The driving force of Toon Fibbe’s practice lies in the thinking, writing, acting and enacting of characters – this activity spawns objects, texts, videos and performances. By departing from the perspective of historical characters he converts the abstractions of finance into unexpected theatrical images, dripping sculptures and installations in which finance begins to scream, bankers walk on heels and derivatives start to bleed.Fibbe studied at the Rietveld Academy and the Piet Zwart Institute. He participated in residency programs such as VanEyck Academie, Deltaworkers New Orleans, Kunsthuis Syb. Recent exhibitions, performances and screenings have been included in WIELS Brussels, W139 Amsterdam, MuHKA Antwerp, MAMA Rotterdam, M Leuven, Jester Genk, Playbill Amsterdam.

Too Big to Fail, Too Small to Notice – 2019

Too Big to Fail, Too Small to Notice is an installation that brings together objects, sculptures and videos to tell the peculiar story of traders who began to wear platform heels on the trading floors of Chicago in the 1990s. Within this chaotic environment full of wildly screaming and gesticulating men, the heels provided an advantage by making the traders taller, more visible and therefore faster than the competition. As visibility equalled profit, this resulted in extravagant fashion in a hyper- masculine environment.