David Bade
20 x 20 = cool

As in many of his sculptures, Bade once again made use of everyday materials such as polyurethane, wood strips, chicken wire, plastics and polystyrene etc. He incorporated 25 vats each containing ten kilos of polyurethane into the sculpture and, according to him, even this wasn’t enough. Through workshops that Bade himself hosted those interested could help to build this gigantic ‘sculpture’. ‘In that sense it was also a special event’, states Bade. Polystyrene letters that read 'Het Oog Wil Ook Wat' (‘The Eye Also Wants Something’) were added to the installation and, as a tongue in cheek comment on the hen adorning the steeple of the St. Jan Church, Bade placed a billboard of Christine le Duc (adult shop chain) on the top of the sculpture. Bade consciously rebels against the conventions surrounding public art not only in his visual semiotics (i.e. by constructing a monstrously large sculpture) but also in his use of materials. Since his materials are so vulnerable, his works do not emit the sense of durability that is usually connected to public art projects.
With David Bade’s presentation SKOR was, for the first time, involved in contributing to the content of this festival’s visual arts program. Bade made use of a scaffolding construction which was designed by Tilburg artist Jeroen Doorenweerd and has, for the past three years, functioned as a spatial structure to support the festival’s facilities. In collaboration with SKOR another artist will be invited to make a statement at next year’s festival. (HJ)