VOID
VOID, the idea of a visible sound emptiness
Created and based in Brussels since 2013, VOID is a collective of artists working with sound.
It is composed with Arnaud Eeckhout (Belgium, 1987) and Mauro Vitturini (Italy, 1985). The VOID's polymorphic practice is focused on questions about sound in different contexts. As the sound wave, their medium of prediclection, VOID's installations are time-based and adjusted to spatial conditions. Everything is a matter of the space resonance.
Fascinated by the immateriality of sound, the artists attempt to represent this absence through sculptural installations.
The first point to be addressed is the decision that two artists named their practice: VOID. What is the signification of this word and, most importantly, what is the link between their work and the name they chose. The word VOID stands for « emptiness », but the idea is going further in this case. For them, it is a matter of absence, or oblivion. In an interview with the curator and artist Stéphane Roy, they spoke about the link between the name and their work. For them, immateriality is the central point of their artistic experimentation. Indeed, the sound is not tangible and in addition, it is not always present. That is why the two artists worked on the silence and that their productions are often ephemeral as is the sound. In their work there is a kind of volatility similar with the sound which moves quickly and has a beginning and a end.
« We have, really franckly, a will of reality/ real and our work try to delimitate some contours, to reveal some elements of our perceptif field to release new points of view, to shake up the view we have on a thing or on an event? In this purpose, our research focus is the void, the interstice, the periphery around the event. Because we can see an uncontrolled space, inside which the reality express itself in a wilder way, this is more spontaneous. The sound, the immaterial medium, is for us a vector of choice in this prospection. Speaking about the emptiness, we like to paraphrase John Cage who defined the silence as an intentional sonore space, free from all of the constraints. »
2022
“SARA(TM)” by Gaëll Charbeau, Botanique, Brussels
Les Paroles Gelées, Galerie Papillon, Paris (FR)
Art Public, Wolubilis, Brussels (BE)
L'équipe de nuit, LMNO, Brussels (BE)
2018
Not Every Flag Has the Same Shadow, LMNO, Brussels
The Audible Past, Art on Paper/BOZAR, Booth of LMNO, Brussels
2017
Orgue basaltique, Vitrine Art Contest, Galerie Rivoli, Brussels, Belgium
Darsena residency #3, Galleria Massimodeluca, Mestre, Italy
2016
Monographie Arts 10+6, La Médiatine, Brussels, Belgium
Lorem Ipsum, Maison des Arts de Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium
2015
Sound never dies, MAAC, Brussels, Belgium
Silences, Arsonic, Mons, Belgium
OFF Course Art Fair, Tour et Taxis, Brussels, Belgium
Mulhouse 015 Biennale, Mulhouse, France
Group Exhibition (selection)
2022
Limited Edition Art Fair (LEAF) booth, LMNO, Boghossian Foundation, The Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium
VOID+DENICOLAI & PROVOOST, Art Brussels, Brussels (BE)
Loving Art, Making Art, Tel Aviv (IL)
Surprise!, BPS22, Charleroi (BE)
Breathing tone (grey), ARTER, Istanbul (TR)
Interferences, CWB, Paris (FR)
Ecole de Mons, BAM Museum, Mons (BE)
Revolution, Marina Bastianello Gallery, Mestre (IT)
2019
30 ans pile!, Galerie Papillon, Paris (FR)
Régénération, LMNO gallery, Bruxelles (BE)
City Sonic, L Museum, Louvain-la-Neuve (BE)
Group show, LMNO, Bruxelles (BE)
PM15, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris (FR)
2018
Roma Europa Festival, Mattatoio, Rome, Italie
Biennale d'Enghien, Tout est Paysage, Belgium
ARCO/Madrid, Section "Opening", LMNO Booth with Pep Vidal, Madrid, Spain
Wishes, Galerie LMNO, Brussels, Belgium
2017
NEoN Festival, Dundee, UK
Darsena residency #3, Galleria Massimodeluca, Mestre, Belgium
Art public, Charleroi, Belgium
Nouveaux Westerns, BAM, Mons, Belgium
BANG!, Church of Beguinage, Brussels, Belgium
SYNC!, Iselp, Brussels, Belgium
Au pied de la letter, BAM, Mons, Belgium
Ville des mots, Brussels, Belgium
Radieuse, capitolo 98, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Brussels, Belgium
Audio Mimesis, Le Bon Accueil, Rennes, France
2016
Not All That Falls Has Wings, ARTER - space for art, Istanbul (TR)
Hors de portées, Galerie Detour, Namur (BE)
Interstices, Artotèque, Caen (FR)
Il linguaggio come scoperta, MLAC, Roma (IT)
2015
Chaotic passion, Museo d'arte contemporanea Villa Croce, Genova, Italy
Something Else Off Biennale Cairo, Cairo, Egypte
Art Contest, De Markten, Brussels, Belgium
Kikk Festival, Namur, Belgium
MAAC PANORAMA, MAAC, Brussels, Belgium
Semaine du son, MIM, Brussels, Belgium
Citysonic, Mons, Belgium
FAP, Fondazione Aurelio Petroni, Salerno, Italy
Dancity Festival, Palazzo Candiotti, Foligno, Italy
ARTour, La louviére, Belgium
Prix Médiatine, La Médiatine, Brussels, Belgium
2014
Annizero, FAL, Bari (IT)
Ars Musica, La Raffinerie, Bruxelles (BE)
Smartup Optima, Optima Italia, Napoli (IT)
Talent Prize, Casa dell'Architettura, Roma (IT)
PROXÉMICA, MACG, Ciudad de México (MEX)
Un rumore bianco, ASSAB'ONE, Milano (IT)
Prix du Hainaut, Maison des géants, Ath (BE)
Performances, Le Vecteur, Charleroi (BE)
Motivi di famiglia, Villa Toppo Florio, Udine (IT)
2013
Life, death and Beauty, BAM, Mons (BE)
Essere io non ha misura, Macro Testaccio, Roma (IT)
M4m Forum, Ponec Theatre, Praha (CZ)
Collections
VKF contemporary Art Collection
Province du Hainaut
Private collections in Belgium, France, England, Scotland, Illinois, Denmark and Italy
Public and permanent Artworks
2019 Tapage nocturne, Université S.Louis, Bruxelles (BE)
2019 Synonym's synonyms, Université S.Louis, Bruxelles (BE)
2017 Synonym's synonyms, Art public, Charleroi (BE)
2017 Synonym's synonyms, Ville des mots, Bruxelles (BE)
2015 Bancs, ARTour, La louviére (BE)
2013 523 names of soldiers dead in action pronounced at the same time, Monument aux Morts, Mons (BE)
Residencies and awards
2018-2019 Salomon Foudnation Residency Award, ISCP, New york (USA)
2017 Darsena Residency #3, Mestre (IT)
2015 Résidence d'artiste MAAC, Bruxelles (BE)
2015 Art Contest, finalist, Bruxelles (BE)
2015 Résidence d'artiste Fondazione Aurelio Petroni, Salerno (IT)
2015 Prix Médiatine, Bruxelles (BE)
2014 Smartup Optima, finalist, Napoli (IT)
2014 Talent Prize, finalist, Roma (IT)
Bibliography
2022
Bechet Gilles, "SARA, noires fumées de la mémoire", Mu in the city, 2022, Brussels, Belgium
Laadissi Mereym, Reylandt Lazlo et Rondeau Séverine, "Enregistrer ses souvenirs sur du papier pour en faire une exposition", Bx1, 2022, Brussels, Belgium
Deuxant Benoit, "SARA, le charme futuriste de l'enregistrement muet", PointCulture, 2022, Brussels, Belgium
Perini Gaëtan, "Au Botanique : "Le son est aussi générateur d'environnement"", Le Soir, 2022, Brussels, Belgium
2021
“Le son à l'œuvre”, L'art même, 3éme Quadrimestre 2021
2020
ROVEN n°15/2020, Numéro spécial dessin et son, magazin issue, Paris (FR)
2019
Expo Chicago - La belle Américaine gagne en hauteur, press article, Baux-Arts Magazine, Paris (FR)
2018
Crossing the VOID, monografia, Bruxelles (BE)
2017
Nouveaux Western, Christoph Veys, exhibition catalogue, BAM, Mons (BE)
2016
Monographies d'artistes Arts 10+6 VOID, Selen Ansen, Stéphane Roy, exhibition catalogue, La Médiatine, Bruxelles (BE)
Not All That Falls Has Wings, Selen Ansen, exhibition catalogue, ARTER - space for art, 2016, Istanbul (TR)
Lorem Ipsum, exhibition catalogue, Maison des arts de Schaerbeek, 2016 Bruxelles (BE)
2015
Sound never dies, exhibition catalogue, MAAC, 2015, Bruxelles (BE)
MAAC Panorama, Nancy Suaréz, exhibition catalogue, 2015, MAAC, Bruxelles (BE)
Chaotic Passion, Anna Lovecchio, Hilda Ricaldone, Carlotta Pezzolo, exhibition catalogue, Museo Villa Croce, Genoa (IT)
2014
INSIDEART: Talent Prize 2014, Fabrizia Carabelli, special edition Talent Prize, 2014, Rome (IT)