Installation

facing faces is an installation with a roll of portraits that unwinds like an analogue film. The portraits closely resemble the passport photos required for official documents. Each photograph is given one or more (sub)titles that tell how the face was read. These descriptions provide a framework, direct the gaze to the viewer, and remain incomplete.

The second part of facing faces consists of an archive that shows the visitors’ faces, along with descriptions of how they saw each other and were viewed themselves.

Reflection

“The idea for facing faces came from a stranger’s passport photo that I found, and the gaze of the Mona Lisa. What intrigued me was the sense of disinterest conveyed by the photo. The sitter must keep their eyes open but isn’t really looking. In facing faces the people in the first photos on the roll gaze into the distance but as the performance progresses, the faces seem make contact, or seek it. It’s as if the camera caught them blinking or in mid-sentence.”

In collaboration

Vivian Keulards, Milan Meeuse, Jasper Delbecke, Studio Noto, Tim Bogaerts, SoAP Maastricht, Atelier Provinciaal Domein Dommelhof, Festival Cement, VIA ZUID, Stichting Brand Cultuurfonds

Presented

2017  21 – 26 Mar  Festival Cement, Den Bosch (NL)
2017  25 – 26 Apr  Ainsi, Maastricht (NL)
2017  16 – 19 Aug  Zomerparkfeesten, Venlo (NL)
2017  20 – 27 aug  Cultura Nova, Heerlen (NL)
2017  14 – 17 Sept  Grand Theatre, Groningen (NL)
2018  14 – 17 Dec  Winternights, Maastricht (NL)
2018  5 Feb  Het Huis Utrecht, Utrecht (NL)
2018  2 – 12 Aug  Festival Boulevard, Den Bosch (NL)
2018  22 – 23 Sept  C-TAKT Festival, Genk (BE)
2018  27 Oct  Brainwash, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)
2018  22 – 24 Nov  Jonge Harten, Groningen (NL)
2019  11 Nov  Full Moon Focus: In Frames, Brussels (BE)