Artwork of the month - video (49 sec)
Surveillance
Year | 2020 |
---|---|
Size | 28 cm x 23 cm x 32 cm |
Materials | scrap wood, nails, screws, paint, white clay and glazes |
Options | / |
Edition | 1/1 |
For Sale | Yes, contact our gallery Fred&Ferry (Antwerp, BE) |
Share |
In this seemingly playful work, we see white-glazed figures operating a large surveillance camera. Both the camera and the little figures are made of simple materials. The scene can be viewed as a metaphor: elevated above the masses, a small group of figures film the world from a bird’s-eye view. This sculpture is intended to be presented on a shelf at the height that security cameras are usually installed.
The work embodies a childlike way of getting to grips with the world: understanding through imitation. It also expresses great concern about the state of our contemporary ‘information society’. The gulf between the haves and the have-nots seems to be growing ever wider. Knowledge is power, and knowledge is becoming increasingly digital.
Moreover, we seem to find it increasingly normal – favourable, even – to record and digitally distribute every aspect of our lives. We are each the stars of our own reality show and willingly allow ourselves to be photographed. We are simultaneously the little white figures, who like to be in control and film everything, and the ones being filmed.
This society of control, where we are both filming and being filmed, is a palace of mirrors where it is becoming difficult to find peace and security. Does art and culture offer us a safe haven or does it merely fuel the fire?
- - - - - - - - - -
- Surveillance sculpture (2020)
- Shrine - Shredding Sorrows sculpture (2019)
- Great Wall of China - Hebei province silkscreen edition (2020)
- Go Away Sorrow of the World - Mini Suitcase sculpture (2017)
- Trophy for culture sculptures (2014)
- Archeology Suitcase sculpture (2019 - 2020)
- Self-portrait Alter-egos drawing (2020)
- Burning Shrine at Franks new home video / sculpture (2021)
- Magic Mirrors - Ceramic Shrine exhibition / sculpture (2021)
- Clay Tablet - Hugging sculpture (2020)
- Ceramic Suitcase - Foo Dog sculpture (2020)
- Clay Tablet - Helping Hand sculpture (2020)
- Brick - Go Away Sorrow Of The World sculpture (2021)
- Mayan Hieroglyphics unique photoprint (2015)
- Clay Tablet - Lunch sculpture (2020)
- Breadcrumbs - Solo expo (The Movie) exhibition (2020)
- GO AWAY SORROW OF THE WORLD - large sculpture (2020)
- Christmas gift 2020 limited edition gift (2020)
- Alter-Ego Suitcase - Po Toi - Hong Kong silkscreen edition (2018)
- Alter-Ego Suitcase: Reindeer & Bull sculpture / performance (2015)
- Blueprints - Religion silkscreen edition (2018)
- R&F F&R Covid 1.0 wall drawing (2020)
- Clay Tablet - To Break clay tablet edition (2020)
- Clay Tablet - Gemini Ritual clay tablet edition (2019)
- Neon Gemini sculpture (2020)
- Don't we deserve grand human projects that give us meaning? theater (2017 - ongoing)
- R&F F&R Cosmolgy 1.0 wall drawing (2020)
- Mask Totem Pole Suitcase sculpture / performance (2020)
- Clay Tablet - Self-portrait with Mask Totem Pole clay tablet edition (2019)
- Go Away Sorrow Of The World - Venice silkscreen edition (2017)
- F&R Screwdriver sculpture (2018)
- R&F Screws sculpture (2018)
- Clay Tablet - Self-portrait with Ritual Fire clay tablet edition (2019)
- Go Away Sorrow Of The World - Hong Kong silkscreen edition (2018)
- Dice - 遠離浮世悲哀 sculpture (2015)
- Dog Demon Suitcase - Hong Kong - Lan Kwai Fong silkscreen edition (2018)
- Dog Demon Suitcase sculpture / performance (2015)
- Blueprints - Boardgame silkscreen edition (2018)
- Go Away Sorrow Of The World sculpture / performance (ongoing)
- Guns installation (2014) / artist publication (2015)
- Chocolate Guns sculpture edition (2015)
- To Break - The window of opportunity theater (2014-2015)
- PONG video-installation (2014)
- Bloodstains sculpture edition (2014)
- The Gilded Child video (2013)
- V-Signs installation (2013)
- Pigeon Price Winners sculptures (2014)
- Trophies sculptures (2014)
- Google Search Cabin installation (2012)
- A Documentary video (2010)
- Faces video-installation prints (2014 - 2018)
- R&F F&R Vending Machine sculpture editions (2014)
- What about american history video (2012)
- F&R R&F Whey sculptures (2014)
- Dr. Valcke collaboration project (2015)
- Alter Ego Surgery installation / performance (2009)