Aorta Photographs

A long, dark and dreary corridor is connecting a loft-house in a back yard to a street in the city of Brussels, Belgium. This vital “tunnel” connecting the private sphere to the busy town made me think of a big vein, an aorta. Then, the colour red simply suggested itself. I painted everything in matte red... The walls, the ceiling, doors and windows, fuse-, phone- and letter- boxes...The floor, in the close future, will be red as well.
To stride the 25 metre long passageway, one needs around 50 seconds - enough time to live and feel emotions. I thought it would be interesting to let something happen along the left wall which catches the most glints and light. I wanted to play “tone on tone” between the shiny and matte aspects of the same pigment. I proposed several designs to Isabelle Pauthier and Patrick Mayot - the happy owners - and we finally chose some long shiny stripes falling from the ceiling to the floor emphasizing the organic side of the set.
Size of the Fresco: 2500 x 300 cm (75m˛)