Dries Verhoeven: in Doubt 2003 2019

The work of Dries Verhoeven (*1976) blurs the boundaries between installation art and performance. He creates unsettling and ambiguous situations in public spaces, art institutions, and theatres, which disrupt the given relationships between spectators and performers. In doubt, his first monograph contextualizes his latest creations among earlier works. The large format book includes essays by author Christiaan Weijts, theatre and performance scholar Maaike Bleeker, as well as critic Evelyne Coussens, iIlluminating Verhoeven's witty sidestepping of the conventions of the various disciplines.