Sybren Vanoverberghe / 1099 design

Sybren Vanoverberghe / 1099 design1099 is the second part of 2099, a series of photographic works by Sybren Vanoverberghe. The work originates from his interest in how time changes the landscape and the objects that can be found within. Vanoverberghe is questioning how we look at artifacts, icons and our (nearby) historical surroundings. In 1099 the focus of the work is mainly put on the materiality that can be found at several historical locations. The book shows diverse elements

a technological assembly (a building) is undermined to a degree that the total final effect is coproduced by the original composition and its material disassembly

FreelingWaters cabinets is an ongoing project of hand painted antique pine furniture

that ‘something’ cannot be equated to what we often call the ‘unreal’ beauty of supremely attractive people

The project started with several workshops

Questions are raised about the value of an object and how value changes as time passes by

of embracing critical narratives as a route to achieving a deeper understanding of our cultural conditioning

disturbing

these images-words have been shot in the public space and mostly

She also presents a phenomenological methodology that opens up a new

memory and the passage of time

The whole project turned us upside down

all drawn by hand