Nel Verbeke presents The Architecture of Time at Artcetera
09/07/2021.
[Tielrode] Belgium 26/09/2021 > 3/10/2021
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The Belgian designer Nel Verbeke presents between September 9 and October 3 of this year an exhibition on the architecture of time and space at the Artcetera gallery in Belgium.
The exhibition condenses the work of the research The Architecture of Time done by the artist, which had already begun to show results in exhibitions and private events in other cities of the country.
The exhibition condenses the work of the research The Architecture of Time done by the artist, which had already begun to show results in exhibitions and private events in other cities of the country.
The Architecture of Time by Nel Verbeke. Photograph by Alexander Popelier
The Architecture of Time by Nel Verbeke. Photograph by Alexander Popelier
The Architecture of Time by Nel Verbeke. Photograph by Alexander Popelier
The Architecture of Time by Nel Verbeke. Photograph by Alexander Popelier
The Architecture of Time by Nel Verbeke. Photograph by Alexander Popelier
The Architecture of Time by Nel Verbeke. Photograph by Alexander Popelier
The Architecture of Time by Nel Verbeke. Photograph by Alexander Popelier
The Architecture of Time by Nel Verbeke. Photograph by Alexander Popelier
The Architecture of Time by Nel Verbeke. Photograph by Alexander Popelier
The Architecture of Time by Nel Verbeke. Photograph by Alexander Popelier
The Architecture of Time by Nel Verbeke. Photograph by Alexander Popelier
The Architecture of Time by Nel Verbeke. Photograph by Alexander Popelier
The Architecture of Time by Nel Verbeke. Photograph by Alexander Popelier
The Architecture of Time by Nel Verbeke. Photograph by Alexander Popelier
The Architecture of Time by Nel Verbeke. Photograph by Alexander Popelier
Nel Verbeke proposes with this exhibition to introduce us to the concept of architecture as a container of time or, rather, of time as an entity that requires its own architecture. For this, she proposes "niches" as small interventions in the enclosures as a way to protect ourselves from the times and rhythms of contemporary everyday life.
"Materials and processes showing how time reaches for tomorrow but consists of yesterday and has more to do with a flower’s gracious decay than the span of an hour."
To materialize her work, which began with The Rasp (a first instance of the intervention in two dimensions), Verbeke uses components that reflect the temporality of spaces and objects in their visible characteristics; copper, soil excavated from a specific location, and metal on plaster.
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Dates
26/09/2021 > 3/10/2021.
Location
Artcétera. Sint-Jozefstraat 30, 9140 Tielrode, Belgium.
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Nel. Verbeke
Nel Verbeke (Belgium, 1989) lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. With a background in visual art and a specialization in design and design research, Nel Verbeke is primarily a concept designer. Balancing between arts and design, her vocation will always be the emotional potential of shape and space. Fascinated by conceptual thinking, she shies away from the obvious focus.
The concept serves as an ‘archway’ over the whole.
Throughout her conceptual design practice, Nel Verbeke searches and formulates new arrangements of our material and immaterial surroundings. Her works and collections are alternative compositions of time, space, motion and acts. On the one hand, they question our relation to the ambivalence of our emotions. On the other hand, they suggest that the emotional states of mind could be habitable spaces: shelters for a deepened moment of introspection and contemplation.
As a consequence of her motives and methods, Nel Verbeke chooses not to delineate her artistic practice too rigidly. She prefers to explore a peripheral area where the autonomy of the artistic creation always meets a suggestion of its possible use. Her language is poetic and oud of time and so questions our dominant ways of seeing, acting and living.
Within her practice, Nel Verbeke collaborates with other designers and slow crafters. She considers the processes of creation as moments where tradition and innovation meet and become part of meaningful designs, responding to the needs and urgencies of our contemporary (co-)existence.
Nel Verbeke shows her work in collaboration with Dutch Invertuals, BRUT collective and as a participant of group exhibitions. Her work Mirror / Hourglass is part of the permanent collection of MUDAC, Musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains, Lausanne (CH).
Nel Verbeke studied Concept Design at the Design Academy in Eindhoven (NL), following an education in Fine Arts at Luca School of Arts in Ghent, Belgium.
The concept serves as an ‘archway’ over the whole.
Throughout her conceptual design practice, Nel Verbeke searches and formulates new arrangements of our material and immaterial surroundings. Her works and collections are alternative compositions of time, space, motion and acts. On the one hand, they question our relation to the ambivalence of our emotions. On the other hand, they suggest that the emotional states of mind could be habitable spaces: shelters for a deepened moment of introspection and contemplation.
As a consequence of her motives and methods, Nel Verbeke chooses not to delineate her artistic practice too rigidly. She prefers to explore a peripheral area where the autonomy of the artistic creation always meets a suggestion of its possible use. Her language is poetic and oud of time and so questions our dominant ways of seeing, acting and living.
Within her practice, Nel Verbeke collaborates with other designers and slow crafters. She considers the processes of creation as moments where tradition and innovation meet and become part of meaningful designs, responding to the needs and urgencies of our contemporary (co-)existence.
Nel Verbeke shows her work in collaboration with Dutch Invertuals, BRUT collective and as a participant of group exhibitions. Her work Mirror / Hourglass is part of the permanent collection of MUDAC, Musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains, Lausanne (CH).
Nel Verbeke studied Concept Design at the Design Academy in Eindhoven (NL), following an education in Fine Arts at Luca School of Arts in Ghent, Belgium.
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