Birgit studied Photography at the SASK Academy of fine arts Hasselt until 2001, and followed a summer workshop with Erwin Olaf at Flacc in 2001. She got her Specialisation Degree in 2009 with honorable mention. Birgit is looking out for the unremarkable, the pattern, the recurrent. Concepts of time, repetition, freezing a moment, subtle differences in light and shadow attract her attention.

For PARIS REVISITED Birgit returned to that same Paris terrace twice in ten years. The sudden overall though unremarkable presence of little screens made the difference at her return.

The book was object of a performance at on 22 December 2019 at SMARTLAB, a platform for undisciplined arts. You can peep in this "common place for the unusual" through the window or on its website.

"an observatory for behavioral research
a random but captivating spot
in the heart of the city
a location (to) return(ed) to
two moments of observing
the crossing of random people
from across the street
a sneak view
a rear window
9 years apart
it seems the city didn’t change that much
not even the people in it
only a detail stood out
the object they were holding in their hands
and the way it was used
a screen, a talking booth, a computer
a map, a mask, a companion, a guide,
an escape, a camera, a window, a mirror
Are we compulsively drawn to this ‘smart’ object that 
keeps us from interacting with our environment,
or is it the opposite?"


Birgit Stulens
Paris revisited
Le Marais
2009-2018