Flatpack Archive

Second Brussels thing: on Jan de Cock's Repromotion. I once saw Peter Osborne give a typically recherche lecture on Mr de Cock, where he claimed his sculptures 'held out the promise of Constructivism.' Which describes it pretty aptly - as we hardly live in an age amenable to Constructivist ideas, they come out in this fragmented, promissory form, using the instant and disposable materials the avant-garde once merely dreamed about to set up puzzles rather than means of liberation. It's a depressing idea, but one explored very interestingly, or at least it is if you're as obsessed with this stuff as I am...