1000WoordenFlyer“A pictures is worth a thousand words” was a project and exhibition on found photography. The exhibition with thirty ‘Finders’ and their preferred ‘Found image’ was on view in April 2008 in De Zaal in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) Gent.

 

“1000 Words” is about the found image, put in interaction with texts. For this we asked 30 writers, artists and critics to write ’something’ about pictures that sneaked into their lives. An anecdote, memories, a poem, reflections about the image…

 

Found photography can’t exist without it’s finder, the person that saved an anonymous photograph from oblivion. We’ve put this finding in a central position. By juxtaposing images and words we create a dialogue that introduces multiple perspectives and visions.

 

The exhibition also consisted of the website www.1000woorden.be and a publication/catalogue.

 

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Participating artists were:
Hans Aarsman, Annemie Augustijns, Damien De Lepeleire, Annelies de Mey, Johan De Vos, Paul Demets, Hans Desnoeck, Robert Devriendt, Maarten Dings, Erik Eelbode, Lode Geens, Roger Kockaerts, Rudy Kousbroek, Hans Op de Beeck, Christoph Ruys, Don Sars, Dominique Somers, Andrea Stultiens, Johan Swinnen, Nadine Tasseel, Rein Jelle Terpstra, Hans Theys, Martien Van Beeck, Régine Van den Broucke, Egon Van Herreweghe, Valérie Vandecasteele, Joris Vermassen and Willy Vynck