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Hollenbeq is not an artist. He is a concept. A reflection. A mind game. As an architect of liminalism he creates art on the threshold between possibility and reality. In a world that is lost between original and copy, Hollenbeq poses questions that go deeper: What remains of identity when it is fragmented? What remains of authenticity when everything seems to be copyable?
Hollenbeq invites us to cross the threshold - a space in which we not only have to see the world anew, but also ourselves in the digital age.
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WORK SERIES
What remains of art when it no longer sets boundaries, but dissolves into pure visibility? Hollenbeq's series of works #Auflösungspunkte follows four central questions:
I. THE DIGITAL ME
The simulation of identity in the age of reproduction
II. CONTROL AND ORDER
Algorithms as invisible architects of reality
III Dissolution of the boundaries of perception
What remains when meaning dissolves?
IV. THE FINAL NOTHING
Art without an object - and the view into nothingness
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What remains of art when it no longer sets boundaries, but dissolves into pure visibility? Hollenbeq's series of works #Auflösungspunkte follows four central questions:
I. THE DIGITAL ME
The simulation of identity in the age of reproduction
II. CONTROL AND ORDER
Algorithms as invisible architects of reality
III Dissolution of the boundaries of perception
What remains when meaning dissolves?
IV. THE FINAL NOTHING
Art without an object - and the view into nothingness
Read more here
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ABOUT HOLLENBEQ
When art thinks itself
The radical cosmos of Silas Hollenbeq
There are artists whose lives are just as fascinating as their works. And then there is Silas Hollenbeq - a figure with no biography, no place of birth, no tangible existence. His works seem to come from the digital ether, free of origin and context. But this emptiness is no coincidence. It forms the core of a concept that radically redefines the role of the artist, the idea of originality and the relationship between man, machine and art. | more
CONCEPTUAL INCUBATION
Hollenbeq's incubations
What does art need to exist?
For Hollenbeq, art is not a state. Not a finished product. Not an object that simply exists. Art only comes to life when we confront it - when we see it, question it and activate it. With his model of Conceptual incubation art becomes a process at Hollenbeq. From the first thought to the physical canvas, each work goes through four phases, each of which requires a conscious decision. A choice that makes art not only visible, but also tangible. Art that never ends, but always begins anew.
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ESSAY
Hollenbeq's theme worlds
Hollenbeq's works are reflections on the conditions of our time, which operate at the interface between philosophy, sociology and art.
ESSAY
Originality without originality-A paradigm shift
In the age of digital reproducibility and algorithmically curated content, Hollenbeq places the question of the meaning of originality at the center of his work. What remains unique when everything can be reproduced at will? | more
ESSAY
HOLLENBEQ'S CONVENTIONS-MIRROR IMAGES OF OUR THOUGHT PATTERNS
With the work series Conventions, Hollenbeq takes a look at the mechanisms and limits of human perception. | more
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