3. eye ratio, public sphere, politics, institute The Eye looms high above the clouds, in a city of its own. Like an eagle it has nestled on the top of the tower, at the summit of layers and layers of historical debris. Everything in this card speaks of a vertical move, a progressive accumulation of…
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Bureau d’Espoir about LaZone
Interview with Bureau d’Espoir (Elke Van Campenhout) Co-curator of the Residency “LaZone”, October 2010 Coralie Stalberg: How do you envision LaZone? Elke van Campenhout: LaZone is a long-term project I am working on that is related to the topic of ‘critical hope’. In this collaboration with Bains Connective we worked with the invited artists of…
interview bureau d’espoir on author/authority
Of horizontal authorities, anorexic redistributions, and debating politics with trees. Welcome to Bureau d’Espoir Chinese artists used to change their names three times in their career in order not to be linked all their lives to the same work. In this way they gave up on the concept of the “I” related, to a…
how to talk to a tree…
How to talk to a tree. And be sure they’re listening. What does it mean to speak? To have a dialogue? To resonate with another human being. Or a plant. Or a brick. Is there anything like a dialogue possible with an entity that is not conventionally and conveniently structured in a rational…
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