MORPHO

Join us for a talk with artists Goda Palekaitė and Darly Benneker this Saturday! ✨ Moderated by artist Maja Bekan, the conversation brings together the exhibitions Lapsarian 3.0 (Kunsthal Extra City) and Walls, Soft as Listening (MORPHO), and explores how contemporary artistic practices engage with systems of knowledge, institutional histories and site-specific narratives. Through different artistic strategies, both artists imagine alternative realities and perspectives: from AI-generated estrangement and speculative storytelling to material processes shaped by memory, fiction and ecology. ◊ Monastery garden of Kunsthal Extra City & MORPHO ◊ Saturday 16.05.2026, 15:00 - 16:30 ◊ Free admission More information via the link in bio. This talk is made possible with the support of Lithuanian Culture Institute. Photo: @brent_mertens #AntwerpArtWeekend #artisttalk

Vacancy: Artistic Director MORPHO Grateful for five years of intensive collaboration, MORPHO and artistic director Caroline Dumalin will part ways this summer. With the start of a new policy period, MORPHO is entering a new chapter. We are looking for an artistic director who will (preferably from 1 July onwards) work together with the general director to develop the new 2028–2032 policy plan, as well as MORPHO’s artistic, strategic, and operational direction. The artistic director combines vision with decisiveness and brings together policy, partnerships, and the day-to-day functioning of MORPHO into an inspiring whole. Would you like to help shape the future of MORPHO and support artists in flourishing? Apply now and bring your vision into dialogue with ours. Application deadline: 1 June 2026. Link in bio for more details.

𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝑳𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 Next week we gather in the Monastery Garden for an early evening of readings on belonging, with residents Davide La Montagna and E.N. Mirembe. Davide La Montagna’s performative poetry 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑁𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑦 is a mermaid’s love letter from the wrong element. A body made of fluids and folklore, gasping on dry land and writing love as an act of vanishing. E.N. Mirembe will be reading 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑀𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦, a meditation on blackqueer fugitivity as a mode of life lived beyond the terms of the nation state. Moving between theory and poetry, the reading takes wild flowers as a point of departure to ask what forms of relation become possible when belonging is no longer organized through ownership, citizenship, or legal recognition. ✧ When: Friday 15 May 2026, 18:00 ✧ Part of: Antwerp Art Weekend & Borger Nocturne ✧ Where: Monastery Garden, entry through Kunsthal Extra City (Provinciestraat 112, Antwerp) Afterwards, you can visit Darly Benneker’s solo show in the Refectory and join the evening programme at Kunsthal Extra City. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ. 💧In case of bad weather, the readings will take place in the church of Extra City. 🦋@davidelamontagna , @subtleroyalty

Vanaf morgen is het Belgisch Paviljoen op de 61ste Biënnale van Venetië officieel open voor het publiek. Miet Warlop vertegenwoordigt ons land met de tentoonstellingsperformance IT NEVER SSST. Het is de eerste keer dat performancekunst een centrale plaats inneemt in het Belgisch Paviljoen. 💡 Wist je dat de mallen voor de woorden ‘IF’, ‘NEVER’ en ‘SSST’ sinds 2023 deel uitmaken van de collectie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap? Ook als autonome objecten doen ze reflecteren over de rol en de kracht van taal. 📆 9 mei - 22 november 2026 📲 Lees meer via www.belgianpavilion.be --- 📷 Sjoerd Tanghe en Reinout Hiel #itneverssst #mietwarlop #belgianpavilion #biennalearte2026 #venice #vlaandereniscultuur

Meet Miet Warlop, the artist of IT NEVER SSST, a performative exhibition and Flemish Community entry at the 61st International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia For all info visit itneverssst.be and belgianpavilion.be / video by @sjoerdtanghe Thanks to the players of the National Lottery, who make this possible. #BiennaleArte2026 #InMinorKeys #Venice #NationalLottery #muchmorethanjustgames @miet_warlop @loterienationaleloterij @cultuurjeugdmedia @kanal.centrepompidou @morphoantwerp

Are you ready? Counting the days for the opening of IT NEVER SSST, a performative exhibition by Miet Warlop, at the 61st International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, this Saturday 9th of May at the Belgian Pavilion 🎬 Behind the scenes trailer shot at the IT NEVER SSST atelier in Belgium ℹ️ For all info visit itneverssst.be and belgianpavilion.be Music by @oscarrclaus Vocals by @wietsetanghe Video by @vitesse.lab #BiennaleArte2026 #InMinorKeys #MietWarlop #Venice #BelgianPavilion @miet_warlop @cultuurjeugdmedia @morphoantwerp @kanal.centrepompidou @labiennale

OPEN STUDIO DAYS On Saturday 2 May you are welcome to visit the artists at Studio Stuivenberg during 𝗔𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗱, the major open studio weekend for visual artists in Flanders and Brussels, organized by @kunstwerkt . Studio Stuivenberg is located on the first floor of the gatehouse of this former hospital, which was transformed by MORPHO into around 20 workspaces for artist collectives and individual makers. Studio Stuivenberg is committed to strengthening the position of artists in the city and helping to stimulate the spirit of solidarity on the site through partnerships with @omarmstuivenberg and the other cultural partners present. Participating artists: @erisabakalli @olg.fl @alexandra_fraser_art @deve1000 @marcusgurke @aaron.har @juliet_atelier_jespers @margotlecoutere @philiplovric @_entomo @anoukostyn @roxipopphoto @naomiserov @viltcollectief ❊ When: Saturday 2 May, 11:00–18:00 ❊ Where: Lange Beeldekensstraat 267, Antwerp ❊ More info via link in bio ♥ Many thanks to all the artists for your hospitality! → Make sure to also pass by Broedplaats Borrewater at Borrewaterstraat 1, Merksem 📸 1–10 @margotlecoutere

'̴͙͓̻͠͝T̴͓̻͍̾̓̒_̵̼̝͛̀͠C̴̦͛͛̓͜͜y̸̠͉̔̈́͌b̵̝͕̾̕͠e̸̦̠̞̒͛̓r̸̫͇̟̐̾͛h̴͙͙͚͒̽̚o̵͉̼̾̾͜l̴͔̪̀͛̽͜ 8̴̡͇͍͆͠ Welcome to the eighth work session of '̞͙̺T̙̘̞_̡̞͚C͉̼͙Y͇̝͙B̻͚̟E͖͍̠R͇̫͕H̫͜O͔̝L͓͔͖ initiated by Joke Caimo & ooooo with the support of MORPHO Come and explore the exciting world of cyborg electronics, infused with the spirit of technofeminism! Together we can shape the future of technology in an inclusive and empowering way, short-circuiting patriarchal and neoliberal technologies. ⚡︎ When: Sunday 10/5, 11am-5pm ⚡︎ Where: toitoiDROME @ MORPHO Zendelingen, Zendelingenstraat 38, Antwerp ⚡︎ There are 10 places, sign up via link in bio ___________________________________________ B̈́͌͠E͒̿͠A͒̒M͒͊̈́:̔͠ B̈́̒̽ì̈́͑ö́̀̈́m̽o̔́̚r͐̿̚ṕ͝h̀͌͑i͝͝c̈́̿͒ A̐̀n̈́̾̈́a̔̓l̈́̓͝o̒͊̓g̈́̿u̓͌̿e̓͆͝ R̾͝o̒͠b̿͐̚o͊͆͐ẗ́̓͝i̓͐͌c̈́͝x͆̕͝s̽͐ In this session, Juni introduces BEAM robotics as a subversive practice that rethinks technological waste and innovation. BEAM (an umbrella term for simple analogue circuits that can display surprisingly complex behavior) shifts the focus from traditional engineering to playful experimentation, balancing components, and collaborative creation, often using entirely scavenged materials. By repurposing discarded machine parts as aesthetic and creative material, BEAM challenges techno-capitalist ideas of technology as mere value-extraction and rejects the binaries of functional versus broken or useful versus useless that shape global systems of waste and resource extraction. → [Juni] is a philosopher, musician and DIY enthusiast, interested in circuit bending and BEAM robotics. They are fascinated by open technologies and the cultures of subversion that thrive around them. Juni works on intersecting feminist and queer studies with theories of technology and the self. → Bring your own lunch and possibly plugs, laptops, smartphones for research & documentation + also a soldering iron and basic tools if you have them, as well as old electronics and materials to build circuits and robot bodies! → For beings who are gender non-conforming, gender dissident, trans, fd, dyke, inter, bi, female, non-binary, or identify themselves CYBERFeministBIOHACKTransBORGS. Free contribution!

Kom zaterdag langs bij Broedplaats Borrewater! Eind 2024 lanceerden Fameus en MORPHO in @district_merksem Broedplaats Borrewater: een atelierproject in het voormalige politiebureau. In samenwerking met @stateofthearts_ zet deze plek in op peer support en een sterke brug naar het werkveld. Op deze locatie: Agnese Forlani (@agneforla ), Elien Verschueren (@verselien ), Ems Verhaert (@emsverhaert ), GRNDbrekers (@grndbrekers ), Karl Jonas (@karljoonasalamaa ), Mona Mariën (@monamarien ), Morgan Van Gele (@morgan_vangele ), Siska Bouwen (@siskabouwen ), Tomas Bachot (@tomasbachot ), Evien Van Rijt (@vanrijt_evien ). Zaterdag 2 mei - van 11 tot 18 uur Borrewaterstraat 1, 2170 Merksem Foto’s: Atelier in Beeld 2025 @marianasafoto

STUDIO AVAILABLE: STUIVENBERG A large studio measuring 74.02 m2 is available on the Stuivenberg site. This studio is located next to the communal area in a vibrant building, shared with 25 other artists, on the first floor of the gatehouse of a former hospital. ‣ Surface: 74.02 m2 ‣ Price/month: €413,92 (rent) + €179,13 (costs) incl. VAT ‣ Available: from 1 July (might be possible from May) ‣ Viewing days: 22/04 at 10am & 29/04 at 4pm ‣ Application deadline: 06/05 before midnight Interested? Sign up for a viewing day with our studio coordinator Brent via the form in bio. 👉 MORPHO Stuivenberg Lange Beeldekensstraat 267, 2060 Antwerp

Is er al iemand bij de kippen gaan kijken? Ja, er is vrij veel volk bij de kippen gaan kijken. Onze grootste expo tot nu toe! In samenwerking met @morphoantwerp , @extra_city en elf kunstenaars van voorafgaande Kiek-expo's. @mariusschoonvliet @_nina.schuurmans_ @ian_de_weerdt @_adri_the_artist_ @brendvandijck @fnny.w @tibo_vergote @migueltorochoreography @roel_segers @alificentt @siemen_hellinx Een enorme dankuwel voor alle inzet, sfeer en opnieuw prachtig werk! Dit is exact waar kiek om draait, samen met kunstenaars doen wat we graag doen. Op nog veel meer! Is er al iemand bij de kippen gaan kijken? Provinciestraat 112 27/03 - 05/04 2026 Foto's @roel_segers

𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗡 The Brussels Artist-Run Network core team invites you to join them in Antwerp for a day of conversations, visits, and informal exchanges. ✼ 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻: 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟯 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 → 𝟭𝟯:𝟯𝟬 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗣𝗛𝗢 → 𝟭𝟱:𝟬𝟬 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁-𝗥𝘂𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 ✼ 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗣𝗛𝗢, 𝗣𝗹𝗼𝗲𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗮𝘁 𝟮𝟳 ✼ 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟭𝟱 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗼 The conversation starting at 13:30 in MORPHO brings us together to reflect on how artist-run networks emerge and what they make possible. We begin with a presentation by the @brusselsartistrunnetwork , sharing how BARN operates, the tools they use, the website, the team, and the directions the network is taking. Drawing from other cities and contexts, they open up a discussion on international artist-run networks and what they could enable. From there, BARN moves into a broader conversation around the Antwerp scene, including developments around M HKA, and reflects on informal and self-organised structures. How do initiatives position themselves? Is there a desire to continue these exchanges and shape more sustainable collaboration? We also look at BARN’s open-source website as a shared tool: could this infrastructure be extended to other contexts and future collaborations? ❊ 𝟭𝟱:𝟬𝟬 – 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁-𝗥𝘂𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗣𝗛𝗢 ❊ 𝟭𝟱:𝟯𝟬 – 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 @wpzimmer ❊ 𝟭𝟲:𝟱𝟬 – 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 @atelier_faar 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻❜𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 ❊ 𝟭𝟳:𝟰𝟱 – 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 @samenschool_antenna + 𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 (𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻) ✧ Please be on time ✧