Stukjes Stukjes en dingen, Dingen Dingen en stukjes / Territoire confetti, 1993-XXXX
Art collection1993
- Type
- Certificat - Protocole
- Materials
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Paper
- Dimensions
- Variable dimensions
- Acquisition
- Acquisition , 02/06/2022
- Inventory number
- K2022-011
"Tuerlinckx often works with scraps. She creates exhibitions from everything that is left over from the preparations. She rolls up the paper, plastic and string that were used to transport her artworks into balls and little spheres which are then exhibited on the floor. She empties the perforators of museum directors and arranges the circular remains of their correspondence into a minuscule, abstract composition." Hans Theys, 2001.
In the early 1990s, one of Joëlle Tuerlinckx' works was damaged while on display in the Palais des Beaux-Arts. As if by accident, it became transient. When the following year she was invited to an exhibition at Witte de With in Rotterdam, she discussed this transience with its then director Chris Dercon. This exchange and the Rotterdam carnival inspired her to create Territoire confetti (1993-...).
Territoire confetti is a protocol for a spatial sculpture in which serendipity and determinism come together. Printed matter from the exhibition space, like the visitor guides, catalogues and flyers, is turned into confetti and scattered across the floor in different shapes and at various distances. This configuration usually starts from an object and tends to take on a geometric form. The shape(s) can be "restored" at the end of each day, or you can allow disorder to creep in. You can choose to exhibit the perforated paper in the same space as the confetti or decide to show it elsewhere in the building. Alternatively, the confetti can be displayed without the perforated museum prints and vice versa. In this way, Territoire confetti is shaped entirely by the exhibition context, making it both fragile and fleeting.
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© Courtesy the artist