Myodesopsies

Marie-Claude Langevin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:40:01 +0000

Artwork identification

Alternate title:

Myodesopsies 04 (Probable Song)

Artwork creator(s):

Dekyndt, Edith

Artwork creator(s):

Dekyndt, Edith

Text author(s):

Dekyndt, Edith

Text author(s):

Dekyndt, Edith

Collaborator(s):

Commission from Niel Minuk, Commissioner of Architecture II gallery.

Installation year:

2006

Remarks on location:

Around Russell Building courtyard; the text is placed inside the upper window

Artwork description

Source: Edith Dekyndt (2008). Selected Works. Myodesopsies. (http://www.edithdekyndt.be/)

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

IT IS THERE - IT IS NOWHERE - YOU SEE IT - OFTEN - ALMOST - EVERYTIME - IN FRONT OF YOU - BUT YOU ARE - ALONE - WITH THAT VISION - THERE IS SOMETHING - THERE IS NOTHING - IT COMES FROM - YOUR MOST - PROFOUND PAST - IT REMAINS - IN YOUR EYES - FROM - THE LIQUID STATE - OF YOUR - EMBRYONIC - EVOLUTION - WHEN YOUR BODY - WAS - 100% LIQUID - SOME CALL IT - MYODESOPSIES - BUT THERE ARE - OTHER WORDS - OTHER EXPRESSIONS - LIKE - FLYING DUST - IF YOU TRY - TO FIX IT - IT DISAPPEARS - YOU LOSE IT - INSIDE YOU - IT IS YOUR HISTORY - IT IS - THE ULTIMATE - THING - IN THE FIRST PLACE - OF ANYTHING - AROUND YOU

Artwork theme:

Myodesopsies

History

History:

The work has been exhibited since 2001 (various exhibitions). The original installation took the form of a white on white projection from which the text emerged gradually
Date: 2001 --
Event: Boondael Chapel, Elsene, Belgium. Commissioner: Philippe Perraux.
Date: 2003
Event: Exhibition Any Resemblance, 22 BPS Center for Contemporary Creation, Charleroi, Belgium. Curator: Pierre-Olivier Rollin.
Date: 2004
The work takes a new form in 2005, a sound installation.
Event: Hospice de Havré, Maison-folie de Tourcoing, Tourcoing, France. Curator: Véronique Barbezat.
Date: 2005
The work takes a new form in 2005, a sound installation.
Event: Tour & Taxis, Brussels, Belgium.
Date: 2005
Still in the form of a sound installation (created in 2005).
Event: Exhibition Two Pieces White, Arch 2 Gallery, University of Manitoba Faculty of Architecture, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Curator: Richard Perron & Neil Minuk.
Date: September 12, 2006-February 14, 2007

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Other information

Artist's biography:

Edith Dekyndt

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Two White Pieces

Myodesopsies