Jan Verbeek: Skip and Return

Twenty-seven seconds, thirty-three takes: a story.

Jan Verbeek: Continuum

'Go on!' Buddha’s last words.
Without commentary, the video presents an everyday means of transportation in movement. The particular images and sounds and the polarizing editing make this technical, ceaselessly running object an increasingly associative metaphor; it acquires the character of a living creature, trapped in its system.

Jan Verbeek: Osmotic

A young parking garage attendant with hat and trench coat and long arms conducts the cars to the one or other exit. The precise operation appears like the choreography of a powerful dance. The character of images and the musical composition annihilate boundaries, outside world and inner world merge.

Jan Verbeek: Bright Future Ahead

The installation Bright Future Ahead creates a dense and floating atmosphere. Aspects of life in a mega-city world like Tokyo can be seen, contrasts in Japanese civilization. People reveal themselves as parts within well-organized systems. Routine activities are condensed to ambiguous choreographies. If there will be a bright future, this question remains unanswered.