Habitat Sequences

2000 - 2014

Furnished rooms, light

Exhibited at Rijksakademie – Amsterdam (2000), Expodium – Utrecht (2008), De Paviljoens, – Almere (2010), Nam June Pak Center – Gyeonggi-do (2011), Galeria

Vermelho – São Paulo (2013), MAMBA – Buenos Aires (2014)

Curated by Bart Witte (2008), Annick Kleizen (2010), Manu Park (2011), Cristina Ricupero (2013), Javier Villa (2014)

Habitat Sequences  is a series of fully decorated and conceivable apartments or living rooms. The stark effect of the black walls and uninterrupted loop of lights, successively turning on and off, creates a sequence of moods and volumes inside the space. Following basic cinematic lighting principles to create ambiance and atmosphere — and due to the fact that one’s eyes need time to adjust to each lighting situation — the scene inside appears in fragments rather than as a complete and accessible room. In effect, this constructs a complex mental image of the room, at once memory and moment. These installations propose a certain spatial tension span, where both the absence and presence of identity is at play.