Perpetuum Broodbilé, 2023
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In ‘Perpetuum Broodbile’, artist duo Sarah & Jonas depicts the metamorphosis of the grain of wheat through a collage using salt dough as the basic material. The image explores the asymmetry between man as a consuming being and the raw materials consumed. In addition, the grain of wheat in its various guises builds a bridge between the exhibition site - making place is the former grain milling factory de Molens van Orshoven - and the loaves of bread that are frequently present in the oeuvre of Dieric Bouts.
The work unfolds as a diptych. Along one side, the game board without beginning or end, where wheat transforms autonomously from seed to bread before decomposing again in a system of anonymous entrails. In the second part, the perspective shifts and we see pawns and players appearing around the board. The transformation then seems to be played and not itself after all.
Commisioned by Cas-co in the context of the New Horizon festival, Leuven, 2023
In ‘Perpetuum Broodbile’, artist duo Sarah & Jonas depicts the metamorphosis of the grain of wheat through a collage using salt dough as the basic material. The image explores the asymmetry between man as a consuming being and the raw materials consumed. In addition, the grain of wheat in its various guises builds a bridge between the exhibition site - making place is the former grain milling factory de Molens van Orshoven - and the loaves of bread that are frequently present in the oeuvre of Dieric Bouts.
The work unfolds as a diptych. Along one side, the game board without beginning or end, where wheat transforms autonomously from seed to bread before decomposing again in a system of anonymous entrails. In the second part, the perspective shifts and we see pawns and players appearing around the board. The transformation then seems to be played and not itself after all.
Commisioned by Cas-co in the context of the New Horizon festival, Leuven, 2023
pictures by Jente Waerzeggers
View at the Maakleerplek Stapelhuisstraat 13/15, 3000 Leuven
Sarah loves Jonas and Jonas loves Sarah. As Jonas & Sarah, they share their interest in a hybrid world where the digital and physical converge. They interweave clay, wood, textiles, cardboard and other commonly available materials with video and live camera to create playful universes that question systems of signification and stimulate radical imagination.
Credits:
Jonas Beerts & Sarah Lauwers
Commisioned by Cas-co in the context of the New Horizon festival, Leuven, 2023
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