Projects
Understanding the Impact of Modernism on the studio practice of Western European Painters through James Ensor's Oeuvre (1860-1949) Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
Understanding the Impact of Modernism on the studio practice of Western European Painters through James Ensor's Oeuvre (1860-1949). University of Antwerp
Ornament, Argument and Etiquette. Architecture as social practice in France, ca. 1700 Ghent University
In late 17th-century France there was a general consensus that architectural models from Roman Antiquity and Italian Renaissance no longer necessarily provided valid criteria for architectural design. This moment of crisis instigated a debate about new and valid architectural principles. Previous studies have argued that this debate formed part of attempts by the French royal to institutionalize a range of cultural and scientific practices. ...
"The Bach-Organ" - The performance practice of the organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach in relation to the central German organ of the eighteenth century, in particular the organs of Gottfried Silbermann. KU Leuven
On my three Bach CDs issued on the Prestare label and recorded on the Gottfried Silbermann organ in the Cathedral of Ss. Trinitatis in Dresden, my artistic approach to performance and registration was basically intuitive. Of the Silbermann organ I wrote: ‘I believe I have found the source [for Bach, JZ] in this instrument by Gottfried Silbermann’. From a premise by Prof. Dr Ewald Kooiman - ‘The organs of Gottfried Silbermann may not be viewed ...
Anchoring the past: A history of the practice and discourse of ‘sites of memory’ in the cases of the battlefield of Waterloo and the Berliner Stadtschloss, 1800-2000. Ghent University
This research aims to historicize Western European practices and concepts of ‘sites of memory’ as places where
the memory of a specific historical event is anchored. Through the case studies of the battlefield of Waterloo and
the Berliner Stadtschloss an analysis will be made of dominant ideas about historical sites as establishing a
special connection with the past.
Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens: the life and works of a Belgian organist in the context of 19th century organ practice. University of Antwerp
Professionalising the (teaching) artist through process drama performances AP Hogeschool Antwerpen
It's walls, floors, ceiling and windows. The status of the artwork as a spatial (presentation)-framework KU Leuven
The work of the artist Richard Venlet (°1964) is hybrid. It combines sculpture, installation art, artistic research, exhibition design and architecture. In many of his works, Venlet provides the given space, often that of the exhibition, the gallery or the museum, a new configuration or position. Through composed, given and designed environments, Venlet has developed over the years an autonomous artistic practice in which he investigates the ...