
Pierre Lauwers and Sylvie Eyberg installing her work, Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, May 2003. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Sylvie Eyberg and Valérie Mannaerts, Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, May 2003. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Workers installing sunscreens on the skylight of the Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, May 2003. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Sylvie Eyberg installing her work, Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, May 2003. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Sylvie Eyberg, 2003, 150 x 200 cm., red silkscreen on paper (langue), 2003, 150 x 200 cm, detail. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Thierry de Duve and Valérie Mannaerts at work, Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, May 2003. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Valérie Mannaerts, Untitled (B&W), 2001, Super 8 edited in DV and transferred on DVD, 9 min. 28 sec., in loop. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Valérie Mannaerts, Untitled (B&W), 2001, Super 8 edited in DV and transferred on DVD, 9 min. 28 sec., in loop. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Valérie Mannaerts and Sylvie Eyberg at work, Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, May 2003. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Valérie Mannaerts, Party Naked, 2003, series of 5 cibachromes, 58 x 37.7 cm each, framed. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Valérie Mannaerts, Party Naked, 2003, series of 5 cibachromes, 58 x 37.7 cm each, framed. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Thierry de Duve working on the installation, Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, May 2003. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Sylvie Eyberg installing her work, Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, May 2003. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Valérie Mannaerts, R One Way, 2003, series of 5 cibachromes, 86 x 57.5 cm each, framed. Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, May 2003. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Valérie Mannaerts, R One Way, 2003, series of 5 cibachromes, 86 x 57.5 cm each, framed. Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, June 2003. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Nicolas Pauwels, Thierry de Duve, and Valérie Mannaerts, Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, May 2003. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Sylvie Eyberg, Valérie Mannaerts, and Pierre Lauwers installing Sylvie Eyberg’s work, Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, May 2003. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Sylvie Eyberg, 2003, 140 x 90 cm, 2003, 5 grey silkscreens on paper, 140 x 90 cm, Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, June 2003. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Valérie Mannaerts, Silver + Exact, 2003, DVD, 33 min. 34 sec., in loop; in the background works by Sylvie Eyberg. Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, June 2003. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Sylvie Eyberg, 2003, 140 x 90 cm, 2003, 4 grey silkscreens on paper, 140 x 90 cm, Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, May 2003. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Sylvie Eyberg, 16 carnets, 1999, 3 color plates, 13 B&W plates, 55 x 72 cm each, framed. Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, May 2003. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Sylvie Eyberg, 16 carnets, 1999, 3 color plates, 13 B&W plates, 55 x 72 cm each, framed; Valérie Mannaerts, As Himself, 2003, cibachrome, 61 x 91 cm. Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, June 2003. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Valérie Mannaerts, Livre ouvert (Evert), 2001, cibachrome, 61 x 91 cm, framed; Sylvie Eyberg, 16 carnets, 1999, 3 color plates, 13 B&W plates, 55 x 72 cm each, frame. Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, June 2003. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

Valérie Mannaerts, Silver + Exact, 2003, DVD, 33 min. 34 sec., in loop; Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, June 2003. Photo Saskia Gevaert.

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