Cédric Van Parys

analytisch - artistiek onderzoek - conceptueel - geschiedenis - installatie - internationaal - objecten - publieke ruimte - sculptuur

Cédric Van Parys is an architect, researcher, artist and founder of Office CCXD, a Rotterdam based practice operating at the intersection of architecture and the visual arts. His work is based on historical and analytical investigations and is defined by a fascination for monuments, symbols, rituals, archetypes and the city as our collective memory. The result of his findings is then reimagined and appropriated into powerful artworks, installations and configurations balancing elegance and boldness, the old and the new, the natural and the artificial and the quotidian and the extraordinary.

Drawing inspiration from (architectural) history, archival research and natural science, Cédric Van Parys / Office CCXD aims to foster curiosity about the world we have made and inhabit and how this relates to the planet, the cosmos and beyond.

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    • Nothing New Under the Sun

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    • 05-03-2020 t/m 09-03-2020
    • In samenwerking met: Collectible Design
    • Locatie: Espace Vanderborght, Brussel
    • TFP’s latest collection explores a desire to imitate nature by presenting a series of small dual displays. Sculpted from anthracite and subsequently casted in aluminum, each twin “shelve” is unique and can be used to display any precious or peculiar object. Unlike the widely applied marbles, travertine and onyxes, this material has a specific “aura” which is comparable to the Chinese scholar’s rock (gongshi). It is a stone shaped by natural forces, appreciated for its particular appearance.
    • https://www.officeccxd.com/projects/nothing-new-under-the-sun

    Elements of Architecture | 14th Venice Architecture Biennale | Roof and Window room

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    • 01-05-2014 t/m 30-11-2014
    • In samenwerking met: OMA/AMO
    • Locatie: Central Pavilion in the Giardini, Venice
    • The Roof and Window room are part of the Elements of Architecture – a research-based exhibition in the Central Pavilion exploring the often overlooked but universally familiar elements of architecture used by any architect, anywhere, any time: floor, door, wall, ceiling, window, toilet, escalator, elevator…
    • https://www.officeccxd.com/projects/yingzao-fashi

    What is The Netherlands

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    • 07-03-2015 t/m 01-08-2015
    • In samenwerking met: Het Nieuwe Instituut , Stephan Petermann
    • Locatie: Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
    • In the context of the 34th World Expo is opening in Milan in spring 2015, Het Nieuwe Instituut addresses this phenomenon from different perspectives. The exhibition What is the Netherlands shows how the Dutch entries to the World Expo have always been the result of collaborations between government, industry, designers and artists. This exhibition is a portrait of 14 select Dutch contributions to World Expos since 1910. Every contribution is a glance in the mirror, showing where the Netherlands
    • https://www.officeccxd.com/projects/what-is-the-netherlands

    Monuments for Progress | Venice Art Biennale 2017

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    • 06-05-2017 t/m 30-11-2017
    • In samenwerking met: Swatch Group
    • Locatie: Sala d’armi, Arsenale, Venice
    • The Installations "Monument for Progress" is the result of a system that was projected on top of Shanghai’s urban network, to select a series of ‘monuments’ that truly represent the city’s history, present and future. The final sculptures and installation was presented on the Venice Art Biennale in 2017.
    • https://www.officeccxd.com/projects/monuments-for-progress

    The Monument

    Workshop

    • 11-07-2015 t/m 26-07-2015
    • In samenwerking met: Otis College for Art and Design
    • Locatie: , Los Angeles
    • Cédric Van Parys was invited as a quest teacher during the Design Week at Otis College of Art in Los Angeles, USA. During this week, we organised a workshop with the students on the topic of monuments and I was also invited to prepare a lecture.

    Monuments for Progress Lecture

    Lezing

    • 28-11-2017 t/m 28-11-2017
    • Locatie: Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
    • Lecture about the Research Project Monuments for Progress in Shanghai, China. It was part of the Thursday Night Live events at Het Nieuwe Instituut.

    Architecture of Appropriation | Bienal de Arquitetura de São Paulo

    Residenties / uitwisseling

    • 03-11-2018 t/m 17-11-2018
    • In samenwerking met: Bienal de Arquitetura de São Paulo & Het Nieuwe Instituut
    • Locatie: Ocupação 9 de Julho, Sao Paulo
    • In collaboration with the Bienal de Arquitetura de São Paulo and the Dutch Consulate in São Paulo, The New Institute organized a program with workshops, a seminar and an exhibition around the theme ‘occupancy/appropriation’. As part of this program, Office CCXD, Studio Knol, ZUS & GOAA were invited for a 6-day workshop to create an “assembly” space for the residents of the squatted high-rise known as Ocupação 9 de Julho in São Paulo.
    • https://www.officeccxd.com/projects/architecture-of-appropriation

    Firmitas, Utilitas et Venustas | Collectible Fair

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    • 06-03-2019 t/m 11-03-2019
    • In samenwerking met: Collectible
    • Locatie: , Brussel
    • Installation at Collectible Design Fair 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. TFP’s first collection—a series of fine jewelries, solid bookstands and arched ashtrays—are presented as part of a cityscape.
    • https://www.officeccxd.com/projects/firmitas,-utilitas-et-venustas

    The Gatekeeper | Cry Me A River

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    • 07-09-2019 t/m 13-10-2019
    • In samenwerking met: MJ fine Arts
    • Locatie: , Gent
    • Carpet, sculpted marble block, polished marble sheet, pencil drawing, 3d printed Atlantes, 65 x 65 x 30cm As shown on the exhibition "Cry me a river", Ghent, Belgium, curated by Mieke Janssens. 2019
    • https://www.officeccxd.com/projects/the-gatekeeper

    Swatch Art Peace Hotel

    Residenties / uitwisseling

    • 01-01-2016 t/m 01-08-2016
    • In samenwerking met: Swatch group
    • Locatie: , Shanghai
    • Cédric Van Parys was invited to spend half a year at the Swatch Art Peace hotel in Shanghai to have the space and time to conduct his investigation into the mysterious monuments, located on top of the metropolis’ skyscrapers.
    • https://www.swatch-art-peace-hotel.com/virtual-museum/Cédric-Van-Parys-113

    51 Personae | Shanghai Art Biennale

    Lezing

    • 27-11-2016 t/m 28-11-2016
    • In samenwerking met: Shanghai Art Biennale
    • Locatie: , Shanghai
    • Documentary & Book launch Documentary maker Romain Vennekens, followed and recorded my travels on this “Vertical Road-trip” through the city of Shanghai. Together with Graphic Designer Lu Liang, a catalogue was produced. Both were released on the rooftop of the China Construction bank, as part of the “51 Personae” program of the 2016 Shanghai Art Biennale, Curated by Chen Yun.
    • https://www.powerstationofart.com/whats-on/activities/man-seeking-centers-of-gravity

    Chromatic Dinner

    Performance

    • 07-07-2018 t/m 08-07-2018
    • In samenwerking met: Seattle Art & Design Week | Het Nieuwe Instituut
    • Locatie: , Seattle & Rotterdam
    • The Chromatic Dinner was a series of dinners (In Rotterdam and Seattle) organised in collaboration with Martin Butler and Chef Alexander Gershberg. The concept of the evening is that all senses (Taste, Vision, Smell, Sound and Touch) are stimulated.
    • https://hetnieuweinstituut.nl/en/chromatic-dinner

    We Need To Talk | DAMN°77

    Overig

    • 15-12-2020 t/m 15-12-2020
    • In samenwerking met: DAMN Magazine and Esther Munoz Grootveld
    • This article is about beauty. Beauty is a powerful tool to forge meaningful and long-lasting relationships between people and objects, and between people in general. Why, then, is beauty considered a dangerous business and blatantly ignored in today’s critical discourse about design? And why have we been taken hostage by a conservative sustainability fetishism where beauty is off-limits ?
    • https://www.damnmagazine.net/company_news/we-need-to-talk/

    MonoXylon | Raum der Lusten

    Tentoonstelling / presentatie

    • 30-04-2021 t/m 31-10-2021
    • In samenwerking met: RAUM, ZUS Architects, Vic Landscapes
    • Locatie: Stadslab RAUM , Utrecht
    • The MonoXylon is made for ‘RAUM Der Lusten’, a living laboratory for public spaces in Utrecht. Inspired by the famous triptych ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’ by Hieronymus Bosch (1480-1490), ZUS Architects curated three landscapes for this exhibition: ‘Hell’, ‘Paradise’, and ‘The World’. Each landscape will be shaped by the works of art of established and up-and-coming artists and architects, and promises visitors a unique experience with unexpected encounters.
    • https://www.officeccxd.com/projects/monoxylon