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N° 715

Ik, VL.

I.B., illegal immigrant, was paid to sit on a chair during an open house, holding up a leaflet from the Belgian party Vlaams Belang (”Flemisch Interest”). The leaflet displays “Ik (hartje) VL” (I (heart) Flanders).
Vlaams Belang is an anti-immigration far right-wing political party, that advocates Flemisch independence and strict limits on immigration, whereby immigrants would be obliged to adopt Flemish culture and language. Vlaams Belang rejects multiculturalism.



N° 0713

I nevermore think of you.

1837 handwritten pages reading “I nevermore think of you”. (There were 1837 days between the marriage and the divorce).



N° 0712

Billboard

Billboard reading: “Every day 24,000 people die from hunger. Fuck ‘m all”.



N° 703

Crossing


The Crossing #1, located at house number 7.


The Crossing #2, located at house number 5.



N° 0711

Jotina

IKEA instructions manual for the assemby of a guillotine. Twenty manuals were attached to products in the Ternat IKEA-store. All manuals are numbered and signed.



N° 0710

Burglary

Breaking into three houses in the area of Brussels, leaving the date of the burglary on the wall or ceiling of the bedroom. Nothing was damaged or stolen during the burglary.



N° 0709

A tribute to Francis Bacon.

Notes put under the windscreen wipers of one hundred parked cars. The notes are intentionally left blank.



N° 0708

Information anxiety

Definition of information anxiety, printed on posters.



N° 0714

Gold for the palace.

Local residents of Rabot, one of the most deprived districts of Belgium were invited to offer a gold fish to their new neighbour: the new and fancy Court Palace of Ghent. A present to the modern, somewhat alien, new building and its inhabitants. Two hundred residents placed a fish in the pool. The staff of the Court was asked to take good care of the fish and of the neighbourhood.



N° 0707

Jesus loves.

T-shirts reading “Jesus loves An”, “Jesus loves Eefje” and “Jesus loves Marc”.



N° 0706

Bruges la morte.

6.000 liters (1585 gallons) of organic dye in the Canals of Bruges, turning them blood red. [Read more →]



N° 0705

10 cm.

Modification of a traffic sign. The sign on the other side of the bridge did not change.



N° 0704

Pornography with the pornography removed.

All (hardcore) pornographic actions were removed from these freely available pictures, using Photoshop.



N° 0702

Je suis l’immaculeé conception.

Black statue of Mary with Pinnochio nose. [Read more →]



N° 0701

I am vorsthammer.

Fifty-two leaflets were sent to a variety of cultural institutions (musea, art centers, art galleries and art blogs). All are numbered and signed and read “I AM VORSTHAMMER”. To be repeated annually.