Projects
Bolero 2021 Stories – Neil Wood
Bolero 2021 Stories – Thomas Maestro
Bolero 2021 Stories – Frank JMA Castelyns
BUREAU DOOVE in END – Loving Care and Troupe/troep
BUREAU DOOVE in END – Nathalie Hunter
BUREAU DOOVE in END – Benoît Géhanne
BOLERO 2021 in END
LASER Talks Brussel – Annemarie Maes and Camilla Colombo
Bureau Doove Editions – Héloïse Marie
Empirical Nonsense Daily
Archive – The first exhibition – Paul Bartels at Zebra
Kerminy – newsletter #1
Currer Bell College
News
Archive – Zjos Meyvis in Parbleu and new exhibition at BREED
Now almost 29 years ago Belgian artist Zjos Meyvis put an enormous tree in the exhibition space of Parbleu. On that occasion I wrote the following text: Zjos Meyvis (Kruibeke, 1950) prefers to work with natural materials, in and with nature. The constant here is to bind and especially to connect. It becomes a ritual in itself: repeating connections over and over again. It is the natural execution of an age-old principle, as a counterbalance to “a time in which connections are made with satellites and fibre optic cables”. His sculptures are… Read More
BOLERO 2021 in END – Héloïse Marie
In today’s Empirical Nonsense Daily we publish the work of French artist Héloïse Marie. Her visual poems take us on an immersive journey. Find her page here. Featured image: Héloïse Marie, Reprendre (Resume)
Alexandra Dementieva in LASER Talk on Cosmos and Chaos
Join an online conversation of the contributors of February’s upcoming special English-Russian special issue of Leonardo journal, “COSMOS and CHAOS,” created in collaboration with CYFEST international media art festival. Alexandra Dementieva will be one of the participants. This conversation will bring together artists, scientists, researchers and art historians from art institutions, associations, museums and universities across the world: IAA SETI Permanent Committee, Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels, Arizona State University School of Earth and Space, Concordia University, CYLAND MediaArtLab, Kolodzei Art Foundation, The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg State University,… Read More
BOLERO 2021 in END – Miguel Angel Molina
This week we publish BOLERO 2021 in Empirical Nonsense Daily‘s Monday issue for a change. Miguel Angelo Molina‘s artistic approach is centered on an exploration of painting as a material (acrylic) and not as a type. Freed from “pictorial” contingencies (material intended to “paint” figures or motifs in a painting), the paint fully reveals itself, deploys its plastic qualities while sliding towards the sculptural. He applies it on everyday objects, on the floor but also on himself and in direct contact with his skin. He teaches at ESADHaR Le Havre-Rouen. Find his… Read More
Hantu and Saint Valentine
This Sunday 14 February Bonnie Tchien or Miss China organizes another day of performances in her space Rue Française rue de La Performance in Paris, dedicating it to Saint Valentine. Hantu will be contributing with a performance inspired by the myth of Baubo, the female figure from Greek mythology that made Demeter laugh by revealing her sex to him. For this they are currently preparing costumes and accessories. The image they designed is inspired by ancient representations that appear throughout history in diverse traditions, even in Christian statues, especially in Ireland. Saint… Read More
BOLERO 2021 in END – Driftingspace
Today’s publication in the Empirical Nonsense Daily presents the work of British duo Driftingspace (Sally Hall and Jason Hirons) that I had the pleasure to meet and work with during my time in Plymouth. Ever since my move to France we have been thinking of new ways of collaborating, resulting in the invitation to participate in BOLERO 2021. Their original observation of the cityscape in all its forms and their exploration of inclusivity in education and the arts perfectly adds another important take on this project. Find their contribution to END here.
Troupe/troep talk during ESADHaR Le Havre-Rouen Open door days
During the online Open door days of ESADHaR Le Havre-Rouen I will give a talk about the Troupe/troep exhibition on Wednesday 10 February at 10 am. You can follow the talk, which will be held in French, via this link (ID 974 912 6932, code 141281). See the full program of the Open door days, that run from Saturday 6 to Friday 12 February, with many excellent contributions by my colleagues, here. Retour sur l’exposition Troupe/troep de Bureau Doove à ChezKit, Pantin avec des diplômés de l’ESADHaR et d’autres artistes, mercredi 10… Read More
BOLERO 2021 in END – Jean-Louis Vincendeau
On this last Sunday of January we publish the work of Jean-Louis Vincendeau in Empirical Nonsense Daily. Co-founder of Currer Bell College Vincendeau will also participate in BOLERO 2021. Find his page in END here. Featured image – Jade, 2021
BOLERO 2021 in END – Thomas Maestro
For this Sunday’s publication in the Empirical Nonsense Daily we present Thomas Maestro, a young French artist who graduated from ESADHaR Le Havre-Rouen in 2019. Since I selected him for the exhibition ENSEMBLE we have been developing a slow collaboration. It thus made sense to also select him as one of the participants of BOLERO 2021 as well as the upcoming show Troupe/Troep. Find his page in END here. Images: Ce qu’on m’a laissé – zone école, 2019; Ce qu’on m’a laissé – zone atelier, 2019
Publications – Leonardo Reviews and Turbulences Vidéo
This month I published two articles. For Leonardo Reviews I discussed the excellent Une fille comme toi, a photo novel by Jan Baetens on the art of the photo novel, published by JBE Books. Find my review here. For the French magazine Turbulences Vidéo I reviewed the performance film Nature vive by Hantu (weber + delsaux). The film was made while the duo exhibited at the 3 rue française space of Miss China in Paris and first shown on the site of Mucem. Consult or download the magazine here. The review is… Read More
