Michaël Bloos - Open Workshop in the Beautiful Distress House
Stichting Beautiful Distress
Echoes of Istanbul
Inspired by his own history and his father who disappeared in a psychotic state in the streets of Istanbul, artist Michaël Bloos creates, together with Stichting Nieuwe Helden, other artists, experts and partners from the museum world and the mental health care services, his Universum van de Waanzin. A long-term investigation into the meaning of delusion. Within this project he uses theater, film, installation and audio and organizes research evenings.
Work in progress @Beautiful Distress: installation Echoes of Istanbul
At the moment Bloos is working with visual artist, instrument builder and musician Lucas Kramer on the installation Echoes of Istanbul. They are experimenting with an audio and experiential installation about psychosis and what it does to its surroundings. In form, sound, light and shadow, a story and a world of feelings will soon unfold. It is a search for how the audience itself can wander through the story of a father who loses everything including himself during his trip in Istanbul. Enter a palace of mirrors full of clean lines, undulating water and changing perspectives.
This installation will open mid-October in Museum Dr. Guislain in Ghent and then travel on to the Netherlands and the Beautiful Distress House. Michaël Bloos is also part of the thematic exhibition of Beautiful Distress on LGBTQI+ rights planned for 2022.
Make an appointment by writing us at info@beautifuldistress.org en visit us!
21 march - 12 april @Beautiful Distress House