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Born in 1992 in Malle, Begium, Ode De Kort studied photography at the School of Arts in Ghent<\/a><\/span> and graduated in 2015 with an MA. Already during her studies, she started to participate in national and international group exhibitions and had her first solo show in 2014 in Brussels. Since then, her works were on view in Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands. Her last intervention in 2020 was her installation and performance during the Riga Photography Biennial<\/a><\/span> in the group exhibition \u201cOn Photographic Beings\u201d at the Latvian National Museum of Art<\/a><\/span>. An installation with movement is planned for June 2021 at the de Warande house of culture<\/a><\/span> in Turnhout, Belgium. Here she will perform with several people in two spaces, including a theatre hall.<\/p>\n

Coming from photography, Ode expanded early her repertoire of artistic means. First, the photos left their two dimensionality and became sculpture and installation. Then performance added also movement to her works. By the time, the circle and with this the letter \u201cO\u201d became referential in her works. Besides being one of the most anthropomorphic letters of the Latin alphabet, there is also the autobiographical aspect, since there are two O\u2019s in the artist\u2019s name as the curator Chris Sharp<\/a><\/span> remarked. Besides installations of O\u2019s in space, the letter became protagonist in performances. Moreover, the artist acted with the O and engaged a dialogue with it and the space around them.<\/p>\n

Before long, the O got a counterpart, the \u201cU\u201d. They meet as rubber circles and bands and function as body and alike as graphic character. In installations, they were accompanied by other letters and punctuation marks, especially the comma sign and the apostrophe. In 2019, Ode created the artist book \u201cOOUU\u201d, with 513 O\u2019s and 414 U\u2019s, which was published by het balanseer<\/a><\/span> with a design by Ruud Ruttens.<\/p>\n

During the artist\u2019s interventions, her legs and feet became a supporting actor for example in the performance \u201cWalk with U\u201d. Hence, the idea to integrate shoes in her work. Obvious were black rubber boots, since they are of the same material as the black rubber circles and bands, base for the O\u2019s and U\u2019s. Moreover, the Wellingtons can also be seen as the letters \u201cL\u201d and \u201cJ\u201d. So they became protagonists of Ode\u2019s photo series \u201cF\u2019OOT N\u2019OTES (A Rehearsal)\u201d, a preparation for a future performance. \u201cF\u2019OOT N\u2019OTES (A Rehearsal) #5\u201d is our artwork of the month \/ January 2021.<\/p>\n

Ode lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/odedekort.be\/portfolio.pdf<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Artwork of the Month \/ January 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n