David Claerbout

Time and its perception are central to David Claerbout’s (*1969 in Kortrijk, Belgium) artistic practice. Since the mid-1990s, he has been examining the lines between still and moving images, between analog and digital visuals. The works of David Claerbout interlink the media of photography and film, dissolving the barriers that separate them and calling in question the specific characteristics of the photographic and filmic image; static photographs are animated, while moving cinematographic images are slowed down or even brought to a standstill. A seemingly realistic spatiotemporal continuum turns out to have been subtly manipulated and changed by digital means, thus comprising the respective classic expectations of these media.

The works by David Claerbout are part of numerous international collections: a.o. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Francois Pinault Collection; Lenbachhaus Munich; Städel Museum Frankfurt; SMAK Ghent; De Pont Museum Tilburg; Emanuel Hoffmann Stiftung Basel; Galleria D’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin; Collezione La Gaia; MOMA, New York City; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Mudam Luxembourg.