Especially for De Kabinetten van De Vleeshal the artists’ collective Antistrot has created a wall painting, directly onto the walls of De Kabinetten. As is all of Antistrot’s work, this painting is the outcome of collaborative sessions in which each artist responds immediately to the contribution of other Antistrot members.
Photo(s): Leo van Kampen
Antistrot`s members – Paul Börchers, Johan Kleinjan, David Elshout, Silas Schletterer, Bruno Ferro Xavier da Silva, Charlie Dronkers (video), Michiel Walraven, special guest: Zedz, costumes: Ivonne Greamers, robotics: Marco Kruyt – resist the tendency displayed by many modern artists to be more involved with their own egos than with the world around them. In this, Antistrot draws an analogy between the art world and the music industry, where artists often surrender their integrity to the media and public opinion.
Antistrot has – literally – been working together since 1997. When at work, individuals come second to the collective and the final product is less important than the dynamic process of action and reaction through which Antistrot`s paintings and drawings come about. To Antistrot`s members these sessions form a visual sounding board for reflection on our constantly changing world. Their eclectic, chaotic and seemingly incoherent works mirror the avalanche of images,impressions and temptation to which we are daily exposed. In so doing, the members of Antistrot do not make value judgements. Not only do they react to consumer society, they are also – wholeheartedly – part of it. By completely accepting consumer society Antistrot aims to reveal shades of reality that overabundance and desensitization have rendered invisible.
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