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BIO
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Klaas Verpoest (°1975)
Klaas Verpoest is a video artist and professor in the Visual Arts department at LUCA School of Arts, KU Leuven. His work is deeply rooted in the performing arts, where he merges artistic practice with research, focusing on interdisciplinary performances that integrate visual and auditory elements. By exploring the dynamic interaction between sound and image, he creates immersive experiences that challenge traditional boundaries between media.
In his approach to contemporary music, rather than creating a direct visual representation of the compositions, Klaas uses self-developed software tools to transform the auditory elements into generative, abstract images.These images are personal, idiosyncratic responses to the music; sometimes they align with the auditory experience, while at other times they introduce deliberate contrasts, shaping the interaction between sound and visuals.
Since 2006, Klaas has been experimenting with generating abstract video graphics in real time within the contemporary music scene. To do so, he collaborates with (inter)national musicians from various genres, both in Belgium and abroad. He has performed with ensembles like Het Collectief, HYOID Ensemble, Bryggen Strings, and Spectra Ensemble, as well as with artists such as Peter Jacquemyn, Thomas Moore, and Benjamin Glorieux, among others. His work has been shown at venues such as Concertgebouw Brugge, BOZAR, Flagey, Kaaitheater, Handelsbeurs, De Bijloke, De Singel, as well as at Cité de la Musique Paris (FR) and Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ Amsterdam (NL). Furthermore, his work has been featured at various festivals in Belgium — such as SLOW (36H) Brugge and Festival 20·21 Leuven — and across Europe, including Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (UK), Musiikin Aika – Time of Music Festival (FIN), and Festival SONIK – Quimper (FR).
In 2019, Klaas took a new direction in his artistic work by collaborating with theoretical physicists. His fascination with complex phenomena like black holes and the nature of time led to several projects, including the performative installation The Solitary One with Stéphane Detournay, the lecture-performance To the Edge of Time with Thomas Hertog, and The End of Space and Time as part of the SOLVAY conference on String Theory.