Licking Curator¿½¿½s Ass (2005) by Ondrej Brody and Kristofer Paetau

LICKING CURATOR’S ASS (2005)

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Within the experimental exhibition format Extra Features Series (1), curated by Jan Van Woensel who invited us to do a provocative surprise intervention -without knowing what we would do – in this exhibition / decor / documentary project at the Higher Institute for Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium.

From: jan vanwoensel
To: ondrej_brody@yahoo.com, kristoferpaetau@gmail.com
Date: Nov 27, 2005 12:41 AM
Subject: Super

Dear Ondrej and Kristofer,

What can I say, our meeting at the Extra Features Series (1) – project was remarkable and unexpected. (…) Which is, as I try to say, a good thing. In fact, I was writing about this topic for a lecture I have to give in Amsterdam, stating that the Extra Features-project is a method to evoke the direct confrontation with the ideas and works of the artists again. Going back to the studio environment, working on the spot, spontaneously and directly, confronting each other and trying to give shape to the works and development of the artists themselves, being a witness of the production process and giving the space and time to the artist to share his/her thoughts… (…)