Wiels premieres the amazing audio visual installation of Hans Verhaegen (European, b. Belgium 1966) and Jean Delouvroy (European, b. Belgium 1967), two young influential artists of this generation. The installation spreads itself throughout the second floor. It consist of an animation made by Hans Verhaegen combined with music composed by Jean Delouvroy. This work was first created for the concert hall of the Orpheus Institute in Ghent on November 12, 2009. The work is meant to be adapted to the specific architectual characteristics of any location in situ.

The animation is made in Flash (old school flash based on an animation by Jared ‘Levitated’ Tarbell from 2001). Inspiration was also triggered by visiting the Cathedral in Köln (Germany) with the recent glass window by the German contemporary painter Gerhard Richter. The screen is filled with dancing human figures. In a style that reminds us of early ’80 computer games. These are symmetrically arranged in groups of 25 people in different colors. The colors are simply the default colors you can find in almost any graphical program. These do very well in simulating the "typical" gothic colors of glass windows.

The music consists of a 23 minute looped soundscape situated in a very low frequency range. This is the result of a complex manipulation via software of a self composed baroque fugue for a chorus. It could be interpreted as a group of giants singing in slowmotion with a endless breath like they are frozen in time. A layer of crackling sounds appears and disappears and triggers the visuals.

Preview Deus Digitalis here.