 Installation view Cape Horn Fever, 2016  Untitled, iron stove, charcoal, 2016  detail installation Cape Horn Fever, carved Gyproc plasterboard, Bert Jacobs and Ailsa Cavers, 2016  I'm 60% Water I Exist, video by Roger Claessens, 00:38, 2016  detail Cape Horn Fever, mantelpiece by Bert Jacobs, ceramic sculptures by Ailsa Cavers, 2016  Installation view Cape Horn Fever, ceramic sculptures and projection by Ailsa Cavers, 2016  detail Cape Horn Fever, sculpture by Ailsa Cavers, 2016 By thinking through objects and materials in a dialogical way, the exhibition Cape Horn Fever offers an experience of what you might call the other side of things. In this multimedia installation, created in situ, everyday objects are explored, such as sanded drywall boards that act as pedestals as much as an artwork, wood mouldings are assembled to become a mantelpiece, clay blocks are passed through a chip cutter to become corals ... Over a ten-day period the artists Ailsa Cavers (UK) and Bert Jacobs (BE) collaborated for the first time, bringing together their respective artistic practices in the gallery space. The video contribution made by Roger Claessens (BE) reinforces the proposal of the two artists : Cape Horn Fever reflects its temporality to decontextualize us: it is indeed a summer show ! Back |