Karel van Laere

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My work is best described as a combination between performance and video art. Due to my mixed background in performing and visual arts, I work in a multidisciplinary way. My work often begins with fundamental questions, such as: What would it be like if, just like a computer, I could switch off my body every now and then? Or, what does it feel like to be dependent on a machine or on other people? The search for possibilities to realise my ideas becomes part of the work. The research and the post-show discussions with the public are also an important part of it.