Das Iconoclast

These 4 interventions took place in Museum M (Leuven, BE) during the exhibition ‘Ravage, Kunst en cultuur in tijden van conflict’ on 31 July, 1, 2 & 3 August 2014.

‘Irrlicht’, ‘Heldendammerung’, ‘Traumverschmachtung’ and ‘Unterschrift’ were created in close collaboration with Museum M and 30CC Leuven — photos: Marisse De Cuyper

Traumverschmachtung
I am dressed in a white ghillie suit.
I wear a helmet with a book attached to it.
I spread a camouflage netting.
I install plaster statues of sitting donkeys
on which images of ‘heroes’ are printed.
I put each statue in a linen bag after
which I crush the statues with my book.
I repeat this action for an undetermined time.

Heldendammerung
I am dressed in a white ghillie suit.
I spread a camouflage netting.
I install an easel with an archery target.
I attach a book (Bible, Coran, Gaddafi’s Green Book, and others)
to the target.
I put on black lipstick and kiss the books.
I repeat this action for an undetermined time.