Vaast Colson

Very Good / Good / Not So Good / Bad

Exhibition

15/05/2015 –

– 14/06

14/06/2015

W: That was wonderful!

S: Bravo!

W: I loved it!

S: That was great!

W: Well, it was pretty good.

S: Well, It wasn’t bad.

W: There were parts that weren’t pretty good, though.

S: It could’ve been a lot better.

W: I didn’t really like it.

S: It was pretty terrible.

W: It was bad.

S: It was awful!

S & W: Terrible! Eh, boo!

During the exhibition Very Good/Good/Not So Good/Bad 1646 hosted a marble run that stretches out through the entire gallery space. The installation consisted of a structure of tubes that connected one singular hole with four exit holes carefully positioned in the exhibition space. Each exit hole represented one of the four terms taken from the title; ‘Very Good’, ‘Good’, ‘Not So Good’ and ‘Bad’. Every day a sphere was dropped into the apparatus to then, after being transmitted through the tubular system, finally exit from one of the four holes determining the value of the information it represents.

Throughout the duration of the exhibition Colson sent the 1646 office a file every day: a drawing, a quote, a story, an experience and so on. The printed file is presented in a click frame next to the exit hole in question during the remainder of the day.

The installation used chance as its main ally to fiddle around with institutions like quality and morality in a playful way.

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About Vaast Colson: Colson (1977, Belgium) lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium. He attained his MA of Arts degree in Painting at the Royal Academy of Antwerp and his Postgraduate degree in Visual Arts at AKV St. Joost in Breda, NL. Exhibitions include: 2017 – Vaast Colson, Recyclart (invited by JAP), Brussels; 2016 – Rollende Koppen (with Dennis Tyfus), Vanstenseel & De Caigny Gallery, Antwerp, BE; 2015 – Hotel Echo Tango Whisky Echo Romeo Kilo Tango, CIAP, Hasselt, BE; 2006 – Illuminanti Icone Tratte Dal Lavoro Del Giovane Maestro Fiammingo (curator: Chiara Guidi), Zonca & Zonca Gallery, Milano.

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