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Waves
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This video has a sort of hypnotic effect. When you watch it and you stop the video, it is as if the waves continue to move. This effect is comparable with walking in a forest for a while and stop moving, the trees seem to come towards you. Edited footage of waves, filmed in Barvaux…
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The heart
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Experimental video. Unfocused view of a moving surface giving the impression of a beating heart. By using a colored solid imposed over the footage, Rudolf Boogerman creates the illusion of viewing the internal anatomy of a body. In time, it becomes clear what is really filmed. Sound effect: “Heartbeat” – Soundjay.com, mixed with background sound of the…
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X video experiment
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Experiment with camcorder. Reflection on water, forming an cross. This art video formed the basis for “The Origin” an adapted version created as an 1/1 NFT on Ephimera, the lens-based NFT platform: https://ephimera.com/tokens/the-origin-204 Video by Rudolf Boogerman. Soundtrack: created with Karlheinz Essl’s FontanaMixer, using his samples. Medium: Sony FX1 Camcorder Resolution: 1920×1080 Length: 00:01:39
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Close-up research – video
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Experimental video with 2 webcams moving around the actor (the artist himself) by Rudolf Boogerman. Title: Close-up research Medium: Webcam (Logitec) Resolution: 1280×480 Length: 00:01:02 Music: QMusic library, U.K. (edited by Rudolf Boogerman).
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Time Games 1
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This video experiment plays with time in a sense that although the train’s infrastructure speeds by very quickly, the landscape seems to linger, yet dusk falls within a few seconds. This version is more peaceful then Time Games 2. Footage from the train Brussels-Antwerp and 2 still images. Original resolution of the footage is…
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Time Games 2
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This video experiment plays with time in a sense that although the train’s infrastructure speeds by very quickly, the landscape seems to linger, yet dusk falls within a few seconds. There is also the contrast between the aggressive movement of objects while the background appears to be peaceful. 2 mini films combined with…
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Reflections of shadow
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Experiment with camcorder. Shadows transformed into geometrical forms by duplication and mirroring of the footage. Medium: Sony FX1 Camcorder Resolution: 1280×720 Length: 00:00:39
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Carved wood sculpture
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Title: Carved wood sculpture Location: Barvaux, Belgium Description: A block of wood normally meant for the fireplace. I couldn’t burn it as it is wonderfully shaped, almost like a carved sculpture in wood. Medium: Sony Cybershot F828
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Interview by Laura Tetrault
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Interview with Rudolf Boogerman about his artwork project, by Laura Tetrault. How would you describe yourself as an artist? I’m an entertainer. Although my art project Wooden Dimensions is serious, people see it as a form of entertainment, which is fine with me, because basically, that is the function of art, apart from being educational.…
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Informania IV
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As with many of his artworks, Rudolf combines the organic with the synthetic. Our lives are more and more intertwined with the digital world. In fact, our world is even engulfed by it via high end satellites of which there are so many right now that we lose count. Personally, I’m quite intrigued by…
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Piano duet
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Artwork made from the left-over pieces of a piano. Created in 2001, filmed in the Cultural Center of Hotton in 2017 during the exhibition “Décacher”. Medium : Wood, iron. Format : 116 x 106 cm Duration : 00:02:37 Soundtrack : “Mozart – Piano Sonata in B-flat major, III. Allegretto Grazioso” by Brendan Kinsella, licensed under…
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Brothers in arms
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“Brothers in arms” questions the role of the NATO, which is supposed to preserve the peace, but often creates conflicts in order to protect the interests of the “free” market, a concept invented to benefit multinationals. Medium: Wood, Iron, copper Format: 200 x 80 cm
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Man and his symbols
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Title: Man and his symbols Location: Between Durbuy and Barvaux, Belgium Description: A tall tree carved with symbols and names by tourists. This reminded me of the book “Man and his symbols” by Carl Jung. Medium: Sony Cybershot F828 Rudolf Boogerman © 2013
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Wheel of life
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Title: Wheel of life Location: Antwerp, Belgium Description: Another piece I found at a jumble sales to use for Wooden Dimensions, realizing it was perfect on its own, so I kept it in my private collection instead. Medium: Pictures taken Sony Cybershot F828
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Candy Factory
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Title: Candy Factory Location: Antwerp, Belgium Description: Part of the production line in a candy factory, which I bought at a jumble sales, meant to use as part of the Wooden Dimensions, but then I realized it is a perfect sculpture on its own. Now it is part of my private collection. Medium: Pictures…
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Wire Bobbins sculpture
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Title: Wire Bobbins Location: Grand Bru, Belgium Description: Leftovers from wire bobbins forming a purely accidental sculpture. Medium: Pictures taken with iPhone 3 Rudolf Boogerman © 2012
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Icarus II
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The ancient theme of Icarus burning when coming too close to the Sun. This video is not suitable for full screen because it contains too many artifacts. Lighting conditions where not that good. Medium: Wood, Iron Format: 149 x 130 cm
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Clitoris
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The artwork is part of the Wooden Dimensions project. The video was made via a slideshow of still images and screen capture software (ScreenFlow, Mac). Medium: wood Format: 89 x 81cm
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London Underground
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2 charcoal paintings of London Underground, near Warren Street. London underground escalators – © Rudolf Boogerman Medium: Charcoal and pastel on paper Format: 80 x 70 cm London underground, Warren-street station – © Rudolf Boogerman Medium: Charcoal and pastel on paper Format: 80 x 70 cm
