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Solomons Knot is a co-creation between Maneuver, WGC Rabot, Odisee and Kuleuven. In the initial phase, models were made in Manoeuvre's studio with the residents of the neighborhood and the people of the community health center under the guidance of artist Veerle Michiels. At the same time, Maneuver was working on an artistic book that depicts the process. The book was placed in the waiting room of the former health center where those present in the waiting room could add notes. The final result of thisprocess is translated into a metal wavy frame that cuts through the waiting room to which 460 cushions cast in concrete are gradually placed. A pattern of Salomon's bun can be seen on the cushions. The Solomons knot or love knot is a unique crochet technique and symbolizes eternal love and connection. The work has both a soft textile and a hard concrete look. Anyone who places themselves behind or in front of the 'curtain' in the waiting room can withdraw from public view for a while and can enjoy a personal, intimate space.

'Front' is a project where two architectural types are processed. On the one hand a bunker, the other a framing reference to a house. In both elements the concept of 'protection' is essential, but their visual and historical character bring other associations to this work.

In combining the two architectures into a new whole, there is a content and visual tension that makes it into complex relationship. The bunker is a introvert volume and the fragile structure of the wooden house has more an open charachter.

Is this a house under construction?
Does the bunker the foundation?
For this wooden skeleton hiding something or
is this construction a materialized desire to become a home?

By a shared fascination with bunkers we decided to cooperate and investigate this fascination.

The concept "Botaniek" starts from the "relational aesthetics" of Nicolas Bourriaud involving cultural and social structures in which we be examined by artists. The artwork 'materializes
a relation to the world '. In the relationships that exist in such situations are called up, the participant is detached from usual cultural codes of conduct. Botanical introduces atypical co-workers, as constructed identities in the form of herbal clusters with a virtual identity such as Mr / mss Jiogulan, MssTripmadam,Mr Munt, MSS Rau Ram. Just like all other users, this Herbs/co-workers take their place in the co-workspace and take it regularly contact their colleagues.

A book on the work "Front" Veerle Michiels & Jonas Vansteenkiste

Contributions of:

Jo Bogaert writer, Producer
Hendrik Tratsaert, Curator, writer and artistic director of Vrijstaat O
Mathieu de Meyer archaeologist and conservator of Raverzyde
Lieven Van Den Abeele: art historian, art critic and curator. He teached contemporary art history at the École des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent.

Grafic design: RMEMBR
Translation: sartorius and blot

In the work 'Leitmotiv' Jonas Vansteenkiste and Veerle Michiels display a map on a reduced scale in the form of a cut-out. Depending on the context in which the plan is shown curls image multiple associations.

'House' is a replica of a barbie house in concrete. We see a facade of a house to scale that consists of three parts (triptych). The house is not accessible, the doors and windows are closed. There is no sign of life. The house does not allow the viewer to look inside, yet the invisible threat is palpable and perceptible. The work is based on the interplay between inside and outside and shows a concealment that offers protection and isolation at the same time. It shows the contrast between the childish passion for doll houses and a focus on a closed world. It is about the possibility of the unreal and the reality of the possible.

A site like Raversyde ATLANTIKWALL continues to remind us permanently and critically of war and conflict. Jonas Vansteenkiste and Veerle Michiels look for the historical context and try to activate it in the present.

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Solomons Knot

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