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On 16 march 2006 it was time to dump some dirt and get a little bit open into the art world with "Diggin' for Gordon".
I went to the ALDI supermarket (after all they sell art), and got me a bunch of plastic bags. Shoveled some dirt in all of them and loaded them in the back of our car.
Then set off to the openings at the Antwerp art galleries....
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I dressed up in my Chinese rubber army coat as to draw as little attention as possible, and discreetly walked into the gallery with one ALDI bag.
Usually engaging in conversation, I discreetly put my bag down and then walked out leaving the bag behind.
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At a certain point it almost went wrong when Undead Phonotype ran out of the Glamor gallery, frantically waving about my 'forgotten' bag. I quickly jumped in my car and roared away with screetching tyres.
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At Stella's (Stella who? - remember The Contortions!) glitzy star Jan De Cock is probably still pulling out his hair because of a damn ALDI bag that immensely disturbed his delicate setting.
I even overheared him bitchin' a gallery assistant that beer crates had to be piled on top of each other and not put next to each other....
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At the NICC the new board was shining off, offering wine, and not noticing that some damn intruder left a bag of dirt next to the copy machine.
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Some galleries are so posh, and the art in it is already to trivial that it can be damn hard to leave something suspicious behind. Who knows, maybe some exquisite art-collector has already enquired about the price of such a fine ALDI-piece.
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Reaching the end of the line, and a full house for Patrick Van Caeckenbergh's models at Zeno X. Some avid fans of mine had been running around al night to catch me diggin' somewhere, but hey a secret's a secret. In that most of them missed all the action and that's why you can see the pictures here.
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To top off I posed for 15 minutes (of fame) on the steps of the Museum of Fine Arts, and of course left my last 2 bags behind.
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photo credits: xTof.
Soundtrack: Danny Gatton.
590 curious visitors till now.
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Some people had something to say |
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very nice news
(an austrian wine merchant)
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al die dirty!
dd - in lieu of a flavor, it seems my address is invalid, as am me...
anyway
pshit! and we thought we had seen A-man off for good, only to see him
return with a vengeance after having snatched the body of ddv! Time to
call...
it's a bird, it's a plain plane, it's...
ito takashi!
participationarty at it's most subverty...
good going.
vegetable HQ
(co-director of a major antwerp contemporary art space)
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hahahahahah
very funny indeed
(an ambitious new york independent curator)
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death to consumation.
death to blablaShit subversion.
death to congrat informationism oldShit ring.
death to petit bourgeois cathochiasse.
(a spanish performance artiste)
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het cader truukje met dat getreepte blauwe witte aldi zakje lijkt te werken... en wat de volgende dag? heb je nog gekeken of de zakjes er nog staan? is tegen de volgende morgen het gesmokkeld zakje uit alle
"installaties" actief gewist? en wat vangen zij ermee aan? en wat
verandert er sinds de smokkelaar zich bekend heeft gemaakt? heeft iemand
een van de "verloren" voorwerpen trachten op te eisen in een van de
locaties? zijn er gallerij die het zou durven aan te reken als een
kunstwerk?
(an international art agency)
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well done!
I am soooooooooo proud of your achievement!
respect! respect! respect!
Brilliant!
Absolutely Fabulous!
I really do love what you've done indeed!
I cannot even find more words for you work.
stunning! stunning! stunning!
And also!
I've never seen that much comtemporary work quite like that in my intire
life.
(a major chinese curator)
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Had hier gisteren reeds plezier aan beleefd. Ik check regelmatig de site. Wie is die MARTENE666 oetlul?
(a russian carpet merchant)
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(a belgian museum director)
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I am loving your digging
(a performance artist)
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You missed us. Maybe a sign of sympathy.
(a jealous gallery owner)
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