Performance art - 20 February 2006 - On 20 II 2006 I started digging a hole. The hole is somewhere in a basement at an undisclosed location. The title refers to Gordon Matta-Clark whose last and major work ‘Office Baroque’ in Antwerpen I illegally visited at the start of my career as an artist. The performance/installation evolved into a ‘mash-up’ with ingredients from the works of various avantgarde artists from the 70’s. For instance a slant row of fluorescent lights inspired by Dan Flavin takes care of lightning and an endless ladder as imagined by Vito Acconci makes it possible to get in and out of the hole. Above the hole hung a webcam that allowed to follow the work process via a website. The work was also made visible through a number of side actions and performances where I used some of the dirt I had been digging up.

An AI image for my 'Diggin' for Gordon' performance. The description above was the prompt for the generated image.