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Virtual Cube (poem)

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Het wordt stil.

Ik kijk naar de virtuele kubus waarin ik mij bevind.

Een zwerm vogels vliegt diagonaal voorbij van links naar rechts in het kubistische veld.

Bomen in de wind.

Muren van gouden licht temperen de zachtheid van de achtergrond.

De lucht indigoblauw.

De orchideeën en de rododendrons klaar om te gaan slapen.

Ze buigen nog eenmaal kun kopje voor ze hun knoppen sluiten.

De komende nacht zal rustig en zacht zijn.

De storm in mijn hoofd is verdwenen.

De wind blaast mijn laatste adem uit.

Ik ben vrij om te doen en te zijn. 

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It’s getting quiet.

I look at the virtual cube in which I am.

A flock of birds flies diagonally past from left to right in the cubist field.

Trees in the wind.

Walls of golden light temper the softness of the background.

The sky indigo blue.

The orchids and the rhododendrons ready to go to sleep.

They bend their head once more before closing their buds.

The coming night will be quiet and gentle.

The storm in my head is gone.

The wind blows my last breath.

I am free to do and be.

Invisible (poem)

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Ik wil onzichtbaar worden

een doorzichtige ballon

in glijvlucht door het heelal

heel-al en vol-ledig

de stilte van de klok

opgelost in oneindigheid


Google translation


I want to become invisible

a transparent balloon

gliding through the universe

whole-whole and full-empty

the silence of the clock

dissolved in infinity

Maisvelden – Cornfields (poem)

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Maisvelden

De eerste naakte velden

Vers geschoren stoppels

Nog ruig van de hete zomer

Ik ruik het sap van gevallen appels 

Straks zijn ook de kruinen ontbloot

Zoals een koningshoofd

Met nu al wat sluiers mist ’s morgens

Natrillend van genot

Cornfields

The first naked fields

Freshly shaven corn stubbles 

Rough of the hot summer

Soon the treetops denuded 

Like a bare king’s head

Fog veils In the morning

Vibrations after pleasure 

Petervan Expo Vernissage Video Timecapsule

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As promised, here is the TimeCapsule video for the virtual opening vernissage of my first solo exhibition.

Subtitles are available in NL/UK

With contributions by my cousin Joost Vander Auwera (Senior Curator – Royal Museums of Fine Art of Belgium, Brussels), Chris Vanbeveren (my Art Painting coach – Academy for Visual Arts, Ghent, Belgium), Frank Poncelet (synthesizer soundscape, co-student Digital Visual Arts, Ghent, Belgium), and John Oliver from Interior Truth. With lots of gratitude.

Background music credits: by Meydän – Tracks: Pure Water, Under Water, Please Wake Up https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Me…

All other artwork, video, soundscape, poems, video editing by Petervan. Produced with standard tools like iMovie and YouTube Studio. 

I am inviting video artists to do something more interesting with the raw material of this TimeCapsule. Contact me privately if interested.

Joost and Chris were so kind to write and record introductory words for the opening keynotes. Below some extracts and links to the full versions. The TimeCapsule video includes slightly edited versions of the full versions in NL/UK.

Opening Keynote Joost

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“Petervan has a special sensitivity in his art for the image that captures. And he knows how to maintain this in a multitude of styles and media. This is evident from this solo exhibition. He greatly appreciates what his teachers teach him and that decorates him.”

“He constantly experiments, but his images keep capturing attention, in a wide variety of form languages”

Opening Keynote Chris

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“Peter likes to work with different materials and techniques and since a few months he also expresses himself with digital imaging. In that context, we can definitely speak of “mixed media”. There are even initiatives and ideas to give this a three-dimensional character. We can only encourage it. In his exhibition we see that diversity. There are “grid structures”, paintings with collage-like aspects, idiosyncratic representations of man, interiors, models like I already mentioned, geometric and organic.”

“I think we can safely say that Peter is a thinker in images.”

And Frank Poncelet – in his daily life Operations Architect at the Xplore Group, but here as co-student of the Digital Visual Arts Media Lab of the Academy in Ghent – made a soundscape for the TimeCapsule with his synthesizers. Check out his YouTube Channel Frame Per Second Animation). I selected his video “Pellicule”. I am sure the Corporate Rebels out there will find inspiration in this compilation.

Also included in this TimeCapsule is a recording made by John Oliver from  Interior Truth: what he does is interesting – silent witnessing videos of artists. Check him out.

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Short version here, and the long version here

My testimonial about this experience:

The silence witnessing approach is refreshing. John creates a virtual space for permission. Permission to be silent, to open-up, to reflect, to adjust, to pause, to dream, and to imagine. He skilfully listens and watches in silence, trying to discern the different stories interwoven in the recording, picking one, and editing it in a high-quality video testimony that respects the integrity of the moment.

Personally, I chose to share stories that were informed from recent reflections, rather than stepping over the lines of my own vulnerability. I know it, and I have no regrets of not exposing my worst shadows to a broader audience. I think it is good for any artist/creative to have a witnessing moment like this, to discover and articulate better what is driving the artistic process. Bravo!

The showroom of the exhibition is open until 31 August 2020. You can get in via this link.

I got some very encouraging feedback after the launch on 1 July 2020, for which I am very grateful. So, more artwork is coming. I just subscribed for another two years at the Academy for Visual Arts in Ghent: a series of 2 specialization years on painting with the aim to professionalise my practice. And cherry on the cake, two artworks already sold: “Blue Boat” and “Five Guys on the Beach”. Feels like the start of a new career.

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Enjoy!

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Petervan’s First Solo Art Exhibition Opens

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I am excited to announce and invite you to Petervan Virtual Solo, my first solo exhibition of some recent artwork. 

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A collection of sketches – paintings – soundscapes – videos – 3D sculptures – digital sketches – AI warpings – poems – fairy tales – timecapsules

To visit Petervan Virtual Solo, go to https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/1553528/petervan-virtual-solo

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The exhibition runs from 1 July 2020 till 31 August 2020 and is open 24/7

Here is a link to the online catalog; you can select specific works, and – if interested – click the “Send Request” button. PDF of the catalog available upon request.

You can also experience these and other artworks in Augmented Reality to get a feel on how these works would fit in your living room: https://augmented.kunstmatrix.com/en/node/1489. You first have to download the KUOI App on your smartphone/tablet, download the barcode, and use ID code 1489

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The Opening Vernissage will also be virtual: the format chosen is a video “TimeCapsule” with introductory words by my cousin Joost Vander Auwera (Senior Curator Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_Vander_Auwera) and Chris Vanbeveren (Peter’s art coach at the Academy of Visual Arts in Ghent). The TimeCapsule will be released on 15 July 2020 and you will find it for viewing and download on my webpage https://petervan.wordpress.com/

That is also where you can stay informed. Please subscribe to my website and you’ll get an email notification when there is news.

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With gratitude:

To my family, my mentors, and coaches of the art academies of Overijse and  Ghent; Joost, Chris, and Frank for the help with the TimeCapsule; my supporters, and everybody who kept/keeps encouraging me to follow my artistic instincts. Special thanks to Peter Hinssen and Cathy Boesmans: our initial plan was to have a real live exhibition in the AppleChapple in Mater, Oudenaarde, Belgium. We were all set to go, but we had to change our plans due to Covid-19. We will be back with some art-videos running in the vintage Mackintoshes.

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That’s it! Enjoy the exhibition! I am looking forward to our next encounter, virtually or in real life.

With warm artistic regards,

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Ik wil je graag uitnodigen op Petervan Virtual Solo, mijn eerste solo tentoonstelling van recente kunstwerken.

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Een collectie schetsen – schilderijen – klankborden – videos – 3D sculpturen – Digitale schetsen – AI verbuigingen – gedichten – sprookjes – tijdscapsules

Je kan Peter’s virtuele tentoonstelling hier bezoeken: https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/1553528/petervan-virtual-solo

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De tentoonstelling loopt van 1 Juli 2020 tot 31 Augustus 2020, en is open 24/7.

Hier is een link naar de on-line catalogus van deze tentoonstelling; je kan werken aanklikken en indien interesse is er een “Send Request” knop om mij te contacteren. De PDF van de catalogus is beschikbaar op eenvoudig verzoek.

Deze en andere werken kan je ook als Augmented Reality ervaren en testen hoe een bepaald werk past in jouw ruimte. Ga near https://augmented.kunstmatrix.com/en/node/1489 en download eerst de KUOI App op je smartphone/tablet, download de barcode, en gebruik ID code 1489

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Ook de Opening Vernissage zal virtueel zijn: een video TijdsCapsule met inleiding door mijn neef Joost Vander Auwera (Senior Curator Koninklijk Musea van Schone Kunsten van België https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_Vander_Auwera) en Chris Vanbeveren (Peter’s kunst coach schilderen aan de Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Gent). De TijdsCapsule zal gelanceerd worden op 15 Juli 2020 en je zal deze kunnen bekijken en downloaden via mijn website https://petervan.wordpress.com/. Je kan je daar ook inschrijven: je krijgt dan automatisch een email als er nieuws is.

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Met dank aan:

Mijn familie, mijn mentoren en coaches van the kunstacademies van Overijse en Gent; Joost, Chris, Frank voor de TijdsCapsule, mijn fans, en iedereen die mij bleef en blijft  aanmoedigen om mijn artistieke instincten te volgen. Extra dankwoord voor Peter Hinssen en Cathy Boesmans: ons initieel plan was om de tentoonstelling te laten doorgaan in de AppleChapple in Mater, Oudenaarde, Belgium. Alles stond in de startblokken, maar Covid-19 heeft daar anders over beslist. Uitstel is geen afstel: we komen terug met een aantal art-videos op de vintage Mackintoshes.

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Dat is het zowat. Geniet van de tentoonstelling. Ik kijk uit naar onze volgende ontmoeting of gesprek, virtueel of in levenden lijve. 

Met warme artistieke groet,

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Lentedroom/Springdreaming (poem)

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Bomen spreiden hun vingers uit

Hun handen wuiven van weerbarstigheid

Botten water zuigend

Uit zompige aarde

Onhoudbaar vitaal elan

Eieren van nieuwe stokken

Kikkers een verse dril

Mollen leven op hoop

Wolken schuiven de hemel open

De drang dreigt te verzuipen

In een tsunami van nieuw leven

Ik ruik nu al

De appeloogst van de boomgaard

De geur van vers gemaaid gras

Citroen op sla van albast

Er zit een kraai

Hoog in de populier

Een reservatie van een nest

Voor de zomer

Hoog in de boom

Zit ook ik

Ik geef me bloot

En durf te dromen

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Springdreaming

Trees spreading out their fingers

Unrelentless waving hands

Buds soaking water

From swampy soil

Untenable élan vital

Rebooted ovaries

And fresh frogspawn

Molehills of hope

Fluffy clouds slide open in heaven

The risk of drawing the vital urge

In a tsunami of renewed being

I smell now already

An orchard of the apple harvest

The tickle of freshly mowed grass

Citrus on a salad of alabaster

There is a crow

High in the poplar

A reservation for a nest

For the summer

High in that tree

I expose myself

And dare to dream

Ik ben – Je suis – I am

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Man on canvas

Petervan Artwork © 2019 – Little man on canvas – Acryl on Canvas – 10x10cm

 

Ik luister, dus ik ben

Ik kijk, dus ik ben

Ik teken, dus ik ben

Ik schrijf, dus ik ben

Ik componeer, dus ik ben

Ik creëer, dus ik ben

Ik loop, dus ik ben

Ik rust, dus ik ben

Ik huil, dus ik ben

Ik dans, dus ik ben

Ik schilder, dus ik ben

Ik peins, dus ik ben

Ik de-peins, dus ik ben

Meen je dat echt?

J’écoute, donc je suis

Je regarde, donc je suis

Je dessine, donc je suis

J’écris, donc je suis

Je compose, donc je suis

Je crée, donc je suis

Je cours, donc je suis

Je me repose donc je suis

Je cris, donc je suis

Je danse, donc je suis

Je peins, donc je suis

Je pense, donc je suis

Je dé-pense, donc je suis

Vraiment?

I listen, therefore I am

I look, therefore I am

I draw, therefore I am

I write, therefore I am

I compose, therefore I am

I create, therefore I am

I run, therefore I am

I chill, therefore I am

I cry, therefore I am

I dance, therefore I am

I paint, therefore I am

I pense, therefore I am

I ex-pense, therefore I am

Really?

 

Je depense

 

This post is the start of a short series of posts on who and where I am/you are, and a set of new interventions and provocations to renew aliveness and alertness in what we observe and what we hope for. Looking forward to creating spiritual, moral and aesthetical advancement together.

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A little hope (poem)

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De pols was weerbarstig

en brak in duizend snippers

Daar lagen ze dan

Als stukken van een nieuwe puzzel

Waar we het raden naar hebben

Op een hoopje

Zoals kinderen na het springen

“We zijn een hoopje” Zei ze

Toen ze hopend op een hoop bij elkaar lagen

Het zwarte canvas van de trampoline

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The wrist

Refractory

Broke into thousand snippets

There they were

Pieces of a brand new jig-saw puzzle

Its purpose still unclear

A little heap

Like children after jumping

“We are a little heap” She said

When they were lying hoping on a heap

The black canvas of the trampoline

Verleiding/Seduction (Poem)

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Woorden maken me moe

De stilte ontwaakt me

Het bombast verveelt, vervelt

Kwetsbaarheid heelt

Traagheid verdiept

Het banale en marginale

Dragers van schoonheid in lelijkheid

Dan nog liever

De verse bloesem in de hoge kruin

De geur van gegrild vlees

De liefde van merrie en veulen

De drang naar zorgvuldigheid

De kracht van eenvoud

Zuiverheid, Alertheid en coherentie

Allen verleiden ze me

 

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Words make me tired

Silence awakens

Bombast bores and peels

Healing vulnerability

Deepening Slowness

Banality and frugality

Carriers of beauty in utter ugliness

Then rather

The fresh blossom in the treetop

The smell of grilled meat

The love of mare and foal

The craving for careful

The power of simplicity

Purity, alertness and coherence

They all seduce me

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Ik wou dat ik jouw schilderij was

Gestreeld worden door je penselen

Geslagen door je vodden en lompen

Overspoeld met kleur als door een zacht deken

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I wished I was your painting

Caressed by your brushes

Beaten by your rags and tatters

Washed with colour as by a soft blanket