Kris Burm

‘Agôn’, ‘Aléa’, ‘Mimicry’ and ‘Ilinx’, that is how the French sociologist Roger Callois (1913 – 1978) denominates the 4 forms of games and play in his influential book ‘Man, Play and Games’ (1961). In more understandable terms that is, respectively: 'Competition' (fight, or coping with what you are confronted with), 'Luck' (or coincidence, probability and serendipity), 'Mimesis' (or imitation, simulation and make-belief) and 'Thrill' (excitation, also in the sense of anxiety, loss of control, altering perception). That’s about games and play, but what else is there to talk about when talking about art?

- Sint-Lukas art school in Brussels.
- 10 years of freelancing as a writer, illustrator and graphic designer.
- 30 years development of abstract 2-player games, i.e. a category of games that represent an art form in its own right.
- Since 2013 back to my writing and mixed media art practice, based on my archives as abstract game designer.

‘Measures’, The Art Vacancy, New York (USA), group show, 2019 -:- ‘Circumstancial Exhibits’, Gallery Shoobill, Antwerp (B), solo, 2018 -:- ‘Stills’, cross-over art event, Antwerp (B), solo, 2017 -:- ‘Abstract Moves’, Tique Art Space, Antwerp (B), solo, 2017 -:- ‘Full of Mercy’, Sterckshof, Deurne (B), group show, 2016 -:- ‘Process’, Koetshuis, Antwerp (B), residency and Group Show, 2015 -:- ‘The right move’, Verbeke Foundation, Westakker (B), solo + release manifesto, 2015 -:- ‘Try-out’, De Pluym, Deurne (B) solo, 2014 -:- Residency in Raketenstation, Insel Hombroich (D) 2014) -:- ‘Ideas & Prototypes’, Speelgoedmuseum, Mechelen (B), solo, 1997 -:- ‘Family van Dee’, Gallery De Punt, Perk, Brussels (B), solo, 1982.