Robin Faymonville
Off the Grid
Periode: 17.02—19.06.2025
My name is Robin Faymonville and I was born in Malmedy in 1995. I’m a visual artist, performer and writer based in Brussels. I studied philosophy (UCL) and painting as well as creative writing at La Cambre. My practice is language-based — spoken, written or painted. My works are mostly made by a voluntary economy of means and often takes the shape of fictions. It’s important to me that my practice embrasses a certain spontaneity, regarding to the affectedness of my body. I define myself as an eternal amateur. First of all, I like telling stories, like this one.
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Robin Faymonville
FOR THE TIME OF THE RESIDENCY, I WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON SILENCE. I HAVE IN MIND A PROJECT CALLED «DEMONSTRATION OF SILENCE».
ITS FORM IS DOUBLE: IT STARTS WITH A STREET HAPPENING AND FINISHES WITH A LIVING EXHIBITION. I WOULD LIKE TO CREATE CARDBOARD PAINTINGS TAKING THE SHAPE OF PROTEST SIGNS. IT’S A KIND OF PLAY AROUND THE FORM OF THE PROTEST, EMPTIED FROM ITS CONTENT.
I WANT TO SEE PEOPLE WALKING ON THE STREETS AND KEEPING THEIR MOUTHS SHUT. THEY WILL BE THERE AS PURE PUBLIC, PLAYING THE ACTION OF ENGAGEMENT WITHOUT ANY EXPLICIT ENGAGEMENT. BEING THERE FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON. BY THIS I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE THE PLACE OUR SOCIETIES RESERVE FOR SILENCE IN THE ERA OF ECOLOGY OF ATTENTION. SILENCE IS A PLACE FOR THE INVISIBLE. SILENCE IS THE COMMON LANGUAGE OF PEOPLE HAVING NONE. SILENCE IS THE SPACE FOR WILL, WISHES & PRAYERS. DEALING WITH INVISIBILITY IS MAYBE ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO.
