FACTS.FIGURES
MOP Projects, Sydney, Australia
june, 2006
© Guillaume Bijl, James Ensor in Oostende ca. 1920 (2004)
In FACTS.FIGURES an integrated exhibition concept has been formulated in which the (pseudo)
documentary character of art is an important issue.
The ‘FACTS’ stand for concrete reality, which is the starting point for all artists, whereas the ‘FIGURES’ capture the final shape of their works.
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Jumping up and down in a field with sheep.
One-screen video installation
SD-video, loop, with sound
26:47 min.
I walked through the fields with a camera in each hand.
2 combined SD-video shots, with sound.
01:38 min
Installation
Pictura Dordrecht, Netherlands.
SD-video, with sound
01:27 min.
2005
until the sun reached its highest position (13:42).
Installation: video loop (10 s.) on a freely suspended transparent screen (140 x 105 cm.)
2004 CBKDordrecht, the Netherlands.
While walking along Hadrian wall, I shot a video hand-held with a long lens.
In the installation Muur, I projected this video on both sides on a wall of cellular concrete blocks.
Video stills alternate with moving images.
Muur (2004)
Kunstkerk, Dordrecht, the Netherlands.
SD-video, with sound
02:11 min.
The work The Empire’s Edge of Hein van de Geyn,
composed in commission and executed within the installation.
Two conceptually connected walks:
From sea to sea
A walk from Newcastle upon Tyne to Bowness-on-Solway (UK),
from the east coast of England to the west coast of England:
land on my left and land on my right side.
From land to land
A walk along the Afsluitdijk (NL),
from Den Oever on the east coast of North Holland to Zurich on the west coast of Friesland:
(sea) water on my left and (fresh) water on my right side.
a residency project
A panoramic landscape photograph was divided into eight equal parts.
Each section was the starting point for a walk through the area behind it.
The walks took place over 8 days. During these walks,
I improvised short video sequences, inspired by the landscape.
Gorges de la Frau
Centre d’art contemporain La forge,
Sainte-Colombe-sur-l’Hers
France
2004
SD-video, with sound
34:06 min.
An (undocumented) walk from east to west, from sunrise to sunset.
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A Day (2024)