
W. T. | 2012 (Brussels)
Concrete, steel | H. 160 × W. 230 × D. 300 cm
(Destroyed)
Space & Simple Relationships
As an artist, I am always also a viewer, so my aim is to provoke active seeing. I want to know what seeing can mean. How the effects of an aesthetic process can bring out the subtle. The sculpture shown above was installed without a permit on a cleared demolition site at a former factory in the Laken neighborhood of Brussels. Together with a fellow artist from Brussels, we wanted to create a pop-up sculpture park. However, the works were removed after three months.

Wall sculptures, 2008
A series of 80 roughly hand-sized wall sculptures.
This series of 80, roughly hand-sized wall sculptures, all originated from fixed production conditions. Number, material combination and sequence of actions led to size, form and appearance. The commercially available materials used (foam, metal, silicone, building foam, wax, flowing screed), in combination with their rapid processing, allowed small sculptures with a high plastic presence to be created. Their thus provoked disfigurement makes them seem like a waste product that can be found on building sites. Comprehensibly microcosmic in the individual, abstractly macrocosmic in the variety.


Projekt RE
Video still from an approximately 18-hour documentary of the dismantling of the sculpture
at the Duisburg-Wehofen Studio House, 2010/11.
Video Production: www.dieastronauten.net
The sculpture emerged from an extended observation of the site, its architecture and patterns of use. In response to the surrounding processes of decay and deterioration, I developed a constructive intervention characterized by a slim, dynamic and asymmetrical form. Its proportions relate to the architecture and human scale, while its shifting geometry responds to the movement of people and vehicles. Made from concrete, the sculpture combines architectural reference with an independent interpretation of the site. Installed without official permission, it was later ordered to be dismantled by the City of Duisburg. I carried out the dismantling myself, documenting the approximately 18-hour process and the transformation of the work.