Memento by Wesley Meuris

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这是位于比利时Borgloon中央墓地的雕塑纪念艺术品“Memento”，它静立在景观坡地之上，迎接与自己邂逅的人们。

白色的纪念品有着光滑的外币和马赛克般的陶瓷内壁。狭窄的入口里面是一个圆形的小尺度空间，这里与外界和天空有着微妙的联系，给予到访者不同往常的感悟。一天之中，光影在这里流动，也使得凸起的内壁瓷砖块形成不同的机理感。透过缝隙，可以看见墓地的景观，以及日落时分的夕阳慢慢消失在山坡之后。

 

Memento

Memento is a sculpture at the Central Burial of Borgloon. The artwork of Wesley Meuris is an anchor point in the sloping landscape and invites visitors to step in. The architectural structure of the work provides a special experience of looking and dwelling. The steel built space can be interpreted in many ways by the visitor and challenges the imagination. Whoever is in the room experiences the intimacy. This reflects the memory of its surroundings.

Called Memento, the white structure has a smooth exterior and a tiled interior. Narrow slits provide entrances to this circular pavilion. The square tiles are in relief, creating different textures and shadows as the sun moves across the sky. The two slender gaps cast sundial-like shadows around the circle and allow the evening sun to stream in. Situated on a slope, the pavilion looks out over the central graveyard in the medieval town of Borgloon, Belgium.

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Bio Wesley Meuris:

Born in Lier, Belgium, in 1977. Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium. Wesley Meuris was educated in fine arts in Brussels and Antwerp. In the early nineties he started to make architectural models which then quickly gave way to full-scale constructions. Sanitary features were titled according to their function : Urinal (2002), Footbath (2004), Swimming Pool (2004). In 2006 Meuris published Zoological Classification, an inventory not just of animals, but significantly of the modes of their exhibition. Meuris subsequently built several enclosures, defined as structures for the display of specific species. Inspired by the German architect Ernst Neufert’s classic Bauentwurflehre (1936) about rationalisation through standardisation and prescriptive types in architecture, his recent work reflects both a fascination with and a critical stance towards zoo and museum architecture which he sees as epitomatic of “show society” and the “entertainment industry”. Meuris’ sculptures create both ideal spaces for their imaginary inhabitant and appear as ultra-modern tools of confinement. One of the essential aspects of his work is the discovery and visualisation of the human tendency to desire, meaning, diffusion and its derivatives, in all forms of architecture in which language is undoubtedly the dominant structure.

Meuris objectifies human language and its taxonomy; he communicates this architecture as an abstract spatial datum, thus revealing its enormous impact. He seems to have found an interesting answer to our desire for information and communication, in many cases it is the phobia of assigning a name. The physical form of information has become the true – because it is tangible – form of communication.

Memento, a sculpture by Wesley Meuris.
Gallery Annie Gentils, Antwerp, Belgium
Location: Central Burial of Borgloon.
Initiated by De Nieuwe Opdrachtgevers.
This artwork is part of Z33 – the project pit – art in the public space of Borgloon-Heers.
Photos: Kristof Vrancken / Z33

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