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!

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