I require a pilot (Ik verlang een loods) was an in situ work at KONVOOI Artfestival,
a multidisciplinary festival in the harbour of Bruges, curated by Louise Degraeve, Vroomm.collectif, Residents and Mardulier & Deprez. I require a pilot is a reference to a signal flag that calls for navigation in the harbour area. I photographed and filmed elements there that attract the eye, raise questions or seem to offer resistance to the industrial environment. The series of flags combines the images and thus resonate the language of the harbour, like a signal flag with which the area is referring only to itself.
2021, curator and in situ installation, 6 x 3x1m
je vraagt je af wanneer ik eindelijk (you ask yourself when I finally) is a self-published photobook containing cropped images from Louises analogue archive of photographs, compiled from 2014 up until today. In the book she literally zooms in on human details, creating a kind of cartography of the human body in everyday situations. In addition to the images, the book consists of excerpts that are also magnifications of everyday scenery, beauty and human interactions.
€ 35
Order a copy by e-mail: hello@louisedegraeve.be
The book is provided with an english translation
2021, book, selfpublished, photography, writing,
205 x 275 mm, 96 pages, edition of 200
Newspaper concept and design with collective Dienst der Gedroomde Gewesten. #2 OVERNACHT is a poetic interpretation of experiencing the (city by) night.
Read the complete newspaper here. Photo by Justine Vergotte.
2020, research, text, audio, newspaper, design in collab. with Justine Vergotte
Driven by urbanisation, our collective Dienst der Gedroomde Gewesten
explored the landscape of peripheral areas in Kerkbrugge-Langerbrugge.
The slopes and lines of the landscape were our leading guides during four walks. The route was consistently determined by the cables that connect the high-voltage power lines with each other. The walks were documented in analogue photography, sketches and field and sound recordings. This journey through a landscape so obstinately defined by these apparent landmarks, resulted in a soundscape which you can listen to here and a publication which can be read here.
2020, research, text, photography, graphic design.
Collab. Sander Boury, Eva Louf, Ulrike Vandenberghe.
Newspaper concept and design with collective Dienst der Gedroomde Gewesten. #1 Straatkijken is an analytic investigation of the street in a visual, poetic and intuitive way. Read the complete newspaper here. Photo by Justine Vergotte.
2020, research, text, newspaper, design in collab. with Justine Vergotte
Visuals for Relax, Everthing Is Out Of Control by Surface Tension.
Collaboration with illustrator Luca van Vliet and musician Jan Van den Bleeken.
Order the cassette on Bandcamp or listen to the album on Spotify!
2020, cassette design
A postcard series from the analog archive, for sale!
E-mail hello@louisedegraeve.be for purchase.
2020, Analog photography, postcards
Several online chain reactions took place during the covid-19 isolation.
This audio and image is part of the project Raamkijken with collective
Dienst der Gedroomde Gewesten. Piano by Sander Boury,
visual and vocals by Louise Degraeve.
2020, image, vocals
Several online chain reactions took place during the covid-19 isolation.
This video is based on music by Jan Van den Bleeken (Surface Tension)
based on sound by Sander Boury based on vocals by me based on
text by Simen Lambrecht (Jean-Jacques Collective).
2020, video, vocals
Photo installation at Dienst der Gedroomde Gewesten in collaboration
with Julie Van Kerckhoven. In a search for the palpable border between
the inner and outer city of Ypres, Julie and Louise selected several
coördinates where they individually photographed the surroundings of the city.
The result was a visual exploration of that border, seen from two perspectives.
The installation was exhibited in the Sint-Jansgodshuis, the former city museum, using recycled glass from the museum.
2019, Installation
Bookdesign for Enjoy Concrete. The hard linen cover contains 180 pages of prefabulous concrete.
2019, Book
In situ photo installation at Taart in de brievenbus, an exhibition in two inhabited houses in Gent, curated by the residents.
2019, installation, 4,75x3,36 m, analog photo in digital print
with: Celine Aernoudt, ANNA, Oshin Albrecht, Jani Anders Purhonen, Maïté Baillieul, Stephanie Becquet, Tim Bruggeman, Pablo Cepeda, Raphaël Calisto, Benjamin Cools, Aaron Daem, Annabel Debaenst, Nora De Decker, Louise Degraeve, Jacky De Groen, Gustave Demoen, Michiel Deprez, Sofie Dierickx, Deveny Faruque, Inca Garnica, Milan Gillard, Liesbeth Henderickx, Anne Huygh, Kapinga Muela Kabeya, Ilja Kleinjans, Pommelien Koolen, Chiara Lammens, Sarah Lauwers, Julie Lesenne, Aylene Lievens, Juliette Le Monnyer, Ludittes, Natasja Mabesoone, Ruben Mardulier, Sofie Marijnissen, Museums of Belgium, Matthias Nuytten, Klaas Op De Beéck, Other Women’s Flowers, Jan Palinckx, Pietari Pellinen, Hanna Ravnsborg Hollevoet, RETOUR Judith Herman en Clara Verbeke, Maxim Ryckaerts, Elien Ronse, Lieze Ruys, Falk Schrauwen, Maya Strobbe, Louise Souvagie, Illias Teirlinck, Tina, Leendert Van Accoleyen, Katrien Vandemeerssche, Leen Vandorpe, Paul L. Van Haegenbergh, Louis Vanhaverbeke, Emile Van Helleputte, Miet Van Hee, Lenja Van Laeken, Julie Van Kerckhoven, Jana Van Ongevalle, Eline Vansteenkiste, Willem Vermeersch, Remi Verstraete, Mira Verstraeten, Lieselotte Vloeberghs en Els Dillen, Laura Vroom, Freek Willems.
Poster design for the final exhibition at Academie Kortrijk and its branched artschools.
2019, poster
Hommage to a 20 year old friendship, containting 250 photos dating from 1998-2018. It's handbound and full of love.
2018, book
Design of the identity and printed matters for Stadsfestival Damme, a city festival in Damme. The festival comprises exhibitions, poetry and several events.
In coöperation with Stichting IJsberg and City of Damme.
2018, photography, identity, booklet
Art Festival Watou is an annual festival for visual arts and poetry. The event takes place in july and august in ten specific location in the small Flemish village Watou. All designs took place in collaboration with vzw Kunst.
2017, newspaper appendix, collab. Wilma Dijkman
2017, educational booklet, photo and illustration by Lotte van Dijck
2017, postcard series
2018, educational booklet, illustration by Loes Deckers
2018, postcard series
Thans of nooit was a series of livingroom concerts by Thans. Every concert was accompanied by a visual artist. I created 'Een Huis', a photo series focussing on unimportant corners of the house where one of the concerts took place.
2017, photo series, poster design
Cult.opvrijdag is a weekly appendix to De Morgen newspaper. Every friday readers can dive into reviews, interviews and analysis on films, records, concerts, theater, exhibitions, and so on. This cover was based on an article about the opening of the contemporary dance piece 'work/travail/arbeid' by Rosas at the Museum of Modern art in New York.
2017, newspaper cover
Stichting IJsberg is a literary organisation, offering mixed media events and overall poetic experiences.
2017, website design, development by DigitalMind, logos by Elise Verstraete
2018, poster design
'118 briefjes' is a collection of found papers in the street. Every paper in the first book gets a typographic interpretation in the second one. The books are part of a project about the in-between space of the everyday.
2016, book
'Locaties' talks about the in-between spaces of the everyday, focussing on details people are used to see, but are not used to perceive.
2016, photography, book
In search of what is always there, today maybe a bit more than yesterday.
Ongoing, analog photography
Louise Degraeve (°1992, BE) is a visual artist living and working in Ghent.
Covering themes as urbanism, the everyday and human communication,
her work consists of photography, graphic design and writings.
hello@louisedegraeve.be
+32 (0)479 544 898
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