“Exiles of the Psyche”
Installations, videos, and sound works by Azby Brown & Gaston Meskens, set in the scenery of the Floating University
What is the spiritual meaning of “exile”? When the body remains in place, one’s consciousness can become alienated and lie ‘elsewhere’. When the body is forced out, the consciousness can remain ‘home’.
Must we learn to thrive in our endless state of alienation?
The works will be installed in the Bar, the Auditorium, and the Hay Walls of the Floating University
Azby Brown
“Because I cannot go there myself, I send a suitcase full of ashes”, 2025
installation and audio
“Love’s Labor Slaughtered”, 1991, 7′
Analog video from 1991 digitized in 2000. Found footage and audio, including “Doom. A Sigh,” Composed by Istvan Marta, recorded by Kronos Quartet, 1990.
Gaston Meskens
“The Consolatory Practice of Leaving”, 2025
installation with poster and document table
wandering
as a mean
to arouse
the history of a place
you never experienced yourself
The Consolatory Practice of Leaving (modified photo on large poster)
The Consolatory Practice of Leaving (fragment of documentary installation)
“The Consolation of Place”, 2025
film, 21‘
Floating University sceneries:
