A.I.R extension#07#08

Both extensions explore the format of a ‘lecture’ to represent the artists’ domestic space. The lecture presents a scenario that unfolds on a screen in front of the audience. The presence of the public and the space where the lecture takes place are integrated in the scenario. It describes the architect Peter Swinnen (51N4E), who is driving his car towards their Brussels apartment while listening to an interview on the radio. The audience is listening in on a guided tour by Le Corbusier in his apartment. After Peter has arrived at their home the scenario describes his path through the apartment of Vermeir&Heiremans. Simultaneously the audience is hearing his footsteps taking him from place to place. At a certain point, mingling fiction and reality, Peter dials a number on his mobile phone after which Vermeir&Heiremans pick up the phone in the lecture hall. In A.I.R ext #07 Peter Swinnen and Vincent Meessen, a Belgian artist, have a discussion over the phone on the A.I.R project. In A.I.R ext #08 Vermeir & Heiremans picked up the phone themselves, discussing with the architect who is walking around in their home. After the discussion the scenario refers once more to Le Corbusier, this time talking about signing his work, giving it artistic protection and value.

2007
a research project of Katleen Vermeir and Ronny Heiremans
A.I.R extension #07
in collaboration with Vincent Meessen & Peter Swinnen (51N4E)
for RE-PRESENTATION, lecture series curated by Pierre Huyghebaert, Alexia de Visscher and Dag Boutsen, organisation I.B.A.I. / Recyclart, Brussels (BE)

A.I.R extension #08
in collaboraton with Peter Swinnen (51N4E)
for a lecture series curated by Alessandra Swiny, Intercollege, Nicosia (CY)
Co-produced by Ltd.Ed.vzw, Recyclart, Intercollege