The notion of erasure, of tabula rasa, of the deserted space after destruction, is an underlying thread in the work of Vatamanu and Tudor. At La Loge, Omnia Communia Deserta opens with a video of a hurricane titled Storm (2020), a prelude to the exhibition which deals with the idea of failure – of modernist ideals and the inability of learning from one's past – and the destructive forces of history that we cannot get a grip on: a stormy detachment from soil and roots, the destruction of resources and common grounds.
Wim Waelput
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