Rik Peeters
RAISOR
Preview: 16th Feb 6-11pm
Exhibition: 17th - 19th February 2017
Open: Fri-Sun 1-6pm
Curated by Soil Collective
Sponsored by Duvel Moortgat
“A while ago I stumbled upon a series of black and white drawings that I had made as a kid. Contrary to the estranging experience of looking at a photograph of oneself as a child, where one sees a depiction of one’s own flesh in a less developed state, these drawings seemed to be a relic of a lost inner world. By analysing, thinking and reconstructing this inner world I created a character: A caricatural reading of a younger self, who functions as a sort of protagonist within the work. This character is a young and naïve rebel, sacrificed for the sake of seriousness and utility. A little cupid that is put asleep, educated and trained, and eventually, forced to fit in like a robot. These processes of imposed transformation, of teaching and moulding, often exhaustive and repetitive and both perverse and absurd, incorporate a sheer determinism. They seek to fulfil the prefabricated dreams and desires of a society governed by a logic of singularity, ownership and valorisation. By exposing, exaggerating and looping these processes, I seek to uncover poetry.”
Nursery Rhyme
Wood, paint, clay, iron
Variable dimensions
One for sorrow
Two for mirth
Three for a wedding
Four for a birth
Five for rich
Six for poor
Seven for a witch,
I can tell you no more.
Cadenza, from one state to another
Video HD colour, sound, loop 3’04”
Raisor
Digital print on fabric, iron
Bug Report
Video HD colour, sound, loop 10’19”