Karel van Laere

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Karel van Laere

Performance artist

07/04/2026

Hi all, thanks for your support and messages
Last week I had a one-on-one video call with Pablo Rochat the creator of the Nike Sports wear campaign which looked similar to my work ‘Calling from Work’. Pablo shared his creative process. It appeared he created the work himself without knowing the existence of my work.
Two artists in two different locations in the world seemed to have similar ideas. I’m happy that Pablo was open to this and that we could talk about our creative processes. In good will onwards from here.

I’m currently working on something completely different, update soon! 🚶🏻‍♂️K

23/03/2026

Update Nike campaign that looks like Calling From Work
I'm sharing this post as a lot of friends ask me how I'm doing and want to hear more about the Nike situation. So, a quick update.

Last week, I woke up to messages pointing out that my work Calling From Work might have been an inspiration for a recent commercial directed by .rochat

I reached out to Pablo, and he got back to me. He told me the similarity wasn’t intentional, that he wasn’t aware of my work either.
It still feels hard for me, yet I'm happy we're in touch. We’re planning to have an artist-to-artist conversation this week, which I’m looking forward to. Will keep you updated.

Thanks to everyone who reached out I really appreciate the support.
Karel

Ps: go check Calling From Work this weekend festival and at museum until 14th july!

18/11/2025

Reach - STUK Leuven, Belgium
Collaborative performance with surgeon Sander Ovaere and dentist Riet Bergmans at festival PLAYGROUND.

Incl. field recordings from Ghana, Turkey, Taiwan and Japan organized and balanced by

Pictures by Ilse van Essche

Special thanks: Ilse van Essche Steven van der Velden, Stichting Largo, Laparoscopyboxx (a brand of Outside the Boxx) Frank Koolen, Guus Bökkerink en Anke Smits.

11/11/2025

Calling from Work - 來自遠方的問候
Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2025

Currently screening

Performance: Karel van Laere
Producer: Mina Hsu-Ping WANG 王序平, Dynamo Management 代藝室
Video: Wei-Lung LIN 凌瑋隆, Yen-An PAN 潘彥安, Lane 216, East Production 凹焦影像工作室
Line producer and facilitator: Saru Red
Audio: Michelle Samba
Subtitles: Jane Bemont

Cement truck: Sincerity Industrial CO.,LTD 誠喜預拌車水泥車出租買賣. Yu-Jun HUANG 黃宇潤
Crane: Yi Cheng Crane and Hoist Services Engineering Company 益成起重工程行
Crane operator: Chan-Hung KUO 郭展弘
Safety Support: Tsung-Hsiu WU 吳宗修, All-round Spider Engineering Company 全方位蜘蛛工程行.
Rigging team: Zhao-Yi WANG 王詔逸, Pei-Lun LIN 林培倫, KRRT - Kaohsiung Rope Rescue Team 高雄繩索救援隊

Special thanks to my parents

Calling from Work was made possible by Stichting Largo and Het Amarte Fonds.

07/10/2025

Contact – MOT Museum, Tokyo JP Live performance, 12 min 📸 by Kei Murata

It was an honour to present Contact at last month, as part of the exhibition ‘Choreographies of the Everyday’, curated by .kwon I felt that the performance landed well within the context of the exhibition and the audience who visited.
I also had the pleasure of collaborating with wonderful people: 20 participants and a fantastic tech team at MOT that made everything run so smoothly. Thank you all so much.

The performance was developed during a residency and made possible by and Stichting Largo

Contact in Tokyo was made possible by &

Thanks you all who visited, i hope we will meet again someday soon!

10/09/2025

Calling from Work - 來自遠方的問候
Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2025

Opening this weekend

Performance: Karel van Laere
Producer: Mina Hsu-Ping WANG 王序平, Dynamo Management 代藝室
Video: Wei-Lung LIN 凌瑋隆, Yen-An PAN 潘彥安, Lane 216, East Production 凹焦影像工作室
Line producer and facilitator: Saru Red
Audio: Michelle Samba
Subtitles: Jane Bemont

Cement truck: Sincerity Industrial CO.,LTD 誠喜預拌車水泥車出租買賣. Yu-Jun HUANG 黃宇潤
Crane: Yi Cheng Crane and Hoist Services Engineering Company 益成起重工程行
Crane operator: Chan-Hung KUO 郭展弘
Safety Support: Tsung-Hsiu WU 吳宗修, All-round Spider Engineering Company 全方位蜘蛛工程行.
Rigging team: Zhao-Yi WANG 王詔逸, Pei-Lun LIN 林培倫, KRRT - Kaohsiung Rope Rescue Team 高雄繩索救援隊

Special thanks to my parents

Calling from Work was made possible by Stichting Largo and Het

27/08/2025

‘Where Bodies Lifo’
Durational performance with Martin Toloku
At Chale Wote festival 2025, Accra, Ghana

27/08/2025

‘Where Bodies Lifo’
Durational performance with Martin Toloku, Chale Wote 2025 Accra, Ghana

19/03/2025

After three months of residency at PIER 2 - I’m very excited to invite you to visit my upcoming exhibition ‘Calling from Work’《來自遠方的問候》in Kaohsiung, Taiwan! Looking forward to seeing you there!

Location: PIER 2 Art Centre
803, Kaohsiung City, Yancheng District, Dayi St, 2-2 號大義倉庫 C8-1

Exhibition Dates: March 25 – 30�
Performance: March 26 at 16:00 - 16:30

Opening Hours:�Tuesday to Thursday: 12:00 - 17:00�Friday to Sunday: 12:00 - 19:00

在《來自遠方的問候》中，我一邊散步，一邊打電話給我的父母。在高雄停留的三個月期間，我每週都會與他們通話一次。他們通常不知道我身在何處，但我卻能清楚地知道他們的位置——人在客廳，坐在沙發上，就在 Wi-Fi 路由器旁邊。
這種狀態對我們的對話本身或許並無影響，但父母熟悉的聲音與我所處環境的差異，卻為我營造出一種近乎荒謬的現實。《來自遠方的問候》呈現了熟悉的家庭親密感與身處全球流動狀態間的對比。當我們與人通話，真的需要知道對方確切在哪裡嗎？

Picture by: 陳李視物工作室 Chien hao Chen 陳建豪

Conceived and performed by Karel van Laere
Producer: 王序平 Mina Hsu Ping Wang / 代藝室 Dynamo Management
Video by: 凌瑋隆 Lin Wei-Lung、潘彥安 Yen-An PAN, 凹焦影像工作室 Lane 216, East Production
Line producer and facilitator: Saru Red
Assistant: 郭亦祥 Yi-Shiang KUO

Concrete truck: 誠喜預拌車水泥車出租買賣Sincerity Industrial CO.,LTD. 黃宇潤Yu-Jun HUANG
Crane truck: 益成起重工程行 Yi Cheng Crane and Hoist Services Engineering Company , (Operator) 郭展弘 Chan-Hung KUO
Safety Support: 吳宗修 Tsung-Hsiu WU, 全方位蜘蛛工程行 All-round Spider Engineering Company
Rigger:王詔逸 Zhao-Yi WANG 、林培倫 Pei-Lun LIN, 高雄繩索救援隊KRRT - Kaohsiung Rope Rescue Team

Special thanks to my parents.

This project is made possible by the generous support of Stichting Largo, het Amarte Fonds and Stroom Den Haag.

16/01/2025

Spent five incredible days in Seoul, and ten amazing days in Tokyo, Japan — thanks to all my friends that showed me and around 🫶🏻
Yesterday, I arrived in Kaohsiung Taiwan, where I’ll be an artist in residence at until the end of March. I am very much looking forward to get back into new projects.

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