Box

Box is an installation: a glass cube contains the strongest possible light source that can be concentrated on such a small surface; the project was developed in collaboration with engineers of Philips Lightning (Turnhout). The spectators, equipped with protective, dark glasses, are led into the room. As they watch the light, they hear the voice of the actor Johan Leysen who speaks, in German, the apocalyptic texts by Heiner Müller Verkommenes Ufer and Landschaft mit Argonauten. The light that normally allows us to see, here blinds us. It could be the light flash of a nuclear explosion, a never ceasing, eye-burning lightning that announces the end of the world.