De put

De put

1987

video installation, b/w, sound,  30 min. (concept)

The installation was realized in collaboration with the art gallery De Burcht in Leiden (The Netherlands). The gallery was located at the bottom of a hill on which the medieval fortress of Leiden was built. A well was standing in the middle of the fortress. For the installation a microphone, a loudspeaker and a camera were installed at the bottom of the well, the camera focused to the sky. In the gallery a table was installed with a monitor, a chair and a microphone. It allowed the visitors of the gallery to watch and talk to the people looking down in the well.

concept and realization: Frank Theys

Production: Galery De Burcht