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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.”

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Nursery Rhyme
Wood, paint, clay, iron
Variable dimensions

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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.

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Cadenza, from one state to another
Video HD colour, sound, loop 3’04”

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Raisor
Digital print on fabric, iron

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Bug Report
Video HD colour, sound, loop 10’19”

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