Author: what the flag admin
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‘Drapeaux, Drapés’, 2017, Thomas Bernardet
For the project “What the flag”, TB selected from his photographic archive a series of 3 “working documents” to be made into flags. This choice is underlaid by a focus on the materiality of the flag as cloth, and on drapery as its natural rest position. Meta-flags: when pulled taut by the wind, the flags…
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2016, Jeroen Influenza Jongeleen
“Het Is Geen Stijl En Anders Niet![Poëzie vanuit de onderbuik*] Men zegt dat de liefde door de maag gaat. Bij kunst is het niet veel anders. Iedereen heeft er een idee over, ongeacht of men er verstand van heeft of niet. Dat is het feest van de kunst vandaag. Toegankelijker dan de belastingdienst. Aansprekelijker dan…
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‘wieso, weshalb, warum’, 2016, Donya Saed
A new edition of What the Flag? with a contribution by Donya Saed.
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Hero, 2015, Suus Touw
For the first edition of What The Flag? Suus Touw is invited to do an translation from out of his work to the medium of the flag. Something he did earlier in Hoensbroek to compete with the announcement posters for rave-party’s in the project Reality Check. Suus Touw is fascinated by the simple form and…
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My name is time, 2005, Myriam Hornard
From: Space Collection, Liège (BE)To: Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster (DE) Myriam Hornard, woont en werkt in Virton en Brussel/België, verkent tal van disciplines (video, fotografie, geluid, borduurwerk, installatie…) waarmee ze zich in essentie bezighoudt met de dood, seksualiteit, vernietiging en alle excessen die we ervaren als een middel om te ontsnappen aan het dagelijkse leven. Geduldig…
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Vogelschwärme, 2023, Vera Drebusch
From: Kunsthaus NRW (DE)To: IKOB Museum (BE) Found images of flocks of birds are simplified into a graphic and embroidered as a motif onto silk flags. Vera Drebusch is interested in the convergence of collective intelligence in times of increasing internationalism. The image is part The installation, a three-flag stand with a total height of…
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White flag, 2023, Jordy Korbach
From: Neuer Aachener Kunstverein (DE)To: Art au Centre (BE)For her upcoming first institutional solo exhibition Fine people on both sides, and me. at NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein in October 2023, artist Jody Korbach explores the idea of political and social belonging tied to the resulting conflicts as well as their possible healing. Following her artistic…
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Destroyed view of Schilthorn, 2023, Athanasia Vidali
From: La Châtaigneraie (BE)To: Het Nieuwe Domein (NL) This gesture elaborates a question around the visual. My drawing of the Alpine summit Schilthorn gets “destroyed” by a gesture where the graphite attacks the view. The horizon becomes problematic as it is juxtaposed with the paper’s surface brought into view by graphite’s marking. In my work…
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Contemporary walls, 2021, Luuk Smits
From: Greylight Projects (NL)To: Kunsthaus NRW (DE) Luuk Smits (NL, 1986), is a visual artist based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Smits works primarily in photography, installation and video.I am interested in urban and non-urban construction material, material that is defined by its functionality. My working process is intuitive, beginning with a question and it unfolds…
