Laugh Track

"Laugh Track" was a initiative of Foundation Parachutartists as a off program of Brussels Biennial 'Laugh Track' thinks hard about the concept of ‘criticality’ in art world. It issues de disappearances in contemporary art, society and politics. For example the disappearance of trust and believe in political agency. To question: "what could be a critical practice and what would be the repercussion of this practice in cultural and on society?" "Does Art still have it's critical and influential power or it has been deformed to an artificial smile or a laugh track on the face of now liberal market and collectors?" Two of our arguments in favour of disappearance of art, critique and the work that confront capitalism and bourgeois society are that: " (a) they have little impact. (b) they help sustain the illusion that bourgeois societies are free and open to challenge and critique."

Dan Shaw-Town (England)

Dan Shaw Town (1983, London) Lives and works in London and New York.

Wilfredo Prieto (Cuba)

Wilfredo Prieto (1978, Cuba). Lives and works in La Habana

Erkka Nissinen (FI)

Vantaa, 2007

Erkka Nissinen (1975, Finland) Lives and works in Amsterdam and New York.

Yoshua Okon (Mexico)

Gaza Stripper, documentation of performance at Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel

Yoshua Okon (1970, Mexico City) Lives and works in Mexico City and Los Angeles.

David Ferrando Giraut (Spain)

Frames Road Movie, 2008

David Ferrando Giraut (1978, Negreira, Spain) Lives and works in London.

Erik van der Weijde (the Netherlands)

This is not my son, 2007 installation view

Erik van der Weijde (1977, Dordrecht) Lives and works in Amsterdam

Philippe Van Wolputte (Belgium)

T.P.E.S #1, List of intruders , 2005

T.P.E.S #1, Antwerp (B), 2005

Phillipe van Wolputte (1982, Antwerpen) Lives and works in Amsterdam and Antwerpen.

Matthieu Laurette (France)

Frieze vs. Artforum, 2007

Courtesy Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem - Gaudel de Stampa, Paris

Matthieu Laurette (1970, Villeneuve St Georges, France) Lives and works in Paris, Amsterdam and New York

Maria Karantzi (Greece)

Fortune depends on the tone of your voice

Fortune depends on the tone of your voice

Hazzard tape heart, 2007

Steering wheel, 2007

Maria Karantzi (1981, Athens) Lives and works in Athens and London

Francisco Camacho (Colombia)

Exhibition de pièces Précolombiens en Brussels

Francisco Camacho (1980, Bogota, Colombia). Lives and works in Amsterdam.

Tracey Rose (South Africa)

San Pedro V - The Hope I Hope, 2005 Courtesy Gallery The Project, NYC

, 1997 Installation view on 'Graft' 2nd Johannesburg Biennale South African National Gallery

The Cunt Show, version 1.1.1, 2007 Courtesy of The Project, New York

Tracey Rose (1974, Durban, South Africa) Lives and works in Johannesburg.

Maria Karantzi (Greece)

Hazzard tape heart, 2007

Steering wheel, 2007

Maria Karantzi (1981, Athens) Lives and works in Athens and London

Andy Wauman (Belgium)

Ideal Ruins, 2007

Black Fall, 2007

No Go Body, 2007 All Images courtesy of the artists and Deweer Art Gallery, Ottegem

Andy Wauman (1975, Antwerpen) Lives and works in Antwerpen and Amsterdam.

Matthieu Laurette (France)

Frieze vs. Artforum, 2007

Courtesy Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem - Gaudel de Stampa, Paris

Matthieu Laurette (1970, Villeneuve St Georges, France) Lives and works in Paris, Amsterdam and New York

Kostis Velonis (Greece)

Ehsan Fardjadniya (Iran / the Netherlands)

criticize capitalism if you want to get rich & famous 

The BMW engine is producing energy for the fish tank to run for 1 min. The next min it is off and on again in next min.

Series of portraits, installation view, 2008

The humanitarian spectacle, 2008

Ehsan Fardjadniya (198o, Baktahran, Iran) Lives and works in Amsterdam, and London

Cacahuates Japoneses (Japan / Mexico)

Series Kamasullivan, 2004

Cacahuates Japoneses (2002, Mexico City) Live and work in Mexico City and Los Angeles

Jorge Cabieses Valdes (Chili)

Installation View (Goldsmiths)

Installation View (Laugh Track)

NO CONCESSIONS TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE THERE IS A NATURAL LAW, 2008

Jorge Cabieses Valdes (1978, Santiago, Chile) Lives and works in London