David Claerbout is one of today’s leading artists working with moving images. His artistic practice is less a celebration of high technology and rather a probing inquiry into perception and how images are experienced on a cognitive and sensorial level. In this book, curator, author, and Claerbout expert Ory Dessau highlights the scope of Claerbout’s artistic practice and thinking and presents an in-depth analysis of the works featured in the solo exhibition Five Hours, Fifty Days, Fifty Years at Escher Konschthal (Luxembourg), on view October 2025 to February 2026. This book provides a valuable introduction to a moving, complex and extraordinary oeuvre.
David Claerbout, *1969 in Kortrijk, is a Belgian video artist. He lives in Antwerp and Berlin.
Ory Dessau, *1979, is a curator and writer. He lives and works in Brussels.
Text Ory Dessau
Edited by Christian Mosar
Cologne 2025 13,5 x 20 cm. 160 p. with 39 photos (17 in colour), clothbound – English and German
ISBN: 978-3-75330-940-8
Price: 28€. Available at the Konschthal.
© Christof Weber
© Christof Weber
© Christof Weber
© Christof Weber
© Christof Weber
© Christof Weber