“A Veil is Not a Curtain” are a series of pieces where a seemingly weightless, large plastic cloth is displayed in distinct places & landscapes. The intervention usually lasts no longer than a day. The veil itself is made of hundreds of monochrome or coloured plastic bags, all stitched together. The material is light, airy and fragile. As a consequence, hanging it in open air often means putting it into very precarious and even detrimental conditions: the wind, the sun and the rain can have their go with the veil. In every instance the action is extensively photographed, filmed and recorded. For every hang out there is also a time of recovery and rest in which the damage to the veil is repaired and new actions are planned. The project will come to an end the moment the veil is exhausted and becomes no more than a relic of itself.

A Veil is Not a Curtain I Veil 1 Overvloed Ranst, Belgium May 2015   A Veil is Not a Curtain II Veil 1 Desert of Terruel, Spain July 2015   A Veil is Not a Curtain III Veil 1 Blandijn Building – Courtyard Sint Hubertustraat, Ghent November 2015   A Veil is Not a Curtain IV Veil 1 Blandijn Building – Reading Room Rozier 9, Ghent December 2015   A Veil is Not a Curtain V Veil 1 An exhibition at Artenova marking the end of lifecycle of Veil 1 Hendrik Consciencestraat 56, Mechelen July 2017   A Veil is Not a Curtain VI Veil 2 Scenography for “Deze Grote Tomatenoorlog”, De Nijverheid en theater Zuidpool – Theater Zuidpool, Antwerp, 2017 – CC De Warande, Turnhout, 2018

Veil 1 Length ca. 15m Height ca. 8.5m Surface ca. 130m² Weight ca. 2,5 kg       Veil 2 2 pieces to be placed on wooden stands Length ca. 15m Height ca. 2,5m Surface 2 x ca. 40m² Weight ca. 1,5 kg

> A Veil is Not a Curtain I, Art Route, Overvloed, Ranst, Belgium, May 2015

> A Veil is not a Curtain II, Terruel, Spain, July 2015

> A Veil is not a Curtain III, Ghent, Belgium, November 2015

> A Veil is not a Curtain IV, Genth, Belgium, December 2015

> A Veil is not a Curtain V, ARTENOVA, D-art Kunstroute, Mechelen, Belgium, June – July 2017

> A Veil is not a Curtain VI, scenograpy “Deze Grote Tomatenoorlog, Antwerp, Belgium, Nov 2017