For his installation in the Van Abbemuseum, Foulon will emphasize, through selected works from the collection, the notion of art as playback, art as makeup and art as accessoire.

The Soliloquy of the Broom has featured in installations, screenings and lecture performances since 2008. The work leads back to a world wide journey undertaken by Olivier Foulon and camera woman Martina Radwan in the summer of 2008, tracking four paintings by Gustave Courbet with the title Jo, The Beautiful Irish Girl (1865) and filming the individual paintings for two minutes on 16mm film, subsequently editing them into one work.