Leen Van Tichelen

DIALOOG II
photo ©Stefaan Van Dorpe

DIALOOG II, 2025

IN PROCESS


A ques­ti­on-and-ans­wer pro­cess bet­ween Leen Van Tichelen, Liesbet De Waele and Eva Vermeiren


DIALOOG is a pro­ject of BASE VZW, whe­re food by invita­ti­on is the begin­ning, part of or com­ple­ti­on of the who­le. Exploring how the pro­cess of cre­a­ti­on in a ques­ti­on-and-ans­wer real­ti­ons­hip can be visi­bly inhe­rent in new work and in its presentation.

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GROUND ZERO /51.04852/3.72879, 2024

Took pla­ce on 31 October 2024 at De Krook libra­ry in Ghent


Rehearsal in VIERNULVIER Ghent from 29 to 30 October 2024


A col­la­bo­ra­ti­on bet­ween Jonas Bruyneel, Esther Coorevits, Lauryn Deruyck, Fanny Vandesande & Leen Van Tichelen


Partners GROUND ZERO • De Krook Library • Lebenshilfe Kunst und Kultur gGmbH & Lebenshilfe Westpfalz e.V. • Historische Huizen Gent • Stad Gent • Cultuur Gent • Danspunt • Platform‑K • VIERNULVIER


GROUND ZERO, a pro­ject of BASE VZW, is an inves­ti­ga­ti­on that ques­ti­ons the defi­ni­ti­on of the art object and makes con­nec­ti­ons bet­ween body, spa­ce, sound and mate­ri­a­li­ty, making the nor­ma­ti­ve noti­ons of per­for­man­ce and instal­la­tie vague and inverted.

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A CONATIVE SEQUENCE BASE BLOCK II, 2024

Took pla­ce on 19 October 2024 at Settantotto Gallery, Gentbrugge


A move­ment of 95 blocks from plinth A to plinth B

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Took pla­ce from 20 to 21 July 2024 at Kaiserslautern, Germany


Four per­for­man­ces on ALLES MUSS RAUS Festival 


A col­la­bo­ra­ti­on bet­ween Amber Bosteels, Quinten Yeung, Lauryn Deruyck, Anna Dujardin, Zanne Boon, Gabria Vermeir, Lies Steyaert, Karlien De Cock, Kobe Boon, Betty Decampenaere, Fanny Vandesande & Leen Van Tichelen


Partners GROUND ZERO • Lebenshilfe Kunst und Kultur gGmbH & Lebenshilfe Westpfalz e.V. • Historische Huizen Gent • Stad Gent • Cultuur Gent • Danspunt • Platform‑K • VIERNULVIER


GROUND ZERO, a pro­ject of BASE VZW, is an inves­ti­ga­ti­on that ques­ti­ons the defi­ni­ti­on of the art object and makes con­nec­ti­ons bet­ween body, spa­ce, sound and mate­ri­a­li­ty, making the nor­ma­ti­ve noti­ons of per­for­man­ce and instal­la­tie vague and inverted.

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Took pla­ce from 8 to 12 July 2024 at Sint-Pietersabdij, Ghent


Rehearsal for ALLES MUSS RAUS Festival in Kaiserslautern (DE)


A col­la­bo­ra­ti­on bet­ween Amber Bosteels, Quinten Yeung, Lauryn Deruyck, Anna Dujardin, Zanne Boon, Gabria Vermeir, Lies Steyaert, Karlien De Cock, Kobe Boon, Betty Decampenaere, Fanny Vandesande & Leen Van Tichelen


Partners GROUND ZERO • Historische Huizen Gent • Stad Gent • Cultuur Gent • Danspunt • Platform‑K • VIERNULVIER


GROUND ZERO, a pro­ject of BASE VZW, is an inves­ti­ga­ti­on that ques­ti­ons the defi­ni­ti­on of the art object and makes con­nec­ti­ons bet­ween body, spa­ce, sound and mate­ri­a­li­ty, making the nor­ma­ti­ve noti­ons of per­for­man­ce and instal­la­tie vague and inverted.

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Took pla­ce from 5 to 7 June 2024 at Danspunt, Ghent


Rehearsal for ALLES MUSS RAUS Festival in Kaiserslautern (DE)


A col­la­bo­ra­ti­on bet­ween Amber Bosteels, Quinten Yeung, Lauryn Deruyck, Anna Dujardin, Zanne Boon, Gabria Vermeir, Lies Steyaert, Karlien De Cock, Kobe Boon, Betty Decampenaere, Fanny Vandesande & Leen Van Tichelen


Partners GROUND ZERO • Danspunt • Platform‑K • VIERNULVIER


GROUND ZERO, a pro­ject of BASE VZW, is an inves­ti­ga­ti­on that ques­ti­ons the defi­ni­ti­on of the art object and makes con­nec­ti­ons bet­ween body, spa­ce, sound and mate­ri­a­li­ty, making the nor­ma­ti­ve noti­ons of per­for­man­ce and instal­la­tie vague and inverted.

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Took pla­ce from 2 to 30 March 2024 at Art Academy, Eeklo


At the invita­ti­on of wor­king group IN VITRO as part of the exhi­bi­ti­on T R O S


A col­la­bo­ra­ti­on bet­ween Anna Dujardin, Zanne Boon, Gabria Vermeir, Lies Steyaert, Karlien De Cock, Fanny Vandesande & Leen Van Tichelen


Video ©Pieter Verbiest 


Partners • Platform‑K • VIERNULVIER


GROUND ZERO, a pro­ject of BASE VZW, is an inves­ti­ga­ti­on that ques­ti­ons the defi­ni­ti­on of the art object and makes con­nec­ti­ons bet­ween body, spa­ce, sound and mate­ri­a­li­ty, making the nor­ma­ti­ve noti­ons of per­for­man­ce and instal­la­tie vague and inverted.

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Took pla­ce from 14 to 16 January 2024 at VIERNULVIER, Ghent


Rehearsal for the per­for­man­ce at the exhi­bi­ti­on T R O S


A col­la­bo­ra­ti­on bet­ween Anna Dujardin, Zanne Boon, Gabria Vermeir, Lies Steyaert, Karlien De Cock, Fanny Vandesande & Leen Van Tichelen


Video ©Pieter Verbiest


Partners GROUND ZERO • Platform‑K • VIERNULVIER


GROUND ZERO, a pro­ject of BASE VZW, is an inves­ti­ga­ti­on that ques­ti­ons the defi­ni­ti­on of the art object and makes con­nec­ti­ons bet­ween body, spa­ce, sound and mate­ri­a­li­ty, making the nor­ma­ti­ve noti­ons of per­for­man­ce and instal­la­tie vague and inverted.


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GROUND ZERO /51.04769/3.72746, 2024

Took pla­ce from 8 to 12 January 2024 at VIERNULVIER, Ghent


A col­la­bo­ra­ti­on bet­ween Fanny Vandesande & Leen Van Tichelen


Partner GROUND ZEROVIERNULVIER Ghent


GROUND ZERO, a pro­ject of BASE VZW, is an inves­ti­ga­ti­on that ques­ti­ons the defi­ni­ti­on of the art object and makes con­nec­ti­ons bet­ween body, spa­ce, sound and mate­ri­a­li­ty, making the nor­ma­ti­ve noti­ons of per­for­man­ce and instal­la­tie vague and inverted.

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A CONATIVE SEQUENCE BASE BLOCK I, 2023

Took pla­ce on 28 October 2023 at Zebrastraat, Ghent


A pro­ject bet­ween Leen Van Tichelen, Bart Janssen and Bart Maris


At the pre­mie­re of the exhi­bi­ti­on A Gorgeous Lie, the per­for­man­ce ACT OFCONATIVE SEQUENCE BASE BLOCK I’ was brought.

Bart Janssen wro­te five poems Narrative — Textures’ in res­pon­se to the book res­ten van res­ten’ by Leen Van Tichelen. He asked Bart Maris to musi­cally trans­po­se the poems. In the pro­cess, Leen simul­ta­neous­ly drew five dra­wings in spa­ce using 28 blocks.

The epo­ny­mous book A Gorgeous Lie’ inclu­ded the poems, the sco­re of the musi­cal pie­ce and a let­ter, link in his Letters to Artists’, by Philippe Van Cauteren. At the pre­mie­re, a sound clip was play­ed fol­lo­wing the per­for­man­ce, with Renee Van Dorpe, daugh­ter of Leen Van Tichelen, rea­ding out Philippe’s letter.

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DIALOOG I, 2022

Took pla­ce on 22 and 23 October 2022 at stu­dio LVT, Ghent


- STOK en BLOK doen 4 STOKKEN en 10 STENEN ont­staan, waar­mee of waar­door een actie plaatsvindt -


A ques­ti­on-and-ans­wer pro­cess bet­ween Maria Blondeel, Ben Benaouisse and Leen Van Tichelen 


DIALOOG is a pro­ject of BASE VZW, whe­re food by invita­ti­on is the begin­ning, part of or com­ple­ti­on of the who­le. Exploring how the pro­cess of cre­a­ti­on in a ques­ti­on-and-ans­wer real­ti­ons­hip can be visi­bly inhe­rent in new work and in its presentation.

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WHEN YOU WANT TO DISAPPEAR, 2021

Took pla­ce on 18, 22, 31 May and 5 June 2021 at Lindenlei, Ghent


In the midd­le of the coro­na pan­de­mic, Isabel Devos and Sara Vanderieck asked a few artists to bring a per­for­man­ce for a mini­mum of 1 per­son and a maxi­mum of 5 peo­p­le of their choi­ce, based on their fas­ci­na­ti­on for ero­ti­cism in the arts. Afterwards, the­re had to be a resi­due that was given as a gift to one of the audien­ce mem­bers. Their pro­ject was named I would like to say, I don’t know the road to paradise…’.

The per­for­man­ce was regis­tered each time by Isabel Devos. 

One of the regi­stra­ti­ons was shown at the exhi­bi­ti­on B‑SIDES AND RARITIES at Fred&Ferry Gallery from 8 to 29 April 2023.