INFINITIF

The inte­ri­or of Koba De Meut­ter’s home con­sists of sculp­tu­res. Sur­roun­ded by this gro­wing col­lec­ti­on of particular fur­ni­tu­re, Koba has spent the last few years dra­wing fic­ti­o­nal people. These peo­p­le now inhabit a book, publis­hed by INFINITIF.

The Brussels Museum of Resistance is undergoing renovation. Hidden in the basements of the civil affairs department, the stacked archive awaits a new home. Boxes filled with recognition files, photo albums, exhibition panels, books, flags, furniture, and other scenographic materials are scattered throughout the entire floor plan. The recently appointed archivist Samuel and historian Agnes are sorting through the archive pieces and are striving to ensure a future. This publication shows the waiting archive of the Museum of Resistance.

This publication shows the content of the folder ‘Narcissus. Gazing into an (artificial) well of fountain’. This folder is one of the 18.000 subject folders that are kept in the photographic collection at the Warburg Institute in London. This iconographically organized archive contains reproductions of sculptures, paintings, drawings, prints, tapestries, and other forms of imagery, ranging in date from classical antiquity to circa 1800. All the photographs in this publication were taken on July 2th 2023.

2 x 500 contains 1000 works in dialogue, consisting of two series of 500 works each, created between March and August 2024 by Liesbeth Van Heuverswijn and Eva Vermeiren. This book includes the complete series, presented in pairs.