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Erki De Vries seeks to push the limits of our spatial experience. Via installations and interventions, rooms and exhibition spaces are taken over, mapped and mentally expanded. As a result, the visitor takes a major role, making the installation a never-ending work-in-progress. An example of De Vries' early work, in which he was primarily occupied with involving the visitor, is Maelstrom (1999). It is an installation in which the visitor can witness the development of a vortex in a bath tub the moment he steps into the room. De Vries' more recent work experiments with pushing our experience of space. An example is City Lights (2005), a series for which he collaborated with Tim Vets. It is an installation in which three computer driven TL-lamps move through space in a seemingly mathematical choreography.

Solo Exhibitions (selection)

2010

'distance', Concertgebouw Brugge, Bruges (Belgium)

2009

'Valse wand', De Voorkamer, Lier (Belgium)
'Exhibition in a matchbox', s.l., Antwerp (Belgium)
'Front art art front', Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke (Belgium)
'Open Doek', de Warande, Turnhout (Belgium)
'Contour-Light', Contour, Mechelen (Belgium)

2008

'Videonale 12', Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn (Germany)
'De onbewogen beweger', Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke (Belgium)
'Appell', Museum Felix De Boeck, Drogenbos (Belgium)

2006

'3/3 Antwerp', in collaboration with Tim Vets, In Between, Antwerpen (Belgium)

2005

'City Lights I', in collaboration with Tim Vets, De Verschijning, Tilburg, (The Netherlands)

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Group Exhibitions (selection)

2007

'Dark Matter', Gallery Base-Alpha, Antwerpen (Belgium)
'Piksel 2007', Kulturhuset USF, Bergen (Norway)
'Provinciale prijs Beeldende Kunst en Vormgeving 2007' (in collaboration with Tim Vets), Fabiolazaal, Antwerpen (Belgium)
'L'oevre Ouverte : An Open Source Electronic Art International Festival' (in collaboration with Tim Vets), Montreal (Canada)
'Deep Space' (in collaboration with Tim Vets), Centrum Kunstlicht in de Kunst, Eindhoven (The Netherlands)
'Videoprogramm écart', Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen (Germany)
'De donderdagen #13' (in collaboration with Tim Vets), deSingel, Antwerpen (Belgium)

2006

'HISK@Lineart, lineart the art fair', Flanders Expo, Gent (België)

'Nr. 14 Light Play' (in collaboration with Tim Vets), Z33, Hasselt (Belgium)
'Gorge(l)' (in collaboration with Tim Vets), Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerpen (Belgium)
'2nd intervention' (in collaboration with Tim Vets), Experimental intermedia, Gent, (Belgium)
'Sites of Elasticity', Power plays, Platform Limburg, Lommel (Belgium)
'1st intervention', (in collaboration with Tim Vets), Experimental intermedia, Gent, (Belgium)
'Jour Fixe', Factor 44, Antwerp, (Belgium)
'Update': the origin, Kunstplatform Zebrastraat, Gent(Belgium)
'A perfect present' (in collaboration with Tim Vets), Theaterplein, Antwerp, (Belgium)

2005

'…and Lucy liked it' (in collaboration with Tim Vets), End of years exhibition, HISK, Antwerpen, (Belgium) 'Chat and chat', Etoile polaire / vis-à-vis art lab, Xiamen, China
'Soundscape', Klapstuk#12, Leuven (Belgium)
'Belgian Focus', Argosfestival, Brussels, (Belgium)
'SUPER!' (in collaboration with Tim Vets), Triennial for visual arts, fashion & design, Hasselt, (Belgium) 'Open Ateliers', HISK, Antwerp, (Belgium)
'European media art festiva'l, Osnabrück, (Germany)

2004

'Open Ateliers', HISK, Antwerp, (Belgium)
'Angle',1st International Short Film & Video Festival In Xiamen (China)

Residencies

'Birdwatching'
06/2009: residency, Monty, Antwerp (Belgium)
06/2009: residency, Buda, Kortrijk (Belgium)
08/2009: residency, Stuk, Leuven (Belgium)
08/2009: residency, Buda, Kortrijk (Belgium)
09/2009: residency, WP Zimmer, Antwerp (Belgium)
10/2009: residency, Monty, Antwerp (Belgium)
10/2009: residency, Dommelhof, Limburg (Belgium)
10/2009: residency, Buda, Kortrijk (Belgium)

'DOCUMAN'
10/2008: residency, De Schouwburg, Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
12/2008 - 01/2009: residency Istanbul (Turkey)

'Entre NouS'
07/2008 - 08/2008: residency + performance, TAZ#2008, Ostend (Belgium)

'GRAF'
03/2006: residency Istanbul (Turkey)
05/2006: residency Istanbul (Turkey)
06/2006: residency + premiere France, Monpellierdance 2006, Montpellier (France)
05/2007: residency + performance, CND Paris (France)

biblio

Tentoonstellingsgids Nr. 14 Light Play, Z33, Hasselt, België
Beklemming en verademing in kunst, Gorge(l), Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen, België
Erki De Vries & Tim Vets, In-Between, Antwerpen (Belgium)
Update, the origin, Kunstplatform Zebrastraat, Gent, (Belgium)
SUPER! , Triënnale voor Beeldende Kunst, Mode en Design, Hasselt, (Belgium)
Belgian Focus, Argosfestival, Brussels, (België)European media art festival, Osnabrück, (Germany)
VISION magazine, jan&feb 2006, Beijing (China)