28-30 march 2024
Opening hours: 7:30pm - 10:30pm during the show
Contact & reservation: janknops@atelierarthurrogiers.be
Address: Keizer Karelstraat 103 - 1000 Brussels
Metro: 1 en 5 (Schuman)
Bus: 28 - 61 (Ardense Jagers) 64 (Luther)
60 - 63 (Ambiorix)
I see no God up here is a new installation of 4 videos, weaving a narrative around the Old Testament monster Ziz and the importance of ‘the skies’ in recent global histories.
Ziz, with Leviathan and Behemoth, is part of a trinity of monsters, the latter two synonymous with power and empire, as well as megalomania and the grotesque. Countries that expanded via land routes were written about as ‘Behemoth’, the king of the mammals, while sea trading countries as ‘Leviathan’, the king of the fish.
Since the era of the USSR - USA Space Race, the third monster, Ziz, king of the birds, has come out of its obscurity. Controlling technology and media from the skies above, Ziz orbits the world as a battery of satellites transmitting waves of information and control.
‘I see no God up here’ is the first chapter in an ongoing series about the mythical creature, offering yet another world-historical meditation.
Mark Grootes (°1991), born in Zaandam, the Netherlands, graduated from AHK Amsterdam school of arts and education in 2013 and KASK school of arts Ghent in 2018.
His work was shown in S.M.A.K. ghent (BE), Kunsthal Ghent (BE) Publiek Park, Ghent (BE) Spare Wheel, Brussel (BE) EKA, Tallinn (ES) Pleasure Island, Oostende (BE) Bebebooks, Ghent (BE)