15.01.2019 - 12.02.2019
“Eldorado” and “Kivikasa”, group-show with Ari-Pekka Leinonen & Saku Kämäräinen
Bulgarian Embassy, Helsinki
15.03.2019 - 15.04.2019
Yart, duo-exhibition with Helen Aleksandrova
Gerard De Duivelsteen, Gent
2019
Bureau d’Alimentation, a curatorial project about food, art and politics, with Godart Bakkers and Charlotte van Buylaere. read more
A house, imaginary or real, is one of the most significant integration powers for the thought, memories, and human dreaming. Ernst Pinossi’s house, an installation of a music-related room and dwelled spaces all combined into a multi-layer time- distorting story, will act as a symbol, catalyzing memories and immortality in the spectator’s mind. It is a place where imagination and memories are undissociated.
In collaboration with Ari-Pekka Leinonen & Dan Allon, Hypercorps Brussels, photos © Hugard & Vanoverschelde, 2018
Radio show produced and performed by Dan Allon, Bert Jacobs and Ari-Pekka Leinonen for ERNST PINOSSI Picture Show exhibition at Hypercorps Brussels.
The show explores the music of ERNST PINOSSI while the hosts are anticipating their guest to arrive to the studio for an interview.
Who is ENRTS PINOSSI, where is he coming from, and will he ever make it to the studio?
Eldorado is an experimental film that shows the impressions of two foreign artists who, in overtime, sought and examined the ideas that shaped the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv as the European capital of culture. Questions are asked like where is the budget? And to what extent does such a phenomenon need state intervention? Imagine a fairy tale told in footage from Plovdiv.
In collaboration with Ari-Pekka Leinonen, video 20 minutes, 2018
Moonwalkers, a performative night-walk, from dusk till dawn, following the direction of the moon, destination unknown, live-streamed, 2018
Lighter Luck, walking from the sun to the moon to the sun, edition, 2018
Beeswax Globe, 40cm, 2018
Karaoke for Rocks, a happening in collaboration with Simon Masschelein, 2018
Drywall Repair, a series of caravan parts, tape and bullet holes, 2017
Lighter Luck, Lindsey Dennis, edition, 2017
a series of Masks, paper, acrylic paint, 2017
Desert Ice Cream Shop, print on canvas, 3 x 4 m, 2017
Beeswax SUN, ⌀ 105 cm, 2017
White Finger (2016) is a collage-film in which cowboys from different Westerns are caught in an ongoing and shooting-scene.
Edition The Fool, framed digital print, 70 cm / 90 cm, 2016
White Finger is an exhibition in which the relation between chance and destiny is examined throughout different artistic media: print, drawing, performance and happening. During the exhibition people are playing cards, while in the background on two oposite flatscreens a collage film is playing of cowboys shooting each other. The exhibition is accompanied by a limited edition deck of Tarot cards, a series of prints, a video, a soundscape and drawings. 2016
De Kaarters, fridge filled with Duvel and Westmalle Tripple, 2016
Tarot deck, multiple printed by Carta Mundi, 2016
Unboxing a pack of Tarotcards, 2015
An abandoned greenhouse, made with recycled windows and doors. The evolution from a vegetable garden to a mini-jungle, can be observed during the course of time. Plan B, Bekegem, 2016
CHF is a multimedia installation, created in situ, by Ailsa Cavers (UK) and Bert Jacobs (BE) with a video contribution made by Roger Claessens (BE). Hypercorps, Brussels, 2016
Pino Stellino, wooden shelf with various objects and tools, 2015
Sculpture, projection screen, oven, spray-paint, acrylic paint and wood, 2015
Wheel of Confusion, acrylic paint on panel, 100 x 70 cm, 2015
duo-exhibition with Gabriella Forzelius, 2015
For MIDNIGHT3000 a site specific installation functioned as a decor for a night full of concerts and a party, co-organized with Michael Langeder. This setting was made out of party zombies and two voodoo giants, a pinata and a stage. 2014
Installation view, wood, furniture, spray paint, various objects, 2015
Der Nacht des schwarzen Sonne, chinese ink on paper, 21 x 30 cm, 2014
Replica of a Mercedes 100, wood, plastic, mirrors, 5 x 2 x 3 m, 2013
Installation view at Minor Demons and Solar Shades, 2014
A Prefab Forest, installation: paint, wood, 20 m / 7 m / 5 m, 2012
Blue wetland, acrylic paint on panels, 2012
Clouds-watching-cinema for 10, camera obscura in wood, 2012
Platform for art, music and other experimental interventions, Gent, BE, 2008-2010
Bert Jacobs {b.1987, Turnhout, Belgium} lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. In 2010 he received his Master degree in Fine Arts at School of Arts in Gent. In that year he set up Villa Drashhoek: an experimental artist-run-space. Bert Jacobs is a multi-disciplinary artist working in the field of installation-art, sculptures, drawings, prints, multiples and editions. While working across a variety of media, Bert Jacobs’ work touches on many relevant topics for today, such as the mechanisms of memory and intuition, imagination, collecting, scenography and drawing. Via different collaborations, ranging from setting up group-exhibitions, happenings and collaborative projects he merges visual art, music and performance in a persistent totality. Jacobs´ work has been exhibited at different places in Europe; Bulgarian Embassy, Helsinki; Hypercorps, Brussels; Cinema Kosmos, Plovdiv; Noplace, Oslo; Air Antwerpen; KunstWerke Berlin; basis e.v. Frankfurt am Main; KIOSK, Gent; among others.
Contact: mailbertjacobs(at)gmail.com
(interview) The limitless world of artist Bert Jacobs by Emi Vergels for The Word Magazine, 2017
(interview) Bert Jacobs by Valerie Steenhaut for Subbacultcha, The Sixpack Issue, June, 2016