a factory city,… Read More
Traces of Didda Jonsdottir
Despite the storm, or maybe thanks to the storm, we filmed this afternoon with Didda Jonsdottir, guest of honour of the film festival Zone Portuaires that this year is dedicated to Scandinavian film. We asked Didda to leave a trace in Saint-Nazaire, writing her poems on the massive buoys in the harbour. The recordings are part of the ongoing film project by Jean-Louis Vincendeau and Ollivier Moreels. Find one of the poems here with an English translation and some images taken at the film shoot. Við vorum ekki augasteinar foreldra okkar ekki… Read More
Residency #2 – Jan Willem Maris
For the second residency in Saint-Nazaire Bureau Doove is happy to invite Dutch artist Jan Willem Maris. In his paintings, photo’s, constructions and installations, Maris investigates space, both in its private and public appearances. He questions how they operate emotionally. Public squares with which he has a specific affinity, represent both freedom and security. It’s no coincidence that they play an important role in processes of change all over the world. These kinds of conflicting emotions are used in the series ‘Shelter’ for which he applied an intricately layered multidisciplinary process. The… Read More
Leonardo Reviews – Animal Musicalities
Living in times where the sound of birds is rapidly diminishing, we may see Rachel Mundy’s study on bird song, Animal Musicalities – Birds, Beasts, and Evolutionary Listening, to be more than timely. Far from being a simple field guide for recognising predominantly birds (the beasts from the title are hardly mentioned), this is in the first place an extremely rich publication on the evolution of the study of birdsong. What makes it so rich, and at times somewhat confusing, is that Mundy connects this study with various matters of difference and race. The… Read More
Arboretum Recovery – Hantu in Rio de Janeiro
Is there solidarity between plants and humans, or are we just predators? Today, referring to climate change, in many cases, the dangers seem real and diffuse, paralyzing and abstract. However, we inflict abuse on those in our society who are more fragile, in a manner comparable to the abuse we cause to trees and other plants. In some humans, this sad experience fuels the desire to communicate with plants in their environment. The performance Arboretum Recovery by Hantu (Weber+Delsaux) uses sprouted seeds to extend a part of their body. The artists evolve outward… Read More
