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MEDIA DIGITAL ART AND CULTURE IN FLANDERS BELGIUM - BAM

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B R A M V R E V E N<br />

1 9 7 3 , G H E N T<br />

A Van Mierisstraat 45<br />

2526 NM Den Haag<br />

The Netherlands<br />

A (studio)<br />

De Constant<br />

Rebecqueplein 20 a/b<br />

2518 RA Den Haag<br />

The Netherlands<br />

T +31 (0)6 488 29 835<br />

E post@bram<br />

vreven.com<br />

W bramvreven.com<br />

As a former jazz musician, Bram Vreven has<br />

been making sound installations since 1998. His<br />

installations contrast acoustic and electronic<br />

sounds in a refined way. Silence has gradually been<br />

gaining an important role in his work. A number<br />

of his installations make forceful movements,<br />

but hardly produce any sound or no sound at all.<br />

This silent movement has become one of Vreven’s<br />

leitmotivs. Between 2004 and 2008 Vreven created<br />

a series of installations entitled vloei – flow, in which<br />

tubes filled with water and double glass sheets are<br />

set into motion, creating waves and currents which<br />

follow very specific patterns of movement, almost<br />

taking the form of choreographies. The complete<br />

vloei – flow series was presented at the Muziekgebouw aan `t IJ (Amsterdam),<br />

TodaysArt (The Hague), Art Center Buda (Kortrijk) and the Verbeke Foundation<br />

(Kemzeke). Vreven’s recent installation Rays had its first public viewing at<br />

CAC (Vilnius) and was followed by presentations in Netwerk (Aalst), Art Center<br />

Vooruit (Ghent), Galery Jos Art (Amsterdam) and Transmediale festival (Berlin). In<br />

addition to various solo exhibitions in Belgium and the Netherlands, Vreven also<br />

participated in group exhibitions at a.o. Festival van Vlaanderen (Brussels), Lille<br />

2004 (Lille), NICC (Antwerp), De Brakke Grond and the Consortium (Amsterdam),<br />

Art Center STUK (Louvain), Audioframes (Kortrijk) and the Ultima Festival (Oslo).<br />

8 3<br />

Rays (2008-2009)<br />

Kinetic/optical art,<br />

EVA, painted MDF,<br />

wood, aluminium,<br />

electronics<br />

300 fi 40 fi 274 cm

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