Simon Van Honacker
CYCLING RACE ONLY FOR (FORMER) RESIDENTS MEN (+18) OF BEKEGEM ALONG A TRAFFIC-FREE COURSE WITH START AND FINISH IN THE VILLAGE STREET.
For PLAN B, Simon created a unique audio work, Wielerwedstrijd (Cycling Race), exclusively for (former) male residents (+18) of Bekegem, along a traffic-free route starting and finishing in Dorpstraat, recorded during the event of the same name in Bekegem. This field recording was based on the same principle he used throughout his graduation project Observaties in Vlaanderen (Observations in Flanders): audio recordings made at various locations in – yes – Flanders. His list of audio pieces includes the re-enactment of the Battle of Passchendaele, the Easter Mass in Lichtervelde and the Planckendael animal park. Simon visited these various events, gatherings and environments in Flanders and captured their temporary collectivity and atmosphere.
BIO
Simon Van Honacker (°1994, Belgium) studied Media Art at KASK Ghent. His practice has increasingly evolved towards audio work and radio, which he makes full use of in his radio show Dateless Daze on Villa Bota and as co-founder of the radio station Radio Roeien met Riemen within KASK. Simon's work was previously shown during Night Shift at Beursschouwburg (Gouvernement, Brussels) and he was co-organiser of SCRPR exhibitions within and outside the walls of KASK.
