SOH16 tour des Sens


de WATERTOREN – AK – Oost-Souburg/Vlissingen

– The last exhibition –
Alex Vermeulen ‘SOH16 Tour des Sens’

Installations, video and sculpture
17-04 / 12-06-2005
Now extended up to
July 17, 2005

Opening on Sunday April 17th. 2005 at 15 pm
Open from Wednesday till Sunday
from 12 am to 5 pm.


In 1988, Alex Vermeulen, was the first exhibitor of deWATERTOREN AK. Now,
June 2005, this exhibition space will close her doors and Vermeulen will be
the last exhibitor of the rich exhibition program. For this special event,
he developped the multimedium installation ‘SOH16 Tour des Sens’. The title
refers to the location, to the journey that Alex Vermeulen offers to the
visitor and also to the rotation, the hallucination that this journey may
produce as well physically as mentally.
Alex Vermeulen represents the essence of our time, wonders about the
mechanisms that define her, the direction she is going to and how she places
us on the horns of dilemma.

SOH16 is an experience, a vertiginous journey of senses from floor to floor,
from city-noise to inner extasy. Hard, sensible, humorous and sensual.
Vermeulen allows the visitor to be participant and witness of the leaden and
featherlight metropolitan dynamics. He places them in a larger context. As
opposition to videos and pictures, Alex Vermeulen presents the sculptures of
stylized figures. A web of meanings can be unfolded between the spectator
and the moving digital images, the stills and the sculptures of polyester,
steel, messing and lead.



Quotation of Alex Vermeulen:
“Ïn society today it’s unmistakable clear that physical and mental borders
are increasingly fading. Values rapidly adapt to explosive technological
advancement, economic development and a competitive climate. As a result of
swift physical and digital connections, the world is fast becoming an
accessible (smaller) global village. This technological revolution not only
has an impact on global economy; the influence on culture is equally
profound.
I’m searching for a balance between the oppositions I observe, and make the
tensions produced by them, visible. From the SOH-aspect I wonder: where is
the consistency of social evolution? What happens to societal structures,
social codes and intercourse? What happens to the human being? I will not
impose a choise, on the contrary. I’m very aware of which so ever limitation
of interpretation. I see art as a pass-on-shutter that may broaden the
insights”.


SOH16 tour des Sens
organisation: Buro Beeldende Kunst Vlissingen
Oranjestraat 4, Postbus 5015, 4380 KA Vlissingen,
phone: +31 (0)118 415 505
fax: +31 (0)118 415 504
coordinator: Leon Riekwell
gsm: +31 (0)6 535 552 19
Information: syndicaat.org & burobk.nl

SOH21 the pendant, for everyone but only youSOH22 We all do itSOH23 You know why I am so happy?!
SOH 2 The hyper video & sound experience, part 1SOH 11 the Mental Urban Labyrinth {part2]SOH12 the Global Square IndexSOH13 The Power of Collective Intelligence and AwarenessSOH14 The Sound of SilenceSOH15 The Bangalore Shanghai Tokyo ConnectionSOH16 Tour des SensSOH17 the Mood RoomsSOH18 One of All
SOH 1 the Exhibition, the Architectonic FilmSOH3 The Mental Urban LabyrinthSOH 6 the Urban Hyper Video & Sound Experience, part 4SOH 7 Carruti New YorkSOH 8 One Ride PonySOH 9 the Urban Visual Sound ScapeSOH 10 the OperaSOH19 States of NatureSOH20 Eggy's voice

SOH16 tour des Sens
© 1999-2007   Alex Vermeulen, Syndicaat

Webdesign by WAMdesign