His roots are embedded in a musical environment: when he was 17 years old, he started studying electronic music in SEM, a part of the Antwerp conservatory, before beginning his studies in musicology at the KUL University (Leuven, Belgium). There...
Read MoreHis roots are embedded in a musical environment: when he was 17 years old, he started studying electronic music in SEM, a part of the Antwerp conservatory, before beginning his studies in musicology at the KUL University (Leuven, Belgium). There he became more and more interested in video-art and events, making his first steps as a visual artist, while still working on musical projects too, like ‘Pedal Point’, a project for 200-600 improvising musicians.
Starting from the mid-90s he concentrated on his professional career as a communications specialist, to return gradually to the world of art around 2018. He now works on photographic series, photocollage, videos, installations, land art, minimal music and musique concrète.
His main themes are time – as an experienced time, but also abstract timelapses on a global level - , politics, intertextuality (with a lot of winks towards historical references), the use of media and their integration, humor, food, and processes that develop over time.
Guido Janssens is part of the artists collectives The Muybridge Collective and Grosses Lacunes and is one of the curators of the ‘La Cellule’ gallery in Charleroi, Belgium. Until now, his own exhibitions have mainly taken place in an institutional context or in the Belgian historical heritage.
