Peri-Sphere
Benjamin Vandewalle |
Artists love a tilted perspective. In Hartstocht [2004], Dries Verhoeven/Roos van Geffen had their audience drive around holding mirrors in their laps; for Gerucht [2007] Lotte van den Berg placed a giant peep-box in the middle of a square.
The Flemish choreographer Benjamin Vandewalle is the next one to celebrate voyeurism. Over the past few years he made the installations Birdwatching 4x4 and Point of View. His most recent work is Peri-sphere [2015], which comprises a single bed and an ingenious system of adjustable periscopes. These present the visitor, flat on his back, with a complex image of the surroundings. Peri-sphere offers double madness: depersonalisation and fragmentation, as the body appears to be present in several places at the same time.
coproduced by Kaaitheater
