Club Efemeer

Club Efemeer originated in 2017 as a collaboration between visual artists Maarten Vanermen and Arnaud De Wolf during their residency at Cas-co in Leuven (Belgium). Since then, they have been creating scenographies for and inspired by the night and have subsequently developed installation pieces. Club Efemeer’s work is at the crossroads of high tech and low tech, of analog and digital; it connects visual art with scenography, intertwines our senses with science.

Currently, Club Efemeer is conducting research on ephemeral light sculptures. They are investigating ways to manipulate artificial light and smoke in order to create sculptural shapes and volumes without a tangible body. These sculptures touch upon the physical qualities of light and smoke, but also reflect upon human perception, spatial composition, spectatorship and the work’s own performativity.

In addition to their individual and collective practice, Maarten is curator of visual arts at Pilar House for Art & Science, of the Free University of Brussels and Arnaud conducts research into the scenographic and dramaturgical aspects of club culture.