2025
TEXTS
David Claerbout
Stefan Hertmans
Isabel Lowyck
TRANSLATION
Daniel Cunin (French)
David McKay (English)
Lies Lavrijsen (Dutch)
COPY EDITING
Laura Bennett (English)
Sandra Darbé (Dutch)
Françoise Osteaux (French)
Cath Phillips (English)
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Marieke Debeuckelaere (Gaasbeek Castle)
Stephanie Van den bosch (Hannibal Books)
IMAGE RESEARCH
Lieze Eneman
Tse-Ling Uh
DESIGN
Tim Bisschop
Jef Cuypers
ART DIRECTION
Natacha Hofman
PRINTING & BINDING
Printer Trento, Italy
PUBLISHER
Gautier Platteau
ISBN 978 94 9341 615 4 D/2025/11922/39 NUR 642
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
David would like to extend a special thanks to his galleries for their continuous trust and support Pedro Cera, Annet Gelink, Sean Kelly, Greta Meert, Esther Schipper, Rüdiger Schöttle
With heartfelt thanks to Stefan Hertmans; Thomas van Waeyenberge and family; Gaasbeek Castle: Isabel Lowyck, Marieke Debeuckelaere, Sven Van Ossel, Tess Thibaut; Gautier Platteau and the team at Hannibal Books; Jef Cuypers and Tim Bisschop; Christophe De Jaegher; Ory Dessau; Joris Goorden; Mimi and Filiep Libeert; Elke Lemmens; Christian Mosar
His studio and associates Alexey Shlyk, Arseniy Litviniuk, Ben Van den Broeck, Bram Goots, Christophe Leunis, Emanuele Dainotti, Ethan Cannaert, Jef Raven Van Berckelaer, Lieze Eneman, Talia Bossier, Tse-Ling Uh, Stijn Vervoort, Wim Janssen, Wout Bosschaert, Yonas Seyoum
David Claerbout is a registered member of SOFAM.
Cover and end papers: Birdcage, 2023, film stills