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In a recent interview with curator Ory Dessau, Claerbout put it in his own words: “The airplane seen in Aircraft (F.A.L.) is many things simultaneously, and this simultaneity is crucial to the work. It is seen in a hangar, but this hangar is not an active hangar and can also be regarded as  a museum. Though it is seen indoors, it is in the air and in motion, since we do not see its wheels or the movement of its engines. However, the mise-en-scène may suggest it is neutralized and under construction and so forth. The work is an attempt to encounter the virtual, and by virtual I don’t mean the non-existent — the virtual has nothing to do with not being there, but with that which can no longer go back to where it came from, nor arrive to where it was seemingly intended. For me, the virtual is always, already, in-between. Another way to describe the work would emphasize the component of memory in it. Aircraft (F.A.L.) represents my endeavor to study the active lines between the retina and the visual cortex, and how memory functions there, how our memory uses the exact same pathway as our actual real-time vision. Memory and vision share one highway. It is the easiest way to explain the fundaments of what we call madness, of seeing something which is being permeated by something else which is not outside ourselves. Our vision is a bi-directional highway. Although I see Aircraft (F.A.L.) as something that stands on its own, it consists of a pattern I was searching time and again, the interchangeable pattern of memory and vision, from memory to vision, and back again.”

Aircraft (F.A.L.), 2015 – 2021
single channel video projection, black & white, stereo audio,
25 minutes
variable dimensions
Edition of 7 + AP + AC

Mantova Pigeon, 2021
single channel video projection on small screen, color, stereo audio
15 min. loop
Edition of 7 + AP + AC

Aircraft (Rough Engine), 2020 – 2021
processual drawing on Hahnemuhle digital etching paper. Pencil, washed chinese ink, hand printed digital drawing, gouache
61 x 108 cm (unframed)
Unique

Aircraft (Hyper Reflective = Over – Awereness), 2020 – 2021
processual drawing on Hahnemuhle digital etching paper. Pencil, washed chinese ink, hand printed digital drawing, gouache
61 x 108 cm (unframed)
Unique

Aircraft (Jurassic Age (of Computing)),
2020 – 2021
processual drawing on Hahnemuhle digital etching paper. Pencil, washed chinese ink, hand printed digital drawing, gouache
61 x 108 cm (unframed)
Unique

Aircraft (Swan Song), 2020 – 2021
processual drawing on Hahnemuhle digital etching paper. Pencil, washed chinese ink, hand printed digital drawing, gouache
61 x 108 cm (unframed)
Unique