TEDxEutropolis - Arnout Van Vaerenbergh - Manipulating Public Spaces February 13, 2012

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Methods of realizing public art with minimal means and maximal impact.

Gijs Van Vaerenbergh is a collaboration between young Belgian architects Pieterjan Gijs (Leuven, 1983) and Arnout Van Vaerenbergh (Leuven, 1983). Since 2007, they have been realizing projects in the public space that derive from their architectural background, but clearly display an artistic intention. As such, their projects do not always originate from the customary commission and carry a large degree of autonomy. Their primary concerns are experiment, reflection, a physical involvement with the end result and the input of the viewer. In their art they manipulate the public space with minimal means and maximal impact.

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