The Eyes Have it

I Wish I Could Die

2007-07-05T23:59:00.000+02:00

An abandoned shack next to the railway track in Mirwart, Belgium. 29 sep 2002
I have been doing this blog for exactly on year, and this is my 555th post on "The Eyes Have it". It will be my last.

I continue posting at "When I Was Buying You a Drink Where Were You ?", and perhaps something new will appear sometime, somewhere....
To a faithful audience, farewell!

It does not matter what is said and done
The eyes have it.
The mind's legislative faculty
Is unconcerned with appearances and words
Nothing is over and done with.
   Nothing.
Not even your malice.
Especially your malice.
So do not apologize to me.

I have walked stooped beneath your heart,
That cold-blooded crown
That holds the glinting jewel
Of contradiction in your eyes.

I think that I shall gouge them
from your skull
And crush them in my fist

--Give you a dog to see with
Give you eyes that pant and salivate,
Eyes that creep on all fours--
Eyes that cringe at the sound of my voice;
   Lie to me then.

Tell me life is good to you
--When all your memories are distilled
Into the transformed image, the Idea
Of a mechanical hand reaching
To dig out your eyes.
   Lie to me then.
   Lie to me then, Dog-eyes.
   Lie to me then.

Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast.

Lunar Bender

2007-07-05T22:59:00.000+02:00

My favourite foodstall is hauled away for major streetcleaning at the busstop in Taling Chan, Bangkok, Thailand. 12 jan 2000

It's a Flat Flat Planet

2007-07-05T09:49:00.000+02:00

The side of a building in Auckland, New Zealand. 24 aug 1999

Am I not Farang?

2007-07-05T09:43:00.000+02:00

A Buddha statue in a temple in Singapore. 30 jul 2003

I'm Beginning to See the Light

2007-07-04T18:49:00.000+02:00

The basement venue of the NoiShanghai event in Shanghai, China. 08 oct 2005

I Don't See Anything that I Want

2007-07-04T18:41:00.001+02:00

The Devil looking from between two bottles of wine at a DAAD-meeting with thee und kuchen at Ballhaus Mitte in Berlin, Germany. 27 sep 2006
Maybe love's a tomb where you dance at night
Maybe sanctuary is an electric light
I get so tired it's like I'm another man,
and everything I see seems so underhanded

I Don't See Anything that I Want

2007-07-04T18:35:00.000+02:00

My shadow on the wall in Borgerhout, Belgium. 07 feb 2007
Maybe you see further than I can see,
or maybe things just look differently
Maybe I'm nothing but a shadow on the wall

Experience of Defeat

2007-07-04T18:32:00.000+02:00

A streetcar broken down in the streets of Vladivostok, Russia. 19 apr 2005

Experience of Defeat

2007-07-04T17:53:00.001+02:00

A torn off piece of cliff on Normandy Beach in France. 10 aug 2004

Am I not Farang?

2007-07-04T17:41:00.001+02:00

A farewell rooftop dinner before I left to Hong Kong on a cheap SARS flight at our house in Borgerhout, Belgium. 08 jul 2003
The disease spread in Hong Kong from a mainland doctor on the 9th floor of the Metropole Hotel in Kowloon Peninsula, infecting 16 of the hotel visitors.
Initial symptoms are flu-like and may include: fever, myalgia, lethargy, gastrointestinal symptoms, cough, sore throat and other non-specific symptoms.
Mortality by age group as of 8 May 2003 is below 1% for people aged 24 or younger, 6% for those 25 to 44, 15% in those 45 to 64 and more than 50% for those over 65.

Dog-Eyes

2007-07-04T17:15:00.001+02:00

A dog in the streets of Bangkok, Thailand. 01 feb 1999

Experience of Defeat

2007-07-04T17:12:00.001+02:00

A run down bicycle at a small townsquare in Borgerhout, Belgium. 08 apr 2007

Jack from Denmark

2007-07-04T15:57:00.000+02:00

A lecture by film buff Jack Stevenson at the filmmuseum in Antwerpen, Belgium. 21 sep 2001

Out in the Real World

2007-07-04T15:51:00.000+02:00

Onlookers at the bombed Merriott Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia. 17 aug 2003

The Thirteenth Floor

2007-07-01T23:51:00.000+02:00

Sculptures at the plaster museum in Lyon, France. 16 may 2002

Out in the Real World

2007-07-01T23:43:00.000+02:00

The mess for 2000 federal civil servants at the Administrative Center in Brussels, Belgium. 21 oct 2003

Out in the Real World

2007-07-01T23:39:00.000+02:00

Construction work in rural YangZhen, China. 05 nov 2005

Die Kleinen und die Bösen

2007-06-30T17:57:00.001+02:00

A one-legged dwarf ghost in the Department of the Earth Gods in Dongyue Miao temple in Beijing, China. 04 oct 2005

Kebabträume

2007-06-30T17:42:00.001+02:00

A publicity sign outside a kebab restaurant in Berlin, Germany. 03 jan 2007
Deutschland, Deutschland, Alles ist Vorbei.

Am I not Farang?

2007-06-30T12:31:00.001+02:00

A lizard on the wall of my studio at Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. 06 jan 2000

Blood on the Floor

2007-06-29T20:14:00.001+02:00

When I was buying you a drink where were you in a bar in Berlin, Germany. 02 jul 2006
Do you see me?

It's a Flat Flat Planet

2007-06-29T15:09:00.001+02:00

Flying somewhere above the South China Sea from Kuala Lumpur to Hong Kong. 22 aug 2003

It's a Flat Flat Planet

2007-06-29T14:30:00.001+02:00

The roof of an old barn in Prerow, Germany. 31 jul 2006

10 Minutes Before the Worm

2007-06-29T13:54:00.000+02:00

Worms feeding on some pieces of cucumber in Butterfly Park, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 17 jul 2003

Out in the Real World

2007-06-29T10:43:00.000+02:00

A tree struck by lightning at Rivierenhof, Antwerpen, Belgium. 15 oct 2006

Die Kleinen und die Bösen

2007-06-29T10:39:00.001+02:00

A pig at the Tunnel Warfare Museum of Jiaozhuanghu, China. 23 oct 2005

Dog-Eyes

2007-06-29T10:36:00.001+02:00

A dog in the streets of Bangkok, Thailand. 14 jan 1999

Higher, Higher

2007-06-29T10:33:00.000+02:00

Mauro and AMVK in the mountains near Sierre, Switzerland. 21 mar 2005

No More No More No More

2007-06-29T10:30:00.000+02:00

The Indian Priest's preparations for Pinckers' Monsoon Wedding in Hooper Road, Singapore. 09 aug 2003
Frank & Namrata divorced earlier this year.

Out in the Real World

2007-06-29T10:18:00.000+02:00

The house where Audrey Hepburn was born in Brussels, Belgium. 30 aug 2002
Actress Audrey Hepburn originally Audrey Kathleen Ruston, died of appendiceal cancer at the age of 63 in Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland on 20 january 1993.

Falling

2007-06-27T22:15:00.001+02:00

A homeless person outside Silpakorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. 11 jan 2000

Falling

2007-06-27T22:10:00.001+02:00

A visitor on the opening of an exhibition at the Arenberg University Library next to AMVK's piece in Leuven, Belgium. 09 oct 2004
The sky is still blue
The clouds come and go
Yet something is different
Are we falling....?

Out in the Real World

2007-06-25T22:51:00.000+02:00

A windtunnel at the Humboldt University, Adlershof, Berlin, Germany. 03 may 2007
The site of both the oldest airfield in Germany (1909) as well as the studios for the filming of "Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse" (1932).

It's My Party

2007-06-25T22:43:00.000+02:00

A team of competitors in a messy mud game in Jakarta, Indonesia. 18 aug 2003

Through the Night Softly

2007-06-25T22:34:00.001+02:00

A shrine for Jesus who died for somebody's sins but not mine in Porto, Portugal. 27 oct 2006

Through the Night Softly

2007-06-25T22:30:00.000+02:00

The night over the outskirts of the city as seen from my room at Silpakorn University's Administrative building in Bangkok, Thailand. 31 jan 1999

Deep in Your Nature

2007-06-24T11:00:00.001+02:00

Work by emerging young artists at ARKA Gallery in Vladivostok, Russia. 19 apr 2005

Deep in Your Nature

2007-06-24T10:51:00.000+02:00

Spontaneous Human Dancing in an installation by AMVK and Mauro Pawlowski at W139 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 23 oct 2004
The lack in yourself is your nature

Someone is Calling

2007-06-24T10:45:00.000+02:00

A roadside temple in the root of a tree in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 21 jul 2003
Never No Reason

Looking for Bodies

2007-06-24T10:32:00.000+02:00

The countryside in Chiang May, Thailand. 21 jan 1999
It's wet and I'm losing my body heat
The cassette played poptones

Swan Lake

2007-06-22T00:55:00.001+02:00

A swan on Lac Léman in Lausanne, Switzerland. 21 jun 2007
Saw it in her eyes
Choking on a bed
Flowers rotting dead
seen it in her eyes
Ending in a day
Silence was a way
Seeing in your eyes
Seeing in your eyes
Seeing in your eyes
I'm seeing through my eyes
Words cannot express
Words cannot express

Ein Stadt Sucht ein Mörder

2007-06-21T07:52:00.001+02:00

A sign in Zone City in Antwerpen, Belgium. 13 sep 2001

Ein Stadt Sucht ein Mörder

2007-06-20T18:47:00.001+02:00

The bark of a tree in Prerow, Germany. 30 jul 2006

Sakthi Kodu Vel Ayya

2007-06-20T18:44:00.001+02:00

A devotee with hooks in his back at Thaipoosam, Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 05 feb 2004

Help

2007-06-18T19:11:00.000+02:00

An old crane in a small dock in Merksem, Antwerpen, Belgium. 03 mar 2007

It Takes Two to Tango

2007-06-18T19:08:00.000+02:00

Two seats in an abandoned castle near Antwerpen, Belgium. 08 mar 2005

I'm So Lonesome I Could Die

2007-06-16T16:30:00.001+02:00

The moon in Bangkok, Thailand. 13 dec 1999

I Feel Bad

2007-06-16T16:27:00.001+02:00

A corner piece left behind in Martin Maloney's studio after he died there, in Antwerpen, Belgium. 20 nov 2003

Je Est un Autre

2007-06-16T16:24:00.001+02:00

The doorbell of Guy Schraenen on Boulevard Saint Michel, Paris, France. 18 may 2002

Out in the Real World

2007-06-16T16:21:00.001+02:00

The sealed off letterbox of a house in Zone City, Antwerpen, Belgium. 13 sep 2001

You Don't Have to Say Please

2007-06-15T13:46:00.000+02:00

The room in a brothel where I performed Only the Lonely in Antwerpen, Belgium. 17 jan 2002

The Devil is a Handsome Man

2007-06-15T13:43:00.000+02:00

An instrument used in folkloristic events to wear off (or attract) the Devil in Porto, Portugal. 27 oct 2006

Foreign Object Damage

2007-06-15T13:33:00.000+02:00

Our cat helping out with the archives of Club Moral in Antwerpen, Belgium. 18 aug 2006

Superficial Punctate Keratopathy

2007-06-14T10:33:00.000+02:00

A night-ride in Jakarta, Indonesia. 15 aug 2003
Dizziness, nausea, headaches, leg and back pain, vomiting, blurred vision, deafness, stomach cramps, fatigue, lethargy, muscle cramps and behavioural changes.

Out in the Real World

2007-06-14T10:31:00.001+02:00

An ashtray in the house/museum of James Ensor in Oostende, Belgium. 30 aug 2001

Am I not Farang?

2007-06-14T09:58:00.000+02:00

A magician in Pahurat, Bangkok, Thailand. 18 dec 1999
This is my 500th post on this blog.

It Takes Two to Tango

2007-06-14T09:56:00.001+02:00

Mauro and AMVK for breakfast at Herr Direktor Philippe Pirotte's house the day after we played in the Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland. 19 mar 2005

It Takes Two to Tango

2007-06-14T09:53:00.001+02:00

The keeper and his wife at Art Farm in YangZhen, Shunyi, China. 23 nov 2005

Deadman

2007-06-13T10:20:00.000+02:00

Students re-forming Chris Burden's "Deadman" during a performance workshop at Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. 11 jan 2000

Zeit eines Lebens

2007-06-13T10:10:00.000+02:00

A van used to transport suspects to the Stasi prison of Hohenschönhausen in Berlin, Germany. 05 may 2007
Suspects were usually driven around per 5 for up to 14 hours in the van to confuse them.

This is the Room

2007-06-13T10:06:00.001+02:00

An abandoned bedroom in an abandoned castle near Antwerpen, Belgium. 08 mar 2005
And I said oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling.
And I said oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling.

The Flowers of Romance

2007-06-13T10:02:00.000+02:00

The lotus pond in Butterfly Park, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 17 jul 2003

I Wish I Could Die

2007-06-13T09:54:00.000+02:00

The railway track in Mirwart, Belgium. 29 sep 2002
This picture was used for Carl Cryplant's Suicide Music Vol 1

Through the Night Softly

2007-06-09T00:23:00.001+02:00

The time between the night and morning in Pori, Finland. 19 may 2007
in such a country
and at such a time
there should be no melancholy evenings
even high bridges over the rivers
and the hours between the night and morning
and the long long winter time as well:
all these are dangerous!
for in view of
all the misery
people just throw — in a few seconds time
their unbearable lives away

Knock on Wood

2007-06-09T00:20:00.001+02:00

A hotel lobby in Venice, Italy. 12 jun 1999

Is it My Body? Someone I Might Be?

2007-06-09T00:11:00.001+02:00

A picture of the "Man Faced Spider" at Butterfly Park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 17 jul 2003

Is it My Body? Someone I Might Be?

2007-06-08T22:01:00.001+02:00

A huge (and I mean huge) inflatable sculpture of Paul McCarthy at Middelheim Museum in Antwerpen, Belgium. 26 may 2007

Is it My Body? Someone I Might Be?

2007-06-08T21:57:00.001+02:00

An avid fan with a no-nonsense t-shirt after my concert at Ruangrupa, Jakarta, Indonesia. 18 aug 2003

I Wish I Could Die

2007-06-08T21:48:00.001+02:00

Self-portrait in the bathroom of a bar in Porto, Portugal. 26 oct 2006
Mirror man mirror me
Mirror than mirror me
Mirror man mirror than
Mirror land farther than
Mirror day mirror way
Mirror man mirror way
Mirror man mirror me
Mirror man mirror me

It's My Party

2007-06-08T21:43:00.000+02:00

A theatre play at Factor 44 in Antwerpen, Belgium. 12 jan 2002

Is it My Body? Someone I Might Be?

2007-06-08T21:41:00.001+02:00

Artist Serge Vanhee with a nice curtain in the background at an exhibition in Oostende, Belgium. 30 aug 2001

Is it My Body? Someone I Might Be?

2007-06-04T00:00:00.000+02:00

4 loafs of bread waiting in an 24/24 automatic vendor machine in Antwerpen, Belgium. 22 mar 2007

Caught in a Dream

2007-06-03T19:56:00.001+02:00

A warning sign for an insect trap on the vulcanic island of Rangitoto, New Zealand. 26 aug 1999
The Man-Trap is a movie by Edmond O'Brien released on 20 sep 1961.

Drinking Wine Spodyody

2007-06-02T13:53:00.000+02:00

The setting for our Robodandy concert in Antwerpen, Belgium. 21 aug 2004
We played on top of the sound and image of a Bukowski documentary and forced people in the audience to drink wine all the time.

It's a Flat Flat Planet

2007-06-02T13:48:00.001+02:00

Some kinda wall at a party in Antwerpen, Belgium. 9 jul 1999

My Love is a Flower that Blooms

2007-06-02T13:44:00.000+02:00

AMVK in Oelegem, Belgium. 30 mar 2003

Am I not Farang?

2007-06-02T13:35:00.001+02:00

A roadside temple in Singapore. 30 jul 2003

Don't Go Breaking My Wall

2007-06-02T11:24:00.000+02:00

Trees growing from the wall of the Ming Tombs in China. 11 nov 2005

All in the Family

2007-05-28T23:26:00.000+02:00

My sculpture installation "The Family" at the exhibition "Dante's Inferno" in the basement floor of Fort Asperen, the Netherlands. 18 jun 1999

Am I not Farang?

2007-05-27T09:55:00.001+02:00

Joking Chinese workers during the buildup of an installation by Wim Delvoye in 798 Art District in Beijing, China. 17 sep 2005

Superficial Punctate Keratopathy

2007-05-22T11:50:00.000+02:00

The Beat Set featuring a two-headed Dylan playing at the Kaaiman, Antwerpen, Belgium. 07 jun 2002

Is it My Body? Someone I Might Be?

2007-05-22T11:45:00.000+02:00

A cut in my chest after I performed "He just wanted to play in his bath tube and put a finger in his ass" during Brock Enright's performance in Vilma Gold Gallery in Berlin, Germany. 23 jul 2006

It's My Party

2007-05-21T18:23:00.001+02:00

Preparing fireworks for Chinese New Year in Antwerpen, Belgium. 19 feb 2007
2007 is the year of the pig, as is 1959.

Out in the Real World

2007-05-21T18:18:00.001+02:00

An "Easy Step" for a dog to climb on the couch in a shopwindow in Pori, Finland. 18 may 2007

Out in the Real World

2007-05-21T18:14:00.001+02:00

A barn in the rue du Dépot, Havré, Belgium. 07 oct 2002
In this street Serial Killer Le Dépeceur de Mons left 2 trash bags, one containing a foot and part of a leg, another one containing a head. Before more bags had been found in Chemin de l'Inquiètude, in total over 20 with body parts of at least 4 women.

It's My Party

2007-05-21T18:11:00.001+02:00

People dancing at the afterparty for the opening of the exhibition "Trattenendosi" in Venice, Italy. 12 jun 1999

Out in the Real World

2007-05-13T01:29:00.000+02:00

Abandoned belongings in the house where I performed "The Red Dragon" in Antwerpen, Belgium. 13 apr 2007

Superficial Punctate Keratopathy

2007-05-12T11:45:00.000+02:00

A walk in Rivierenhof in Antwerpen, Belgium. 27 jan 2002

Am I not Farang?

2007-05-09T21:22:00.000+02:00

The nightwatch at Silpakorn University's Administration Building where I lived al alone in room 813 on the eight floor in Taling Chan, Bangkok, Thailand. 23 dec 1999

Die Kleinen und die Bösen

2007-05-08T07:14:00.000+02:00

A copy of a handgun made out of bread crumb by mass murderer Freddy Horion in an attempt to escape from prison, exhibited in an exhibition about Evil in Museum Dr. Guislain in Gent, Belgium. 06 oct 2006

Schildt und Schwert

2007-05-07T21:30:00.000+02:00

A corridor in the Stasi Prison of HohenSchönhausen, Berlin, Germany. 05 may 2007

Warp Drive 5

2007-05-07T08:45:00.000+02:00

A training center in Singapore. 15 feb 2004

Save the Night for Francis Dolarhyde

2007-05-07T08:41:00.000+02:00

A still from the movie "Manhunter" which I used for the announcement of a Bum Collar music performance in Antwerpen, Belgium. 23 apr 2007

The Eyes Have it

2007-05-07T08:38:00.000+02:00

A sign in a war museum in Oostende, Belgium. 19 august 2001

Blood on the Floor

2007-05-04T23:20:00.000+02:00

A performance by Franco B. at a fashion show in Antwerpen, Belgium. 01 nov 1999
And I said oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling.
And I said oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling.

In Search of the Miraculous

2007-05-03T12:29:00.000+02:00

Sunset in Oostende, Belgium. 16 aug 2001
Dutch artist Bas Jan Ader was lost at sea while attempting a single-handed west-east crossing of the Atlantic in a small vessel. The passage was part of a performance titled "In Search of the Miraculous". Radio contact broke off three weeks into the voyage, and Ader was presumed lost at sea. The boat was found after 10 months, floating partially submerged 150 miles West-Southwest of the coast of Ireland. His body was never found. The boat, after being recovered by the Spanish fishing vessel that found it, was taken to Coruña. The boat was later stolen by thugs with criminal minds.

User Handbook

2007-05-03T12:22:00.000+02:00

The cover of the "User Handbook" for Landrovers like the 3/4 ton Ambulance which we used to own at the time and which served as lyrics for the Club Moral CD "User Handbook" in Antwerpen, Belgium. 07 mar 2004

The Eyes Have it

2007-05-03T12:14:00.000+02:00

An installation I made for "Dante's Inferno" with over 1000 cow's eyes in jars of formaldehyde placed on narrow wooden shelves. Through the eyes you could see several movies like "Hell's Angels on Wheels, Hellraiser, Hell on Earth,.... on tv-monitors in the basement floor of Fort Asperen, the Netherlands. 18 jun 1999

Pain it Dark

2007-05-02T23:15:00.000+02:00

Cobwebs in a pig stable where I did my performance "Parels voor de Zwijnen" in Eerdegem, Belgium. 22 dec 2002

Down, Down, Deeper & Down

2007-05-01T21:53:00.000+02:00

Entrance of a cave on Rangitoto Island near Auckland, New Zealand. 26 aug 1999