“On the move. Pausing for a moment. Looking. Being struck with wonder. And moving on”.
As an artist duo, we work under the name of Time and Two. In our shared practice, we explore the everyday, the state of being in transit, the repetition of routines, and theself-evidence with which we move through daily life.
We are both energetic and curious makers. We move constantly between observing, collecting, thinking and making. New impressions form the starting point of our work. At the same time, we feel a strong need for moments of rest: points at which theconstant motion is briefly interrupted.
the small shift emerges precisely there.
We are inspired by the small moment in which something in the everyday shifts. A detail that suddenly catches our attention. An unexpected image, a movement, a fall of light or an encounter that makes us stop for a moment. The surroundings have not necessarily changed, but our way of looking has.
This small shift from movement to stillness lies at the heart of our research. It is a moment of attention, in which space opens up for wonder and in which the ordinary can take on new meaning. Our individual practices continually influence one another. By looking, selecting and translating together, new connections and insights emerge. Images from our photography, for example, are reduced to pixels or stripes. The original image partly disappears, yet makes way for a new experience of rhythm, movement and stillness.
The transport crates are also part of this process. They refer to the moving of work and to being in transit, but at the same time they become scenography: objects that carry the work and give it a temporary place
With the small shift, we therefore explore not a great change, but a small moment of awareness. The emergence of a brief pause in which something new can become visible.
Davey Verhaeghe – Wieke Aerts
Rendez-vous gallery archipel XPO. ___________________Antwerpen ——————————————————— During Antwerp Art Weekend 2025
The Art Cloud Gallery at Villa Lobo Oudenaarde Belgium June until September 2025
permanently on display at Villa Lobo Oudenaarde Belgium
