Project Panorama
Emma van der Put (2025)
HD video loop, 2'28'', no sound
The viewers eye glides along, until it remains still at the back of a bronze sculpture. A statue of a woman who wears a long, pleated head covering and, with her back facing the camera, looks out at the immense bluish glass wall of a modern office tower. We circulate throughout the Botanical Gardens of Brussels, which were inaugurated in the nineteenth century. Here, Emma van der Put made video recordings of the sculptures that are still standing in the botanical garden today. In her video work ‘Project Panorama’ (2025) they are the protagonists who, from their anchored position in history, witness the city’s rapid development. With their tranquil drama the group of statues contrasts with an environment full of anonymous, geometrically designed architectural giants. The park is a time capsule, where past, present and future seem to be in suspended animation.
