36
From September 2020 to June 2021, Karel put his body at the service of 2D and 3D visual artists. All of them he asked them the same question: "Would you create a portrait that you feel is a sincerely embodied portrait of me, seen through your eyes?" Subsequently, Karel now makes 36 encounters between him and portrait artists shareable in an installation: 36.
36 is part of a two-year research project into portraiture as a way of understanding how visual artists view bodies; The transparent body.
A radio play accompanied by a 2-channel video installation. Dutch and English spoken, English subtitles. 24:29 minutes, in a loop.
36 opened on 7 September 2021 at C-Mine, Genk, during the C-TAKT festival. Then on show from 26 - 28 May at De Brakke Grond ihkv the Digitale Driedaagse around hybrid art criticism.