This is my church

This is my church

General 

For as far as I can remember, I have always been fascinated by the texture of voile.
The subtle movement it makes when touched by wind.
The soft skin-like feeling when touched by hand.
The fascinating moiré effect it creates when two pieces gently move over one another.
Sometimes being gently attracted towards one another, sometimes abruptly shifting it's weights in different directions.
For me, it's the perfect texture I was looking for and so voile has become my main go-to-texture as a canvas.
The movements, the softness and elegance, are exactly what I was looking for to tell stories of surpassed trauma's.
My iPhone photography as well as A.I.-created artworks have found their way onto this fragile texture.
I then film the works, to intensify the message I want to send out.
A story of life, love, vulnerability, acceptance and resilience of a shared sufferance in the fragile human existence.
Ensemble dans cette douleur partagée.

 

2023
20 x 30
Olivier Verbeke

Olivier Verbeke