Cabinet (Life: A User’s Manual)


ArtistWim WaumanTitleCabinet (A User's Guide)Year2015SeriesCabinetSizeCabinet: 140 x 240 (open) x 60 cmDuration06:10



Cabinet (A User’s Manual), 2015
(video, duration: 6’10”)

For an exhibition in various private houses in Ninove (STATIONSSTR. – NINOVE, organised by Voorkamer kunstenaarsinitiatief Lier) I transformed the inside of a second-hand cabinet in a spatial puzzle of wooden planes, drawn lines and objects. Inspired by a fresco by Lucas Suppin in one of the houses, I made a geometrical composition with objects that relate to what I found in the interiors of some of the owners. Based upon a series of still images photographed ‘inside’ the cabinet, I made a video supported by a voice reading a text written by Georges Perec about puzzles (preambule of La vie – mode d’emploi, 1978).

Cabinet (Life: A Beginner’s Guide), 2015
(various materials and objects, 140 x 240 (open) x 60 cm)

Exhibition history:
STATIONSSTR. – NINOVE, private house, Ninove, 2015 (Curated by Rik De Boe, Voorkamer Lier & Netwerk Aalst)
Au Fond: Katheen Vinck & Wim Wauman, Permekemuseum, Jabbeke, 2016 (Curated by Ilse Roossens, Mu.Zee Ostend)
Playtime 2, De Bond, Bruges, 2018 (Curated by Michel Dewilde, CC Brugge)