Anthony van Gog's residency at EKWC
From 20 June to 11 September 2024, PLANmaker Anthony van Gog was in residence at the EKWC (European Ceramic Work Centre) in Oisterwijk, where artists can experiment with ceramics as an art form during a three-month stay.
Wednesday 25 September 2024
Anthony started working on it from his research into moving bodies through the use of subwoofers, the speakers specifically designed to reproduce very low tones and which he uses for his performance crowdkill. He was curious about what the use of ceramics, or the application of a ceramic enclosure of a subwoofer, would entail.
The ekwc wrote about Anthony:
"It is strangely quiet in Anthony van Gog's studio. Somehow you would expect the subwoofers he has made to fill the room with sound, vibrations, air displaced by a powerful bass. The enclosures of the subwoofers are far from perfect, most are cracked or distorted, they are more like objects, sculptures, shapes, props. Still, they would work if you plug in. Van Gog is a performance artist who incorporates the rumbling sound of the subwoofer into his work. The ceramic subwoofers may one day appear on stage, but Van Gog is keen to experiment more to see how ceramics fit with his work. He is intrigued by clay, its inherent shapelessness, its close relationship with life and decay, which is evident in the death masks he has also made."
On 28 September 2024 between 14-17h, Anthony and the other residents will present their work at EKWC during Test Case XXXII.
