A partial and introductory presentation of the artistic activities of Jef Lambrecht, journalist, writer, poet, critic and artist. Based on the ongoing research of his archives at the CKV (Flemish Centre for Art Archives) - here a selection that is updated occasionally and will lead to a more complete overview in future... 

Jacques Charlier

(c)image: M HKA
La Zone Absolue/Canalisation, 1969
Video , 00:13:45
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This fluxus related - video gives an image of a hole that is dug in the ground. By this action Jacques Charlier (defender of the ‘Belgitude’) articulates a comment on art to find the dream, an attitude of art. He is irreverent but radical related to the tradition of art and beliefs that everything is art and uses often unimportant forms of the art – system like parody and persiflage, a valorization of the art-world as in technical services, even the ground work of laying pipes and drainages referred to this.