Oh
Oh seeks to reanimate the ambitious, utopian spirit of renegade architect Etienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799). True to the spirit of the utopian architectural tradition Boullée is part of, he is probably best remembered today for one unrealized project in particular: the design for a gigantic sphere-shaped shrine dedicated to one of the founding fathers of modern science, Isaac Newton.
Although the historical reference to an unrealized architectural project adds a nostalgic, melancholy twist to Oh, De Clercq nevertheless stays true to her well-documented passion for images of futurity.
Oh sees the continuation of her singular ‘poétique de l’espace’ – a richly textured visual investigation of the allegorical tension between inside and outside, real and imaginary (‘virtual’), two- and three-dimensional, analogue and digital, immensity and intimacy.
Animation Tom Kluyskens
Sound Anton Aeki
Acoustics Johan Vandermaelen
Produced by Auguste Orts
Executive producer Marie Logie
Title design Tenfinger, Kate Houben
With the support of Flanders Audiovisual Fund, CERA Partners in Art, SCAM*Brouillon d’un rêve numérique, M HKA
Thank you Etienne-Louis Boullée, Dirk De Meyer, Xavier Douroux, Anne Pontegnie, Paul Robbrecht, Dieter Roelstraete
Distributed by Auguste Orts, LIMA, Light Cone
Awards
Special Mention, International Videofestival Videomedeja 2011 (CS)
Previously on display at the following locations
- Faux Mouvement Centre d'Art Contemporain Metz (FR), May 10–Sep 5 2010
- M HKA Antwerpen (BE), May 21–Aug 22 2010
- IFFR Rotterdam (NL), Jan 28–Jan 29 2011
- European Media Art Festival Osnabruck (DE), Apr 27–May 1 2011
- Images Contre Nature Marseille (FR), Jul 13–Jul 15 2011
- Ars Electronica Linz (AT), Aug 31–Sep 6 2011
- Experimental Film and Video Festival Seoul (KR), Sep 6 2011
- Film Festival Split (HR), Sep 10–Sep 17 2011
- 25 FPS Zagreb (HR), Sep 22 2011
- Buda Kortrijk (BE), Sep 22 2011
- Sint-Lukasgalerie Brussel (BE), Sep 22–Nov 19 2011
- Bozar Brussel (BE), Sep 24 2011
- Fluxus Belo Horizonte (BR), Nov 8 2011–Jan 6 2012
- Off and Free Film Festival Seoel (KR), Nov 17–Nov 23 2011
- Videomedeja Novi Sad (RS), Dec 16–Dec 18 2011
- Screen Festival Barcelona (ES), May 22 2012
- Passage Rogier Brussel (BE), Sep 26 2012
- Sonica festival Ljubljana (SI), Nov 27–Nov 30 2012
- Wyspa Institute of Art Gdansk (PL), May 24–Oct 13 2013
- Centquatre Paris (FR), Jun 15 2013
- Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki (FI), Feb 24 2014
- Kanuti Gildi Saal Tallinn (EE), Feb 27 2014
- Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art Riga (LT), Sep 4–Sep 27 2014
- TIFF Bell Lightbox Toronto (CA), Feb 1 2015
- STRP Eindhoven (NL), Mar 20–Mar 29 2015
- Goldkante Bochum (DE), Jan 20 2016
- Metro Kino Kulturhaus Vienna (AT), May 27 2016
- Gallery Sofie Van de Velde Antwerpen (BE), Sep 2–Oct 9 2016
- Argos Brussel (BE), Sep 24–Oct 8 2017
- The Institute for Architecture and Media Graz (AT), Apr 12 2018
- S1 Portland (US), Jun 8–Jun 9 2018
- OMSI Portland (US), Jul 11 2018
- Filmoteca Madrid (ES), Dec 15 2018
- Musée National des Beaux-Arts Quebec (CA), Mar 21 2019
- Festival International du Film sur l'Art Montreal (CA), Mar 23 2019
- REDCAT Los Angeles (US), Mar 25 2019
- Kino Otok Izola (SI), Jun 7 2019
- Kestle Barton Gallery Cornwall (GB), Jul 27 2019
- California Institute of the Arts Los Angeles (US), Mar 16 2022
- Dom Tramwajarza Poznan (PL), Jul 3 2022





