Platform 0090 / production

the object in sight

which seems simple

which seems as one

seems autonomous

which seems fixed

but, which, observed

starts to show its parts

and then in pieces

turns from here to there, jolted along

to be united in twinning, in outrageous pairings

(or remarkable or beautiful or comical)

in distant places

or loses itself on the spot, spangled object, in the light

excessive object

Henri Michaux & Roberto Matta, fragment uit Les quatre observateurs

(vertaald uit het Frans door Charles Penwarden)

THING, a moving installation, a choreography of everyday objects and a body, supported by a large canvas. For a moment they are there, then they slip over the edge, vanishing into nothingness. What are the contours that life leaves behind:

“It is the fate of things and of all that one can possess to be born of darkness and to lead an inexplicable and brief existence in dim light.” (Bart Verschaffel)

Charlotte Bouckaert is fascinated by still life in painting. By what is depicted, but even more so by how things are represented.

Following 11 SECONDS (TAZ#2021), her playful exploration of the relationship between art and reality, using a photograph of the Guggenheim as a starting point, Bouckaert has since been making everyday objects move and evolve, as in her theatre production YOU ARE AN OBJECT TO ME (KVS#2024).

concept Charlotte Bouckaert performer Marie De Corte artistic assistant Bart Van den Eynde music composition Nicolas Roseeuw technical execution & props Stan Wannet technician Robin Appels

production Platform 0090 coproduction Playground (STUK & M,Leuven), Perpodium with the support of the Tax Shelter measure of the Belgian Federal Government and the Flemish Community