The Road to Beauty

Chloé Op de Beeck

The Road to Beauty
by Chloé Op de Beeck

synopsis

With The Road to Beauty (work title) Chloé Op de Beeck explores what is lost after the amputation of her mother’s breast. Through intimate conversations with her mother and with the surgeon who reshaped her body, the work examines how bodies are represented, archived, and imagined, creating a poetic and tactile reflection on presence, absence, and transformation.

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biography

Chloé Op de Beeck’s practice consists of film, photography and sculptural objects. She registers moments and situations, to present them in a spatial context, building video installations in which cinematic elements are deconstructed and unfold as fragments in an exhibition space.

After completing a Master’s degree in Photography and a Master’s degree in Film Studies and Visual Culture, she was artist-in-residence at Cité des Arts in Paris and De Brakke Grond in Amsterdam. In 2017-18, she did a postgraduate at HISK (Ghent). Her work has been shown at IKOB, De Garage, STUK, SMAK, and abroad at Shuttle 19, Paris (France), Cabane B, Bern (Switzerland), NART, Narva (Estonia), to name a few only.

The Road to Beauty

Chloé Op de Beeck

The Road to Beauty
by Chloé Op de Beeck

synopsis

With The Road to Beauty (work title) Chloé Op de Beeck explores what is lost after the amputation of her mother’s breast. Through intimate conversations with her mother and with the surgeon who reshaped her body, the work examines how bodies are represented, archived, and imagined, creating a poetic and tactile reflection on presence, absence, and transformation.

  • https://soundimageculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/01-Chloe-Op-de-Beeck_mal.jpg
  • https://soundimageculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/03-Chloe-Op-de-Beeck_Wegnaarschoonheid.jpg
  • https://soundimageculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/04-Chloe-Op-de-Beeck_Hercules.jpg
  • https://soundimageculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/05-Chloe-Op-de-Beeck_minne.jpg

biography

Chloé Op de Beeck’s practice consists of film, photography and sculptural objects. She registers moments and situations, to present them in a spatial context, building video installations in which cinematic elements are deconstructed and unfold as fragments in an exhibition space.

After completing a Master’s degree in Photography and a Master’s degree in Film Studies and Visual Culture, she was artist-in-residence at Cité des Arts in Paris and De Brakke Grond in Amsterdam. In 2017-18, she did a postgraduate at HISK (Ghent). Her work has been shown at IKOB, De Garage, STUK, SMAK, and abroad at Shuttle 19, Paris (France), Cabane B, Bern (Switzerland), NART, Narva (Estonia), to name a few only.

The Road to Beauty (Le chemin vers la beauté)

Chloé Op de Beeck

Le chemin vers la beauté
Chloé Op de Beeck

synopsis

Avec Le chemin vers la beauté (titre de travail), Chloé Op de Beeck explore ce qui subsiste après l’amputation du sein de sa mère. À travers des conversations intimes avec celle-ci ainsi qu’avec le chirurgien ayant remodelé son corps, l’œuvre interroge la manière dont les corps sont représentés, archivés et imaginés, donnant naissance à une réflexion poétique et tactile sur la présence, l’absence et la transformation.



  • https://soundimageculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/01-Chloe-Op-de-Beeck_mal.jpg
  • https://soundimageculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/03-Chloe-Op-de-Beeck_Wegnaarschoonheid.jpg
  • https://soundimageculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/04-Chloe-Op-de-Beeck_Hercules.jpg
  • https://soundimageculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/05-Chloe-Op-de-Beeck_minne.jpg

biographie

La pratique de Chloé Op de Beeck se déploie entre le film, la photographie et les objets sculpturaux. Elle enregistre des moments et des situations qu’elle recompose ensuite dans l’espace, construisant des installations vidéo où les éléments cinématographiques sont déconstruits et se déploient sous forme de fragments au sein d’un espace d’exposition.

Après un master en photographie et un master en études cinématographiques et culture visuelle, elle a été artiste en résidence à la Cité des Arts à Paris et à De Brakke Grond à Amsterdam. En 2017–2018, elle a suivi un programme postgradué au HISK (Gand). Son travail a notamment été présenté à IKOB, De Garage, STUK, SMAK, ainsi qu’à l’international, notamment à Shuttle 19 (Paris), Cabane B (Berne) et NART (Narva), entre autres.