Jan Lauwers (Antwerp, 1957) is an artist who works in just about every medium. Over the last twenty years he has become best known for his pioneering work for the stage with Needcompany, which was founded in Brussels in 1986. Over the years he has also built up a substantial body of art work that has an independent existence under the name of Afang.

Deconstructions are composed of elements from Jan Lauwers’ art work. The House of Our Fathers developed out of the Deconstructions. The Needcompany ensemble performs 4- to 8-hours in these museum installations.