SYSTEM D

A PRACTICE IN SITU

Projects begin with something already there: a space, a rule, a façade, an object, a client or a restriction.

SPACE OBJECT RULE CLIENT ARTIST
SYSTEM D
PROJECT PERMIT OBJECT PUBLIC SPACE 

SYS.01 / CONDITIONS
REGULATIONS MATERIAL 
THE PROJECT DOES NOT BEGIN
WITH A BLANK PAGE.
It begins with what is already there.
ARTIST
PUBLIC

ART



authorship
commerce

SIGNAGE

visibility
NO FIXED HIERARCHY

PERMITS

public space regulations permission
SYS.03 / SITE

SITE_001
WOLSTRAAT 35
ANTWERP

± 50 M²
STREET LEVEL
PUBLIC WINDOW
HERITAGE CONTEXT
STATUS: ACTIVE

The space is simultaneously workspace, presentation space, test site and address.

OBSERVE → IDENTIFY → NEGOTIATE → MAKE → APPLY → WAIT → PRESENT → CIRCULATE 
APPLY
permission may become part of the work

WAIT
time is also material

PRESENT
the space becomes public for a limited time