Interference Revisited                                       

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intervention 
Mercerie, Brussels (BE) in collaboration with TICK TACK Antwerp (BE) / paper, Plexiglas, chalk, wood, spray paint 

In this work, the artist returns to the work process used in his ‘interference’ interventions. He creates a space filled with blank posters abstracted from Ben-Day dots. Markings on the floor lead the public to two entrances built into the poster-covered walls to crawl through. They lead into a tunnel constructed out of acrylic glass covered in chalk. Due to the chalk, the public is prevented from seeing the actual intervention behind the glass, but they are encouraged in some adjoining text to scratch it away to be able to gaze inside. What lies behind is a timeframe or reenactment of one of the artist’s earliest intervention pieces.

‘What started as a battle against commercial posters led to a battle against borders, closed-off areas. What started as a battle against Ben-Day dots led to a battle against fences and bricks. Patterns and grids formed the basis of my struggles, which is where my tactics derived from. I decided to use those patterns against themselves to dismantle and cancel each other out and to open up gaps as in a moiré effect. Hence the title “Interference,” referring to the process of sound waves cancelling each other out at certain points, leading to silence.’ PVW