Arthur Saint-Remy
Posterior Hot Zone

Posterior Hot Zone is a live render installation of a virtual dreamworld. Extracted by a Fitbit smartwatch, this virtual landscape translates sleep data and morphs in response to various sleep stages—light sleep proliferates mountains, deep sleep nurtures vegetation, and REM sleep distorts the environment, while heart rate variations influence the digital weather conditions. This online quasi-ephemeral world will replay my night of sleep at KIOSK.

The final result and duration of the screening will depend on the quality of my night’s sleep at KIOSK. You won’t observe dramatic changes in the dream landscape over brief periods; it lives by the slowness of inner rhythms, contrasting the fast-paced demands of waking life and highlighting differences in how we perceive time while awake versus dreaming. In a world increasingly driven by the commodification of personal data, the work critiques the encroachment of productivity into our most intimate and unconscious moments. By turning sleep into an act of productivity, the project questions the value systems underpinning global capitalism and its obsession with constant performance.

Arthur Saint-Remy

Arthur Saint-Remy (Belgium, 2002) lives and works in Antwerp, mostly with computers.

Abstract Entities

Abstract Entities, Thomas Hitchcock's first institutional solo exhibition in Belgium, delves into the intersections of Art Nouveau and Europe’s fin de siècle cultural period and contemporary technological developments. Situated within the context of today’s global capitalism and digital shifts, he critically examines and juxtaposes themes of exploitation within a broader movement of retreating into interiority and dream-like realms.

Hitchcock’s newly created sculptural installation, within KIOSK’s former anatomical theater, also functions as an open platform for temporary interventions by Belgian art students. A multitude of different interventions across several media will take place throughout the exhibition period, including performances, music, collective readings, talks, workshops, discussions, body practices, poetry, and screenings – starting with the first contributions during the opening.

Practical information about the exhibition

• Opening on Saturday the 25th of January 2025, between 3 and 6 p.m.
• Open daily between 12.00 and 6.00 p.m.
• Open until 16.03.2025
  
• Free entrance
• Louis Pasteurlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

This exhibition was produced in collaboration with Phileas - The Austrian Office for Contemporary Art, and with the support of the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport (BMKOES) of Austria.