Dennis de Bel

Extemporary artist:

In everyday life we consume not only images and sound, we also consume objects, tangible things, design if you like.
Everything in our lives is designed, one way or another. This is sometimes hard to realize, whenever it is just good design or inevitable bad design. By introducing subtle 'design-interventions' I want to make people aware of the fact someone delibirately designed it the way it is. I want to encourage people to think about their everyday surroundings, and the objects they live and work with. I want to question design without solving problems. One only notices or questions something when there is something wrong with it. What happens to the object and it's consumer when you alter the function and,or form?
In my work I try to question previously made design decisions, decisions consumers take for granted. Therefore my work does not bear a message but rather asks a question.
To ask these questions I make use of the technique of language to build a critique of images, sculptures, sound and software. The medium I use is defined by the message, or question and thus can be anything.