Juggling circus heritage and high-tech art in a unique creative arena in Ghent

Multidisciplinary artist Bjørn Gunnar Staal: “Technology can be used creatively to bring people together as in Wintercircus”

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00:00The installation you see here is made specifically for this space.

00:11Being able to put this installation in the middle of the building and seeing it from

00:17up there and from all different angles, it's a very forgiving space to show installation

00:23art in.

00:24Also the contrast between the old and the building, and this which is a very high tech

00:29installation, I think that contrast is also very interesting.

00:36I want people to see that you can use technology creatively, maybe in ways that it wasn't intended

00:41to.

00:42But I think one thing that is relevant for this building is how technology can be used

00:47to bring people together instead of just being this thing that maybe pulls us further apart.

00:53People just looking at their screens all the time.

00:58Experiencing the building itself, going through all these amazing spaces, you know, cafes

01:02and restaurants, and also this collective space where you can sit and work, and knowing

01:09that this used to be stables where the horses and elephants were, it adds some real interesting

01:19background to being in this space.

01:24It's been a really nice synergy, working with the people and the knowledge in this space

01:28to create something uniquely for this building.

01:33It's a very cool setting to meet a lot of people who have that interest and deep knowledge

01:37about technology.