{"id":9416,"title":"Fitness, lichte oefeningen","dimensions":"5 x (40 x 60) + (30 x 40) cm","date_begin":"1995-01-01","material":"ink, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":12,"category_id":76,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Courtesy David Claerbout","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":"2014-01-01","reference":"","stream_count_app":20,"permalink":"fitness-lichte-oefeningen","description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Print","nl":"Prent","fr":"Epreuve"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/020/316/large/David_Claerbout__Fitness.jpg?1389690051","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"The oeuvre of David Claerbout (b. 1969) consists mainly of video-, film- and photographic installations. He examines the borders between photography and film, between still and moving images, between animation and digital image manipulation. He brings for example vastly outsized black-and-white video installations to life through a subtle animation of certain small details. Or, conversely, he brings video projections to a sudden standstill with powerful impact.\r\n\r\nThis tension between momentum and inertia was apparent from the outset in his artistic production. For *El Hotel Eléctrico*, he reconstructs what he himself describes as his 'first' work as an independent artist. Claerbout did not preserve the original work, but he did preserve the original slides he worked from. Fitness, lichte oefeningen consists of a collage of six prints, reproductions of found photographs. In each image we see a person relaxing by exhaling as deeply as possible. Combining the various instructive photos with each other, viewers feel inclined also to assume this body-language and to add to the snapshot the movement that is missing from it. 'Life' is thus subconsciously breathed into the work, precisely through the act of conscious exhalation.\r\n\r\nClaerbout continues the theme of relaxation in his recent video piece *Travel* (2013). Here the artist raises questions that relate with the way we perceive our surroundings, and how we make our way through the passage of time. As viewers, we become almost physically aware of time's eternal course."},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"Het oeuvre David Claerbout (°1969) bestaat voornamelijk uit video-, film- en fotografische installaties. \r\nVoor *El Hotel Electrico* reconstrueert Claerbout wat hij zelf beschouwt als zijn ‘eerste’ werk als autonome kunstenaar. Het originele werk hield Claerbout niet bij, wel de dia-positieven. Fitness lichte oefeningen bestaat uit een collage van zes prints, reproducties van gevonden foto’s. Op elk beeld zien we een persoon die zich ontspant door zo diep mogelijk uit te ademen. Door diverse instructieve foto’s met elkaar te combineren, voelt de kijker de neiging deze lichaamstaal over te nemen en de beweging in te vullen die er door de momentopname uit verdwenen is. Het werk wordt onbewust ‘leven’ ingeblazen, juist door heel even bewust uit te ademen.\r\n\r\nHet thema van de relaxatie speelt nog steeds door, bijvoorbeeld in Claerbouts recente video-werk *Travel* (2013). Claerbout stelt zich vragen over de manier waarop wij onze omgeving waarnemen en hoe we omgaan met het verglijden van de tijd. Als toeschouwer wordt je je bijna fysiek bewust van de eeuwige beweging van tijd. "},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":255,"name":"David Claerbout","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}