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Book cover of Birdsong; featuring yellow daisy-like flowers. Published by Hannibal Books.
Book cover of Birdsong; featuring yellow daisy-like flowers. Published by Hannibal Books.
Book cover of Birdsong; featuring yellow daisy-like flowers. Published by Hannibal Books.
Book cover of Birdsong; featuring yellow daisy-like flowers. Published by Hannibal Books.
Book cover of Birdsong; featuring yellow daisy-like flowers. Published by Hannibal Books.
Book cover of Birdsong; featuring yellow daisy-like flowers. Published by Hannibal Books.
Book cover of Birdsong; featuring yellow daisy-like flowers. Published by Hannibal Books.
Book cover of Birdsong; featuring yellow daisy-like flowers. Published by Hannibal Books.

Birdsong

By (author) David Claerbout

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  • This publication accompanies the exhibition The Woodcarver and the Forest at Kasteel van Gaasbeek (Belgium), running from June 27 to November 16, 2025
Full Description

Birdsong brings together three video works by David Claerbout – The Woodcarver and the Forest, Birdcage and Backwards Growing Tree – each a meditation on time, perception and the poetics of the natural world. In an era dominated by speed and distraction, Claerbout reclaims the longue durée, offering a contemplative, detoxed form of filmmaking.

Accompanied by a poem by Stefan Hertmans, this volume explores the myths of digitisation, the rhythms of nature, growth and degrowth. Birdsong is a visual journey through the imaging ideas that the artist has developed over the past decade.

This publication coincides with Claerbout’s exhibition At the window at Gaasbeek Castle.

Text in English, French and Dutch.

About the Author

David Claerbout (b. 1969) lives and works in Antwerp and Berlin. He is known for his video installations, which he exhibits worldwide. His work is included in major public collections worldwide, including Centre Georges Pompidou Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris (France); Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (Germany); Schaulager, Basel (Switzerland); Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (Canada) and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (US).

Specifications
Publisher
Hannibal Books
ISBN
9789493416154
Published
14th Jul 2025
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World excluding Benelux, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, and Italy
Size
300 mm x 245 mm
Pages
128 Pages
Name of series
David Claerbout
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