IMAGES WITHOUT STORIES/STORIES WITHOUT IMAGES
Group exhibition Academy of Fine arts, st. Nicholas church (Ghent) June 16 to 23, 2024
Installation view 'Images without stories/stories without images' (2024)
When my mother passed away and my father moved to an assisted living facility, the chaotic family photo archive moved to my house. Suddenly, I owned a cubic meter of photographs of people who had all influenced me in some way. As my 50th birthday approached, I decided to delve into the archive. I did physical and digital manipulations on the photographs and created new conceptual series based on my discoveries in the family history.
My grandparents photographing each other.
100 Catholic boys (not including Jean)
The boy that would later have a loving daughter
Visual genetics of my receding hairline
Self-portrait with beard
My godmother (for once in the picture)
ASCI memories of that day at my grandfather's grave
The baker's wife had her own powder
Remembering all the catchphrases of my godmother
Carying my mother for one month in my pocket
Making my grandfather run one more time in the elections
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