STOCKAGE / TRANSMITTER (2006)
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2006 / site-specific installation / Showroom Mama, Rotterdam (NL) / various materials / 300 × 200 × 300 cm
2006 / site-specific installation / Showroom Mama, Rotterdam (NL) / various materials / 300 × 200 × 300 cm
Stockage / Transmitter is a site-specific installation that is an extension of Van Wolputte’s earlier work Reconstructed Construction.
The artist gives new meaning to vacant buildings. Using narrow corridors and holes, he creates new passageways and infiltrates into almost impenetrable non-spaces. Through extensive preliminary research, Van Wolputte investigates the accessibility of buildings and the possibilities they offer for interventions. His preliminary investigations take place in so-called communication spaces.
Here the artist applies a broad range of resources such as files, photographs, a radio and a television to increase the intensity of his quest. Van Wolputte’s working method puts the emphasis on reconstructions of unused spaces, raising the question of what defines public space. His work is characterized by the personal interpretation of his experiences and the intimate manner in which these spaces are viewed.
With the help of short films, Van Wolputte shows fragments of various Antwerp locations that currently occupy the artist and might function as places for temporary interventions in the future. He does this in a communication space which is a construction inviting us to look inward.
Katayoun Arian (2006)
