Van Wolputte progress

Video documentation on the work of Philippe Van Wolputte.

Philippe Van Wolputte (1982) is a Belgian artist living and working in Amsterdam.

Philippe van Wolputte gives new meaning to vacant buildings. Using narrow corridors and holes, he creates new passageways and he infiltrates into almost impenetrable non-spaces. Through extensive preliminary research, Van Wolputte investigates the accessibility of buildings and the possibilities they offer for interventions. His preliminary investigations take place in so-called communication spaces. Here the artist applies a broad range of resources such as files, photographs, a radio and a television to increase the intensity of his quest. Van Wolputte's working method puts the emphasis on reconstructions of unused spaces, raising the question what defines public space.

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