Jan Philipzen
Ravedeath Convention
€30,00
Philippe Van Wolputte
Temporary Penetrable Exhibition Space
€25,00
20 × 25 cm, 192 p, ills b&w, paperback
ISBN 9789490800352
design: Studio Jurgen Maelfeyt
language: English
ISBN 9789490800352
design: Studio Jurgen Maelfeyt
language: English
edition of 500
July 2015
July 2015
A long-term project by Belgian artist Philippe van Wolputte that spans over a decade, ‘Temporary Penetrable Exhibition Space’ comprises a number of site-specific interventions in the public or semi-public space. The majority are temporary actions which are also clandestine or illegal, meaning that they generally go unnoticed by visitors or passers-by. In so doing, Van Wolputte raises questions about where the work begins or ends, what its boundaries are, whether or not the interventions actually took place, and if we are even able to tell the difference. Existing between the lines of fact and fiction, the sites documented in this volume cleverly address the notion of urban memory.
Philippe van Wolputte's (°1982) installations, interventions and collages show or suggest the possibilities of abandoned, neglected locations which have an important function in the memory and the social landscape of a city and in a way possess a beauty of their own. The artist's interpretation of his experiences in creating his interventions and the intimate manner of viewing these spaces are documented in his photographs, video works and collages.
