Be boy Be girl - Multi sensory installation
Exhibitions (selection)
2019
TAC, Eindhoven
FIle festival, Rio de Janeiro (BR)
2018
FIle festival, Belo Horizonte (BR)
Impakt festival
2017
LA Art FAIR, LA (USA)
FIPA, FIlmfestival Biarritz
KONKAV, Tilburg (NL)
Betweter festival, Utrecht (NL)
FIle festival, Brasilia (BR)
2016
Art Rotterdam, Prospects & Concepts (NL)
Ping Pong - Art Basel, (CH)
FILE festival, Sao Paolo (BR)
Museum Schunck, (NL)
FOST, New York, (US)
Nouveau Cinema, Montreal (CA)
Thanks to
Programming/ postproduction: Roelof Tijdens
Sound: Erik Schuring
Flyer:
Photography: Christiaan van der Kooy
Graphic Design: Jam Ontwerp
Model and Hostess: Ama Anim
PARTLY FUNDED BY:
Be boy be Girl -
Artist Collaboration - Marleine van der Werf - Frederik Duerinck
The multi-sensorische installation Be boy be girl engages sight, hearing, touch and smell. Here, our bodies become more than just our eyes and ears; they become the vehicles with which we challenge reality. Be boy be girl is an immersive installation. With an extended body, the moment of disbelief that results from the experience is delayed for as long as possible. The installation was created by filmmakers Marleine van der Werf and Frederik Duerinck with a keen feel for current events, Be boy Be girl creates an experience at the crossroads of spectacle and introspection, innovation and depth. It also gives a glimpse of what the future holds in terms of sensual, technical and cinematic design. Where Artist Julio le Parc created optical mirror effects using simple glasses made of plexiglass, this 3D-scent headset combines art, science, technology and sensory experiences.
Source: Curator Lene Terhaar, Museum Schunck
The installation was inspired by research on body agency and body ownership by neuroscientists Manos Tsakiris and Henrik Ehrson
Rather than seeking definitive answers, the Dis_embodied Project stages experiential inquiries. Through artistic research-driven experiments, we create spaces where participants confront the instability of embodiment and reconsider the foundations of identity. If believing one does not exist can alter who one is, then the body is not merely a vessel but an active co-creator of selfhood. By investigating the limits and thresholds of embodiment, we aim to expand existing knowledge and invite new forms of dialogue between art, science, and lived experience—before the question of living without a body becomes no longer speculative, but real.