Titled Five Hours, Fifty Days, Fifty Years, this exhibition provides an overview of the complexity of Claerbout’s recent and earlier works, as well as his latest creation: The woodcarver and the forest, which the artist describes as an experience to be lived rather than seen. It consists of a performative video installation functioning as a ruthless deforestation machine disguised as a pleasant meditative scene. Programmed to run for several years, the installation shows a forest surrounding the woodcarver’s modernist villa gradually disappearing.
Here David Claerbout forges a singular artistic language at the intersection of experimental cinema, video installation, digital animation, and live data streams. What fascinates him most is not the image itself, but how we see.
Free guided visits available for groups of max 4 people.
