Musée de l’inconnu
Ief Spincemaille, 2015 - 2016
Direction: Ief Spincemaille, Kurt d’Haeseleer | Editing: Kurt d’Haeseleer | Cinematography: Iwona Pom & Ann Minnen | With the support of: City of Leuven, 30 CC, Werktank and DOCVILLE
The publication Musée de l’inconnu was published by MER. Paper Kunsthalle and can be ordered online.
Previously
2018 - Galerij Pinsart, Brugge (Belgium)
2016 - DOCVILLE, Leuven (Belgium)
In September 2015 Ief Spincemaille built a “Musée de l’inconnu” with 4 tons of earth on the lawn of the residential complex Sint-Maartensdal in Leuven. The museum’s collection consisted of models and replicas of previous works, in which he researches everyday phenomena such as the horizon, light, air and vast distances. During two weeks Spincemaille hosted many visitors and spent hours wandering from door to door, trying to find out what people think and feel when looking up to the sky.
During this two-week visual performance Spincemaille wrote down his daily reflections in a logbook, which he sent by mail to a limited number of people. Together with visual artist Kurt d’Haeseleer, Spincemaille produced a documentary on his two-week long intervention.
“Musée de l’inconnu” is a report on the poetry, the absurdity and the difficulties that arise when an artist experiments with the artistic premises of making art and the confrontation with a social housing complex in which he has the intention to create a new artwork.
