Space Programme 2011

February 3d 2011. It was the middle of the night when I received the message. I was invited onto the SPACE Programme 2011. While jumping a hole in the air I wondered where I'd left my space suit.

The Space Programme offers artists of all disciplines an opportunity to collaborate, experiment and innovate in an inspiring environment. The project takes place over a two-week period at Castletown House Co. Kildare, it is an open ended process hosted by The Performance Corporation. The programme facilitates artists from diverse backgrounds to collaborate and explore their artistic process while removing the pressure to come up with an end product.

This weblog gives an insight in my thoughts and working process during the Space Programme and tells about some projects that came out of this wonderful opportunity.

zondag 6 maart 2011

The memory of a tree

From today on I’m living in a mini cathedral. You can find me behind one of those round windows, sitting on the ground, trying to read the signs some insects have left in the wooden floor. Staring out over the estate. At eight pm they close the gate and I’m locked inside a mysterious landscape. I made a walk in the afternoon, when it was still light. I found a hole in the roof of a small temple and thought about getting a ladder and sticking my hand through the hole to touch the sky. Later on I saw a tree carrying its own memory. A tree within a tree. Shaped like the trees I used to draw as a child.