Vacant Space (installation - Belgian premiere)
Vacant Space, created by audio artist/architect Janek Schaefer in collaboration with Chris Watson (master of wildlife recording) and David Tinapelle, is a commission by the Sonic Arts Network to create an immersive installation using sounds and images collected inside a wide variety of empty interiors.
The life and space of architecture without human occupation. It embraces the context of the generic white gallery, by amplifying the void.
Janek Schaefer
Janek Schaefer trained as an architect at the Royal College of Art, where he developed his focus on the relationship between sound, space and place.
He exhibits and performs worldwide, from The Tate Modern to The Sydney Opera House, and is a Visiting Professor at Oxford Brookes University. The Bluecoat Gallery exhibited a Retrospective of his career in 2009.
He is represented by the Agency gallery, London, and has released over 25 albums. He lives and works in Walton-on-Thames, England.