Kim Min Su & Marcus Bering at CCNOA Toilette, Brussels (2003)
artdesigncafé | café library | Published 13 December 2011
An earlier version of this short article was previously written in 2003.
Contemporary art in Brussels has certainly reached new depths. German-American non-objective “diva” Petra Bungert, Director of the Center for Contemporary Non-Objective Art (CCNOA), has commissioned two artists to do “art interventions”— in her toilet. This is the art world, so a toilet never is truly just a toilet. It can be elevated to Art.
For the first so-called art intervention, Korean artist Kim Min Su will “transform the space of release and contemplation into a temple of contradiction and German philosophical execution”. Huh? In layman’s terms, he’s installing a CD player to play soundtracks when you open and close the toilet seat. So much for German philosophy.
Piling it on, Bungert says, “CCNOA Toilette aims to contribute to this international discourse— or rather art in which the theoretical and practical reference point is the toilet. Personally, I love the fact that my toilet is now both inspiration and art object— opening up the space to exploration and groundbreaking innovation.”
This intervention runs 1-27 September; admission is 30 cents. In October, conceptual dots-on-the-wall artist Marcus Bering will be unveiling a new artwork entitled Flush.
© 2003/2011 Kim Min Su, article / artwork
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