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I Made These Soap Sculptures As A Part Of An Ongoing Investigation Into Visualising Memories (Part 1)

Crumpling Memories is the working title of a series of paintings/drawings/performances and sculptures.

As a little kid I had a lot of skin problems. Most of them from allergies of all sorts. My mother had to bath me many times a day to take care of the open wounds and to try to make the itching less. As a little toddler then, I still remember the smell of those soaps, and the hands taking care of me.

Now, many years later I wanted to visualize those moments with these sculptures. They only consist of soap, “Sunlight” soap mostly.

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I Made These Soap Sculptures As A Part Of An Ongoing Investigation Into Visualising Memories (Part 1)

‘Touch me’ is an investigation on how people will handle my work.

I Made These Soap Sculptures As A Part Of An Ongoing Investigation Into Visualising Memories (Part 1)

I placed a soap sculpture in a bathroom of an artistic communal space in my neighborhood.

I Made These Soap Sculptures As A Part Of An Ongoing Investigation Into Visualising Memories (Part 1)

Every other day I took a picture of the decaying/used soap hand

I Made These Soap Sculptures As A Part Of An Ongoing Investigation Into Visualising Memories (Part 1)

Many people used it.

I Made These Soap Sculptures As A Part Of An Ongoing Investigation Into Visualising Memories (Part 1)

It was interesting to see how people would handle it.

I Made These Soap Sculptures As A Part Of An Ongoing Investigation Into Visualising Memories (Part 1)

I suspected broken fingers from day 1, but people used it carefully, gentle even.

I Made These Soap Sculptures As A Part Of An Ongoing Investigation Into Visualising Memories (Part 1)

Most told me it felt intimate in a bizarre way to use the soap.

I Made These Soap Sculptures As A Part Of An Ongoing Investigation Into Visualising Memories (Part 1)

Holding another hand while washing their hands felt strange…

I Made These Soap Sculptures As A Part Of An Ongoing Investigation Into Visualising Memories (Part 1)

Every little piece, even the broken fingers where used.

I Made These Soap Sculptures As A Part Of An Ongoing Investigation Into Visualising Memories (Part 1)

At the end there was nothing left.

I Made These Soap Sculptures As A Part Of An Ongoing Investigation Into Visualising Memories (Part 1)

As an artist I am active in the art world for over 15 years, with exhibitions in Belgium and abroad, and film screenings at short film festivals all over the world. 'Talking Walls' is my ongoing development and production of a unique, multi-faceted, art form that integrates digital photography, stop motion animation, and my life long study of classical painting modes, to create thought provoking short films…

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I Made These Soap Sculptures As A Part Of An Ongoing Investigation Into Visualising Memories (Part 1)

‘Touch me’ is an investigation on how people will handle my work.

I placed a soap sculpture in a bathroom of an artistic communal space in my neighborhood.

Every other day I took a picture of the decaying/used soap hand

Many people used it.

It was interesting to see how people would handle it.

I suspected broken fingers from day 1, but people used it carefully, gentle even.

Most told me it felt intimate in a bizarre way to use the soap.

Holding another hand while washing their hands felt strange…

Every little piece, even the broken fingers where used.

At the end there was nothing left.

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