High Expectations II

Anne-Jan Reijn, 2014

Concept and realisation: Anne-Jan Reijn / A co-production with Werktank / In collaboration with KU Leuven, Group T / With the support of the Flemish authorities

Previously
2016 - Nuit Blanche, Brussels (Belgium)
2016 - W139, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

Dutch artist Anne-Jan Reijn was in 2014 in residency at Werktank, where he worked on his project High Expectations II. Together with the students of the Department of Electronics-ICT of Group T, he developed an installation that creates beauty from the threat of destruction.

A wick lights up, as an eternal prelude to an explosion. It does not make use of explosive material and the flame doesn’t even move a centimeter. The greatest possible dynamic, from detonator to explosion, becomes a static situation, yet with its own explosiveness, therefore obliging the visitor to constantly (re) position himself.