CV:
1998 – 2001 – Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp, Belgium Jewelry design / Silversmithing MA.
2002 – 2013 – Worked in Art Casting (artistic bronze Foundry) as patina specialist
2013 – present – Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan. Research student, MA, currently Phd program. Crafts department, metal casting studio.
Exhibitions:
2014 -VIVA!芸大生がやってきた! Part2 鋳金 - 上野動物園企画展 - 上野・東京
– 東京藝術大学留学生交流展 - 東京藝術大学 - 上野 ・東京
2015 – 鋳物 Collection - 天王洲 Central Tower Art Hall - 天王洲Isle・東京
– Art Brut展 - 富岡市立美術博物館 - 富岡・群馬
2016 – 鋳物 Collection - 天王洲 Central Tower Art Hall - 天王洲 Isle・東京
2017 – 立体作品展 Kreator vol.3 （留学生・若手作家交流展）
The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo - 新宿・東京
– 弟65回東京藝術大学卒業修了作品展 - 藝大美術館 - 上野・東京
– 弟9回佐野ルネサンス鋳金展 – 佐野文化会館 - 佐野・栃木
2018 – 鋳物 Collection - 天王洲 Central Tower Art Hall - 天王洲Isle・東京
– 桃源郷芸術祭 – 天心記念五浦美術館 - 北茨城・茨城
– 天空の芸術祭 - 梅野記念絵画館 - 東御・長野
2019 – 鋳金の幻想 - 東京芸大陳列館ギャラリー – 上野・東京
第48回伝統工芸日本金工展 – 明治神宮社・東京
设计说明
一件首饰从一件被动的银饰品演变成一个与佩戴者合而为一、参与意识活动的物体。
这个作品是一个更大的装置的一部分，关注意识和好奇心，我试图通过文化的并置(我是一个比利时人，住在东京，研究传统的金属铸造和专利技术)，使用不同寻常的金属着色技术和观众的参与来激发这两者。我想要更细心的观察自己的附近的世界所以我决定创建一个参与式项目:“让我看看你的东京/私にあなたの東京を見せて”我问参与者自省和思考关于东京的城市。
A piece of jewelry that evolves from a passive piece of silver decoration into an object that participates in an exercise in awareness, in unison with its wearer.
This work is part of a bigger installation focusing on awareness and curiosity both of which I try to stimulate through the juxtaposition of cultures (me being a Belgian person living in Tokyo to study traditional metal casting and patination techniques), using unusual metal colouring techniques and viewer participation. I wanted to have the people take a more attentive look at their own nearby world so I decided to create a participatory project: “Show me your Tokyo / 私にあなたの東京を見せて” in which I ask the participant to self-reflect and ponder about the city of Tokyo.
Having seen the magnificent woodblock prints of “Hundred famous views of Edo / 名所江戸百景”, “Fifty-three stations of the Tōkaido / 東海道五十三次”, “36 views of Mt. Fuji / 富岳三十六景”, etc. I wanted to try and create a series that was maybe similar in looks but different in spirit. This time not using a decided amount of prints or photos chosen by myself but by asking participants to show me how they perceive Tokyo, the same city I am using as the source of inspiration for this graduation project to show how this place has grown on me, from an exotic location to my second home.
The participants can purchase a postcard with a silver pin or pair of earrings with a set of short step-by-step instructions. They are first asked to contemplate about what Tokyo means to them and to then condense that into one single image.
This can be some beautiful scenery, a favourite spot, family and / or friends, an experience that made a big impression, food, a specific event, a certain atmosphere, etc. anything is fine. Once decided they are then to go to that place while wearing the pin / earrings. The silver face on the pin and earrings is a 3D laser scan of my own face, printed in wax and then cast in 925 silver (sterling silver). It is a way of me being present when the participant shows ‘their’ Tokyo in the sense that the moment the participant takes the photo, The taken photo is then to be sent to me via e-mail. Of each submission a print on washi will be made and be presented during the PhD graduation exhibition.
The postcard with the silver earrings which was sold at several locations.
The use of washi rather than glossy photo paper again is a reference to the inspiration for this series, the historical serialized representation of a single subject via woodblock prints.
Most likely this will show different ways of seeing the very same city I am using as my inspiration for my own cabinet of curiosities. Having these alternative views may provide me with new insights as to what kind of place Tokyo is. A whole range of different personal filters through which the same subject, the megalopolis that is Tokyo, is seen. It helps me to keep a fresh look at my surroundings and how my personal impression of the city where I live in for 7 has evolved and keeps evolving.
One of the submissions for the participatory work.
Used materials: 925 silver, washi paper print (A4 size)
