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David Claerbout
Olympia (The real-time disintegration into ruins of the Berlin Olympic stadium over the course of a thousand years), starting in 2016

Two channel video installation (color, silent, HD animation)
Duration 1000 year
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David Claerbout
Wildfire (Sulci and Giri), 2022

Pencil, watercolor and China ink on Fine Art inkjet print on Hahnemühle etching paper
61 x 67 cm (unframed)
77,2 x 83,5 x 4 cm (framed)
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David Claerbout
The Close, 2022
The Close, 2022
Single channel video projection, black & white, 6 channel surround sound
Duration: 15:00 min
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David Claerbout
The Close set image (3 1 2 4), 2021-2022

Pencil, watercolor and China ink on Fine Art inkjet print on Hahnemühle etching paper
61 x 82,7 cm (unframed)
80,5 x 99,5 x 4 cm (framed)
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David Claerbout
Wildfire (Fire (Hell) made by water colors), 2020

Acrylic paint on paper mounted on cardboard

80 x 87 cm (unframed)
96,5 x 89 x 3,5 cm (framed)
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David Claerbout
The Pure Necessity (Power Sculpture), 2017

Washed ink, pencil, acrylic paint on paper
50 x 70 cm (unframed)
69 x 89 x 3,5 cm (framed)
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David Claerbout
Die reine Notwendigkeit/The Pure Necessity, 2016

Color animation
Duration 50:00 min
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David Claerbout
Aircraft (F.A.L.), 2015-2021
Single channel video projection, black & white, stereo audio
Dimensions variable
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David Claerbout
the confetti piece, 2015-2018

Double channel video projection, 3D animation (color, silent)
Duration: 18:25 min
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David Claerbout
KING (after Alfred Wertheimer’s 1956 picture of a young man named Elvis Presley) , 2015-2016

Single channel video projection, black & white, silent, HD animation
Duration: 10 min
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David Claerbout
Radio Piece (Hong Kong) in collaboration with RAY Fotografieprojekte Frankfurt/RheinMain, 2015

Single channel video projection, color, binaural sound over headphones
Duration 11:40 min
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David Claerbout
Oil workers (from the Shell company of Nigeria) returning home from work, caught in torrential rain, 2013

Single channel video projection, HD animation, colour, silent
Duration: infinite
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David Claerbout
Highway Wreck, 2013

Single channel video, HD animation, black & white, silent
35 minutes loop
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David Claerbout
White House, 2006

Single channel video projection, colour, stereo over headphones and speakers
Duration: 10 hours approx.
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David Claerbout
Travel, 1996-2013

Single channel video, HD animation, color, stereo sound
Duration: 12 minutes
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David Claerbout
Cat and Bird in Peace, 1996

Video on monitor, silent
Duration 6:33 min (loop)
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