The Hand, the Eye and It is both a sculpture and the recording of a lecture-performance in which the sculpture plays a central role. In the lecture, the hand of the artist mediates between the performer or maker (the eye) and the elusive thing or work of art (it) that wants to be made. Hedwig Houben describes the complex relationships that play a part in the creation of a work. She outlines the way in which different elements play both a literal and a symbolic role, thus emphasising the boundaries between subject and object, performer and maker, hand and eye. After Houben's work was previously shown live at Playground, this time M presents this sculptural installation with video work.

About Playground Festival

For its sixteenth edition, Playground is once again offering a platform to artists who are not bound to one discipline but work at the interface between stage and visual arts. Playground is a sanctuary for experimentation and a place where installation, film, architecture, sculpture and choreography merge into continuous installations and live activations. The programme challenges the codes assigned to different spaces.