Artist collective
Het pakt! vzw
(www.hetpakt.be of www.hetpakt.com)
Meensesteenweg 22
8500 Kortrijk
Belgium
Founded in 1997
Lieven Neirinck.
Artist working with photography and video as art tools. Teaches at the academy of fine arts (DKO) in Gent Belgium.
Jef Byttebier.
Photographer and multimedia artist
Jan Bossier.
Video - and multimedia artist
Karel Saelaert.
Photographer
Luc Vandromme.
Writer, painter and conceptual artist
Realisations
1998: "Loslopend wild in onbewaakte zone": an overview exhibition by all members of the group in their own gallery ‘in onbewaakte zone’ at Kortrijk.
1998: Jan Bossier wins the first price in the art contest organised by the province of west-flanders with his work "Reflexions in a golden eye".
2000: "A weighted year" is an artistic installation in which weight and bookbinding meets each other in an fragile balance. This creation was realised in collaboration with the magazine for Metastatische Propaganda or vzw Driewerf.
Een gewogen jaar
2000: Organisation of the exhibition ‘electronentemmer in onbewaakte zone’ of Jan Bossier in Kortrijk. This was the presentation of a mad laboratory of a weird genius.
The wave
2000: Jan Bossier gains the price of the public in the art "salon" at Gent.
Live performance by het Pakt in the town hall of Gent.
2001: First Price for the concept of P.E.T. (personal excentric textile) in the contest of the art craft and industrial design in the province of West Flanders.
2001: Creation of the video-installation ‘Het raadsel van de Schimmenbus’ ( the riddle of the shadow bus!). Created in task for the theatre festival for little children at Tielt.
This installation was invited to the "tweetakt festival" at Antwerp, the "Gentse feesten" a city festival in Gent, and as a happening to the opening of the cultural capital of Bruges in 2002.
2002: Organisation of the exhibition of "Overdoose" by Lieven Neirinck at the gallery "in onbewaakte zone" in Kortrijk.
An overview to all the art boxes made in the last 5 years.
2002: Multi-medial installation ‘ geroezemoes in d’oase’ (Hullabaloo in the oasis!) in commission by Annoo 02 at Tielt. The installation is an artistic campsite in the middle of the city at Tielt.
2003: Creation of the video-installation ‘Opus Velo’ in commission by the province of West Flanders. This installation (show) was presented at ten cultural centers in West- Flanders , Brugge, Roeselare, Poperinge, Moorslede, Wevelgem, Kortrijk, Wingene, Zwevegem en Deerlijk.
2003: Lieven Neirinck en Luc Vandromme (artist group N.V.n.v.) publish the book "De koffer van Caracas" at the dutch publishing company "De Geus". Presentation performance at Brugge.
This book tells us the uncredible but real story of the life by Vincent Van Gogh.
2003: Reading performance out of the book in Amsterdam by the N.V.n.v. "Literatuur en beeldende kunsten" (literature and performing arts)
2004: "Opus Velo" is shown in Hasselt CCH (krokusfestival), in
Antwerpen (driemast festival), Stuttgart/ Germany (Schone Aussicht festival), Genk (theater "In het zadel"), Leuven (Kinderhoogdag), Groningen/ the netherlands (Jonge hartenfestivalopeningsperformance)
"Het raadsel van de schimmenbus" is shown in Hasselt (Kuringen festival)
2004: Jef Byttebier and Lieven Neirinck founders of the group ‘het pakt!’ create a new artist group ‘Sound of the Whales’.
In march 2004 they create the multi-medial installation " Song for Buda" based on sound and photography in commission of the Buda vzw and on the opening feast of the art island in the greater event of the Cultural capital of Lille 2004.
Buda Song
2005: 27 january première of the production "Verhef uzelf" (raise yourself) at the child theatre festival in Tielt.
2005/ 6 - 8 may Oostend, casino kursaal, video-installation “BOX” inspired on the work by the painter James Ensor.
2005/ 5 may Velbert, Germany presentation of "Opus Velo" at the neanderthaler festival.
2005/ 19 - 29 may center of the city of Utrecht (the netherlands) , "Hopper"- "Huis aan de zwerf" as a conceptual format at the jubilee event 20 years "Festival aan de werf".
This installation was a celebration to the brass band.
2005: october "Teloor" in the centreof the city of Kortrijk by reason of the jubilee at ten years existence of the festival "Happy new ears".
Teloor is an interactive installation in which a simple telephone plays the principal role.
2005: november "Opus Velo" at Lissabon cultural centre of Bélem.
2006: april Hasselt , the creation of the artistic Campsite "el sol"
Installation of Opus Velo at the PK2 festival in Kermt/Hasselt.
2006: 19 - 29 mei centre of Utrecht - Netherlands, première by "Ceci n’est pas un bus" Multimedial creation in a moving theatre.
2006: 4 - 9 juli Rennes - France, Opus velo at the festival "les tombeès de la nuit"
2006 : 15 juli Kortrijk, "Ceci n’est pas un bus" at the festival "Kortrijk congé".
2006 : 23 september - 10 oktober Kortrijk, Buda song at the festival "Happy new ears"
2006: 21 september - 30 september Lisboa, Portugal
Creation of the installation "Fado Morgana" and presentation of our production "Ceci n’est pas un bus" at the festival "Luzboa".
2006 : 15 october Zwevegem, "Ceci n’est pas un bus" at the literature festival "Letterkoorts" in the buildings of Transfo.
14-17december Kortrijk, "Opus Velo" on the event "Velofollies" in the "Expo Hallen"
2007: Mei, Limburg, Theater op de markt - Karavaan, Ceci n'est pas un bus.
2007: Juni, Terschelling - Nederland- Waddeneilanden, OEROL Festival, Geroezemoes in d'oaze. (full installation)
2007: Juli, Rennes - Frankrijk, Festival - Tombées de la nuit, Camping Musical - SURROUND.
2007: Juli, Kortrijk, Festival - Kortrijk Congé, Music Campsite - EL SOL-LEIE.
2007 : 31 august – 1 september, “El Sol – Music Campsite” at “the site” behind the new palace of justice in Ghent.
2008 : February, “El Sol – Music Campsite” at “Shots” a cultural festival in Hasselt. The installation is placed in the middle of the city on the big marked place.
2008 : Mei/juni Creation of the music campsite “My happy Ghetto” in Brugge. This is a social artistic encountering between our group in collaborating with the group “Klein verhaal” and the inhabitants of a neighbourhood in the inner city of Brugge.
2008 : June, “El Sol – Music Campsite” at “Excentrique” festival in France in one of the most beautiful gardens along the river the loire.
2008 : July, “Surround – Music Campsite” in Parma Italy at the summer festival ‘Il Giardiono racconta”.
2008 : Septembre, “El Sol – Music Campsite” at the Street theatre festival in Toulouse/Ramonville at France.
2008 : octobre, “El Sol – Music Campsite” at the Music festival “Musiques des rues” in Besançon at France.
2009 : octobre, “El Sol – Adaption Music Campsite” at the Child festival “Ideklic” in Moirains en Montagne at France.
2010 : april, “Opus Velo” at the festival “La quinzaine de l'entorse - A bicyclette” in Lille in the Maison Folie at Wazemmes in France.
2011 : january, Creation of “Duck Soap” at the Lighttfestival Gent.
2011 : august, “El Sol” at the lightfestival “skyway” in Torun Poland.
