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Maarten Vanden Eynde

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Leuven, Belgium, 1977

I’ve been formulating the meaning of Genetologie (the science of first things), a self invented science, since 2003. A counterpart of the existing science of Eschatology (or the science of last things), it searches for the future source of things. The idea of a new beginning after an inevitable ending is a returning factor in my work. Many titles consist of only a number after the title ‘Genetologic Research’.

Two years ago, I began to collect information online (work of other artists, remarkable news, philosophical contemplations and scientific experiments) that can assist me in defining Genetology. The (blog) website www.genetology.net, with an average of 40 000 visitors monthly, is subdivided into different categories that correspond with existing sciences. For example, archaeology considers the objects that disappear into the ground at the present time and which subsequently will be found in the future. Consciously saving certain objects can be viewed as modern archaeology.

History is constantly being rewritten based on continually changing memories and conclusions. As knowledge changes, blurs or disappears (=evolution), ‘missing links’ are created that make way for alternative interpretations. Searching for the missing pieces of the puzzle stimulates the creation of an own truth. What does the past look like in the future? What will remain from the present? With what will we start again? Imagine that there will come a time when there are no more trees, only by-products in the form of wooden beams and frames. How do we find out what a tree looks like?

I stop the hands of time in my work and I try to capture a process or a result. I do this, on one hand, by making autonomous images with diverse materials that capture the spirit of our time and balance between the temporary and timeless. On the other hand, by affecting the course of things through infiltrating the present and via interventions, performance and temporary actions. Sometimes looking forwards towards the future of yesterday, sometimes looking back to the history of tomorrow. Evolution is inevitable but also impressionable.

Maarten Vanden Eynde

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Travel biography Maarten Vanden Eynde
2008
Los Angeles, VS
Yoshua Tree National Park, Californië, VS
Berlijn, Duitsland
Rotterdam, Nederland
Almere, Nederland
Saint-Michiel, Frankrijk
Gent, België
2007
Los Angeles, VS
Morongo Indian Reservation, Californië, VS
Maastricht, Nederland
Eslöv, Zweden
Birmingham, Engeland
Eindhoven, Nederland
Rotterdam, Nederland
Chaumont devant Damvillers, Frankrijk
Brussel, België
Gent, België
Saint-Michiel, Frankrijk
2006
Los Angeles, VS
Grand Canyon, Californië, VS
Death Valley, Californië, VS
Malibu, Californië, VS
Tbilisi, Georgië
Samara, Rusland
Rotterdam, Nederland
Amsterdam, Nederland
Den Haag, Nederland
Antwerpen, België
Gent, België
2005
Basel, Zwitserland
Tokyo, Japan
Tajimi, Japan
Rome, Italië
Napoli, Italië
Pescara, Italië
Maastricht, Nederland
Rotterdam, Nederland
Heerlen, Nederland
Den Bosch, Nederland
Gent, België
2004
Tajimi, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Fuji Mountain, Japan
Taipei, Taiwan
Napels, Italië
Rome, Italië
Beetsterzwaag, Nederland Rotterdam, Nederland
Gent, België

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