Oh
Video installation, 8 min, 2010
Anouk De Clercq explores the audiovisual potential of computer language to create possible worlds, many of which have a strongly architec- tonic character. In Oh she seeks to reanimate the ambitious, utopian spirit of renegade architect Etienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799). True to the spirit of the utopian architectural tradition Boullée is part of, he is probably best remembered today for one unrealized project in particular: the design for a gigantic sphere-shaped shrine dedicated to one of the founding fathers of modern science, Isaac Newton. Although the historical reference to an unrealized architectural project adds a nostalgic, melancholy twist to Oh, De Clercq nevertheless stays true to her well-documented passion for images of futurity.
Artist's Bio:
The image in space, the spatial image, the imagined space and the space of the image. Anouk De Clercq’s work involves not only the interaction between different disciplines, but also that between inside and outside, real and imaginary (virtual) spaces, two and three-dimensional, analogue and digital, the ultimate aim being to create a poetic space.