Short Stories
a visual journey, which starts when you lie down and look up

Material: cardboard boxes, backlit photos, bed-platform, cushions
Size: 250 x 250 x 400cm

Cardboard boxes hang from the ceiling, inside are backlit photos. A bed or platform is placed below. In order to see ‘the whole picture,’ you have to lie down and look up. This position offers a completely new perspective of the images hanging down. Like doors or windows, they trigger a reflection, a memory, an anecdote, or other scenes. Short stories set off, inviting us to wander in our thoughts, maybe share them with the person beside us, stranger as friend.

When lying down, you open yourself to a new world of fascination. At the same time, you’re suddenly vulnerable, unprotected, maybe feeling a bit insecure. For us, the visitors share the art as they become part of the work. It might stop a few from lying down, while others will throw themselves onto the bed and enjoy what there is to discover in the hanging boxes. When you’re enjoying the work, you are part of the art, whether watching someone looking up or lying down and looking up yourself.

The idea is to become aware, to be more awake to situations, not just to what you see, and to be part of something where your body is involved and maybe to feel more than just what you see. A bed to enjoy and play inside, a platform to share, a simple situation, yet complex, like many moments in our day-to-day lives.