tion on what one has said what one has seen, and what one expects to see. Has the space changed ? That what is added changes, and offers a changing image of the space. Is it a spatial work ? It involves the traditional elements of two and three-dimensional languages put in orbit. A copper wire that represents a series of numbers, of which the 0 is represented by the spiral, namely the 0 : spiral contains all numbers (0-9) It is an intervention to put things in orbit and to have them change meaning. The observation of a landscape at 5 km/h and 100 km/h … the view of the landscape will be different from one situation to the next —but both will occur within the same time. [Translated from French, archive Ph.V.S. Brussels]
— (0-9) Cijfercode, 1982 : large version, maximal sizes of the elements (250 cm to 300 cm), bronze wire (4 mm diameter). — (0-9) Cijfercode, 1982 : second, smaller version, maximal sizes of the elements (60 cm to 100 cm), bronze wire (4 mm diameter).
[125] Ficcusblad met cijfercode, from: Matrix, 1982
— Grand polychrome, 1982, sketch, pencil on squared paper. The work was not executed (6 m W). — Grand polychrome, 1982, sketch, pencil on paper + collage. The work was not executed. — Foetus, 1982, series of works on paper, watercolor and graphite on Japanese paper, 9 × (41 × 29.5 cm). EX — Mens en Omgeving (3). Beelden en Tekens, Breda, De
Beyerd, centrum voor beeldende kunst,10.7 – 3.10.1982. Participants : Marinus Boezem, L. Abel, T. Botschuijver, J. Shaw, Pieter Engels, Pierre Hubert, Cyril Lixenberg, Jan van Munster, Jean-Marc Navez, Jo Noorbergen, Zoltin Peeter, Paul Van Rafelghem, Philippe Van Snick, Mieke Struik, Luc Verbist, Jan Verleye/Sjoerd Buisman. Catalog. Ph. Van Snick exhibits : In the city : (0-9) Cijfercode [128], 1982 : stretched in two parallel rows in between four lampposts, on the left and right at both the beginning and end of a bridge, bronze wire (5 mm diameter). This is the beginning of the number code (the colored one follows later on). In the rooms of De Beyerd : (0-9) Monochromes déstabilisés – re, 1980. The whole series (= 100 pieces) is shown, in a random order on one wall, with the ten colors mixed. [127] — De verzameling van het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Gent, Brussels, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten / Palais des Beaux-Arts, 16.7 – 5.9.1982. Catalog. [126] Foetus, 1982
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Chronology
1980 -1989