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Liminal photography
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Liminal photography is kind of niche underground genre that appeals to me, and when I think about it, it actually reminds me of “Lost Corners“, the art series consisting of charcoal paintings which I created in 2011. Therefore I was quite happy to participate in the online exhibition “Liminal Photography”, organised by Lumineers gallery…
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Contagious
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Contagious is a short art video by Rudolf Boogerman presenting an artistic view on how a virus enters into a cell and the viral replication thereafter. The CryptoArt version of 30 seconds became part of the Genesis collection of MOCA, Museum of Crypto Art, end 2022: https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0xfe21b0a8df3308c61cb13df57ae5962c567a668a/19 It was one of the first to…
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The underbelly of AI – series
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The original working title was Neural networks but while working on Neural network 3, I decided to change the name of the art series to The underbelly of AI. In this art series I muse about the connection between artificial neur(on)al networks and our brain. Humankind has succeeded to replicate many of nature’s processes…
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Neural Conscious project
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The Neural Conscious is a conceptual art project in which I try to imagine what would happen when Artificial Intelligence grows a personality. Many experts in the field do not think any longer it is a question of if, rather when. This inspired me to create a project around it, from the viewpoint of Artificial…
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Wooden Dimensions project
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In old China an artwork was kept in a safe place and it was only shown on special occasions. Because the artwork was only viewed once in while, it kept it’s capacity to trigger a refreshing experience. This idea appealed to Rudolf Boogerman, and as such, it became the foundation of the Wooden Dimensions…
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New wave
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Inspired by the quote attributed to the writer/poet Fernando Sabino: “No fim, tudo dá certo. Se não deu, ainda não chegou ao fim” (In the end, everything will be okay. If it’s not okay, it’s not yet the end.) New wave plays with the idea that whatever happens, nature will restore itself, whether with…
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Digital art series
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Here is an overview of various Digital Art Series in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on a variety of platforms. This page is regularly updated. Impression series With the Impressions art series, I break a little with my usual abstractions. This is an art series about how we collectively treat and portray people, the noise…
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Impressions art series
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With the Impressions art series, I break a little with my usual abstractions. This is an art series about how we collectively treat and portray people, the noise and fall-out of attention, whether sought after or not. The lurid pictures of a frozen moment, the gossip, the accusations… Once in the spotlights, the protagonist,…
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Video art
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Rudolf worked from 2016 to 2019 on the Art research project “Patterns and rhythms in nature”. For this project he filmed primarily outdoors in the Ardennes (Belgium), registering movement of rivers, lakes, trees and clouds. You could say that this project is made in the tradition of the Lost Corners project, showing the hidden…
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Cardboard artwork
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Introduction In this section you find videos showing cardboard versions of artwork, usually meant as scaled down models for the Wooden Dimensions project (which can be created in full scale on commission). However, the method of presentation of these artworks is quite different. Where the Wooden Dimensions videos are straightforward demonstrations of the artworks,…
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Lost Corners project
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This is a mini-documentary on the artwork series “Lost Corners” by Rudolf Boogerman. Duration: 3 minutes. Subtitles available in English, French, Dutch Transcription of the video Lost Corners consists of charcoal paintings with pastel on paper and canvas. The series shows landmarks, places and objects which we are so used to that we do…
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Leftovers on Stage
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Leftovers on Stage is a project consisting of pictures from random objects left behind by people or nature itself which resemble sculptures as if made on purpose. Originally, I wanted to call it Accidental art, or Anonymous art, but I’m not always just a witness. Sometimes I help nature a hand when it provides…
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Neural city
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Neural city Neural city is an art video using various techniques like photography, artificial intelligence, 3D and video editing. The artwork was created for the 5th edition of The Wrong Biennale, May 2022 in the pavilion pavilion curated by Ivona Tau, under the theme My deepest hopes and fears were generative. It is the…
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Dreams, memories and GAN
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Why are generative adversarial neural networks so popular today in the art scene? To me it is partly because the output so much resembles how the unconscious serves us dream elements while we sleep, often showing only vague or incomplete imaginary, yet still detailed enough to be recognized. And as Ivona Tau sees it,…
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Destructive thinking – art video
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Destructive thinking: “The thought that everything is lost already is the most destructive thinking of all, because it pretends to legitimize destructive action.” Rudolf Boogerman, 20 April 2021 Art video made with cardboard art and the plastic bull from a bottle of Spanish wine, called Torres. Recommended to use stereo speakers to get the…
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Man and his symbols II
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Man and his symbols II: “As the mind explorers the symbol, it is led to ideas that lie beyond the grasp of reason.” From Man and his Symbols, conceived and edited by Carl Jung. For this artwork I borrowed the title “Man and his Symbols” from the book mentioned above by Carl Jung, M-L…
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Boxed in
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Boxed in : The third artwork of Rudolf Boogerman about the Covid-19 lockdown period. Like “Radiantly confined”, this short film presents a scaled down model of a Wooden Dimensions artwork in cardboard. Where Radiantly confined is somewhat humorous, this video paints a rather introvert, pensive picture of life during the lockdown. There is also a…
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Radiantly confined
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Radiantly confined : In this short film, presenting a scaled down model of a Wooden Dimensions artwork, Rudolf Boogerman shows how he experiences the confinement during the Covid-19 pandemic. Although it is certainly a stressful period for many, Rudolf prefers to show the positive aspects with this artwork. For him, the confinement is an…
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El Toro
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El Toro, in this video a fighting bull is surrounded by opponents in a sort of twisted chess play of which the bull doesn’t know the rules. Hence, this powerful and majestic animal dies in an arena without understanding how or why. Although interest in this cruel sport is waning, it is not over…
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Zwirl
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Zwirl is a scaled down artwork in cardboard by Rudolf Boogerman. Although categorized under the Wooden Dimensions project, like the Vortex artwork, it explores the relationship with open space, while most Wooden Dimensions are enclosed (see also Wooden Dimensions intro). This mini-sculpture was during the solo exhibition in Parc Topiaires, Durbuy, BE in 2018.…
