OUT OF SIGHT

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Still carrying the energy from yesterdayโ€™s opening of ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง. The evening felt less like an exhibition opening and more like a temporary gathering place, full of lovely people, conversations and shared attention. Thank you to everyone who came by during the first day of Antwerp Art Weekend @antwerpart and spent time with the works, with us, and with each other โ™ฅ Working on this exhibition with Meggy Rustamova, Pieter Geenen @pieter.geenen , and Sirah Foighel Brutmann @sirahfoighelbrutmann & Eitan Efrat @eitanefrat , co-founders of MESSIDOR @messidorgroup , has been a real gift. The exhibition grew through dialogue, trust, and a shared sensitivity to image and memory, and it was beautiful to finally open that space together. Today is the second day of Antwerp Art Weekend and BORGER @borger_nocturnes and Out of Sight will be open from 12:00โ€“21:00. Come by, spend time with the exhibition, bring a friend, return for a second look, or simply take a pause with us. For those who already visited: What stayed with you after leaving the exhibition? - - - ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง 14.05-14.06.2026 MESSIDOR Meggy Rustamova Pieter Geenen Sirah Foighel Brutmann and Eitan Efrat OUT OF SIGHT, Somersstraat 31, 2018 Antwerp - - - ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง is part of the Close Encounters project. Supported by Flanders โ€” State of the Art / Department of Culture, Youth and Media . Images: Opening of the exhibition ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ˆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ at Out of Sigh . Thank you once again for the beautiful photos Miles Fischler @milesfischler #outofsight #messidor #aaw2026 #closeencounters #messidor
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2 days ago
Only one day left until the opening of ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง at Out of Sight and the start of Antwerp Art Weekend. We are looking forward to welcoming you! ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง 14.05-14.06.2026 MESSIDOR Meggy Rustamova Pieter Geenen @pieter.geenen Sirah Foighel Brutmannreturn @sirahfoighelbrutmann & Eitan Efrat @eitanefrat OPENING EVENT > Thursday, 14 May 2026 from 19:00-22:00 OUT OF SIGHT, Somersstraat 31, 2018 Antwerp --- Opening hours during Antwerp Art Weekend @antwerpart Thursday, 14 May โ€” 12:00โ€“22:00 Friday, 15 May โ€” 12:00โ€“21:00, part of BORGER @borger_nocturnes Saturday, 16 May โ€” 12:00โ€“18:00 Sunday, 17 May โ€” 12:00โ€“18:00 The 12th edition of Antwerp Art Weekend takes place across Antwerp from 14โ€“17 May 2026. Take the opportunity to visit the city, discover all participating locations, exhibitions, performances, and artistic encounters across Antwerp. - - - ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง is part of the Close Encounters project. Supported by Flanders โ€” State of the Art / Department of Culture, Youth and Media . Images: 1. Exhibition Flyers, photo: Out of Sight; 2. Antwerp Art Weekend by @vrintskolsteren #outofsight #messidor #aaw2026 #closeencounters @messidorgroup
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3 days ago
We are excited to welcome you to the opening of the exhibition ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง at Out of Sight on Thursday, 14 May from 19:00! For the exhibition MESSIDOR artists Meggy Rustamova, Pieter Geenen @pieter.geenen , Eitan Efrat @eitanefrat & Sirah Foighel Brutmannreturn @sirahfoighelbrutmann return to earlier projects from their individual practices, reconsidering them in light of todayโ€™s geopolitical context. Through newly produced works, reconfigurations and remakings, older works enter into dialogue with the present moment, opening them to renewed readings and shifting interpretations. The exhibition moves between past and present, proposing ways in which images, memories, sounds, and narratives can be continuously reactivated through time. - ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ And air enters open dark holes. And moves through the pathway of air. Not silently. It hisses and squeaks and peeps, trying to pass by, trying to break apart that painless persistent lump-stone lodged in the corridors of our bodies. ๐˜Ž๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ด: that is how we named it. The world of hysteria nestled in our throats. The tightness in the chest lingers in bodies. It expands and dries out the remaining restful alveoli. We crave air, anything that might devour those breathless pockets, absorb all our fear, sadness and anger. And then air finally breaks in. Spreads through and between the bodies, among us. And we join in a cry-scream spreading like an echo, vibrating through languages, streets, buildings. It explodes into a murmuration of colours across landscapes. (A temporary release, before the lump-stone nestles in again.) - ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง 14.05-14.06.2026 OUT OF SIGHT, Somersstraat 31, 2018 Antwerp OPENING during Antwerp Art Weekend @antwerpart Thursday, 14 May 2026 from 19:00-22:00 - ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง is part of the Close Encounters project. Supported by Flanders โ€” State of the Art / Department of Culture, Youth and Media . Images: Set-up of the exhibition ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ˆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ at Out of Sigh , photo: Meggy Rustamova #outofsight #messidor #aaw2026 #closeencounters @messidorgroup
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Founded in 2015 by artists Meggy Rustamova, Pieter Geenen, Eitan Efrat & Sirah Foighel Brutmann, MESSIDOR emerged as a platform to reflect on and experiment with the possibilities of collective practice within the contemporary artistic landscape in Belgium and beyond. The collective was conceived as a space for dialogue: a way to question authorship, exchange methodologies, share infrastructure, and explore how artistic practices can intersect while maintaining their individual trajectories. - - - ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง 14.05-14.06.2026 OUT OF SIGHT, Somersstraat 31, 2018 Antwerp OPENING during Antwerp Art Weekend / Meet the artists Thursday, 14 May 2026 from 19:00-22:00 - - - Pieter Geenenโ€™s work is characterised by an interest in the potential of the gaze, exploring the relationships between duration and memory. Through his observant and site-specific practice, he seeks to bring the ever-changing world momentarily to a standstill โ€” creating pauses in which doubt and reflection can arise. His work manoeuvres between the imagined and the real, the static and the moving, image and sound. Meggy Rustamovaโ€™s practice unfolds through films and installations that combine images, gestures, and sound, often with a performative dimension. Her work explores relationships between individual and collective memory, language, and human behaviour, seeking ways to translate contemporary social and political realities. The collaborative practice of Sirah Foighel Brutmann & Eitan Efrat focuses on the performative aspects of the moving image. Their work highlights the spatial and temporal possibilities of reading images, exploring the relationships between spectatorship and history, the temporality of stories and memories, and the material surfaces of image production. - - - ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง is part of the Close Encounters project. Supported by Flanders โ€” State of the Art / Department of Culture, Youth and Media . Image: MESSIDOR โ€” group portrait taken in Antwerp, on 18 April 2026 #outofsight #messidor #aaw2026 #closeencounters @sirahfoighelbrutmann @pieter.geenen @eitanefrat @messidorgroup @antwerpart
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10 days ago
Come join us during Antwerp Art Weekend for something a little different. On Thursday, 14 May from 19:00 we celebrate MESSIDOR artists with the opening of their exhibition ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง at Out of Sight. Itโ€™s a simple moment to meet, talk, and be together. Weโ€™re inviting you to share an ice-cream, and spend some time with Meggy Rustamova, Pieter Geenen, Eitan Efrat & Sirah Foighel Brutmann, the artists who founded MESSIDOR collective eleven years ago. - - - ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง 14.05-14.06.2026 OUT OF SIGHT, Somersstraat 31, 2018 Antwerp - - - Part of the Close Encounters project. Supported by Flanders โ€” State of the Art / Department of Culture, Youth and Media . Image: โ€œAfter a Long Silenceโ€ (2026) by Pieter Geenen #outofsight #messidor #aaw2026 #closeencounters
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15 days ago
The Forest Encounters book is freely accessible online! The book invites you into the forest and its many meanings, challenges, and perspectives. It brings together voices from different disciplines, geographies, and cultures with the aim to examine the forest and the human relationship to it. Editors: Urลกka Jurman and Mateja Kurir Contributors: Giovanni Aloi, Daniela Brasil and Nayari Castillo, T. J. Demos, Marjolijn Dijkman, Dusica Drazic, Katharina Flich, Maja Fowkes and Reuben Fowkes, Lea Hartmeyer, Urลกka Jurman, Agata A. Konczal, Miha Krofel, Ana Kuฤan, Mateja Kurir, Polonca Lovsin, Felicita Medved, Teo Hrvoje Orลกaniฤ, Borut Peterlin, Bojana Piลกkur, Titta C. Raccagni, Zoe Jo Rae, Alex Schuurbiers Design and layout: Rafaela Draลพiฤ‡ The forest is a living demonstration that strength arises from diversity and resilience from interconnection. Thus, the book invites you to explore the forest as a space with which we can learn otherwise. Download the book: /news-book/ The book is available also in print and can be soon purchased online for โ‚ฌ20 plus shipping. Stay tuned for updates! Published by Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory (Ljubljana) & Archive Books (Berlin). Co-funded by the European Union, Creative Europe Program. @dr.aloi @brasil_daniela @nayaricm @tjdemos @marjolijn_dijkman @_out.of.sight_ @majafowkes @reuben.fowkes @ana_kucan_ @mateja_k_b @poloncalovsin @hot_naturalis @borutpeterlin @zoe.jo.design @hetschuur @ticora @flichwiefluch
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3 months ago
๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿ“ฃ๐—˜๐˜…๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป #๐Ÿต - ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜‡ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ - ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—ต๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ๐—ต ๐Ÿ“๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ข๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜: ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿญ , ๐—”๐—ป๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ _____________________________________________ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ -> ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ โ‚ฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต, ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ โ€“ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ. _____________________________________________ Lรณpez is internationally recognized as one of the major figures of the sound art and experimental music scene. For almost forty years he has developed an astonishing sonic universe, absolutely personal and iconoclastic, based on a profound listening of the world. โ€œ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ, ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ€ In this presentation Francisco will discuss how his sound creative practice has been shaped over the past 40+ years by two main environments of influence that divert from common music training: the independent home-music worldwide network (starting in the late 70s) and the influence of โ€˜real worldโ€™ sonic environments, particularly from nature. He will present these realms in a much wider social and historical context, recognizing and discussing the immense influence they have had on a gigantic community of sonic creators worldwide for several decades now. ๐Ÿ“ท ยฉย Francisco Lopez We are very happy and thankful to make this excursion possible with the support of @europalia @klankverbond_ @out___of___sight #fieldrecording #sounddesign #soundrecording #experimentalmusic #soundscape #sound #ambientmusic #soundart #gameaudio #electronicmusic #locationsound #soundrecordist #audio #fieldrecordist #filmsound #fieldrecordings #recording #music #experimental #noise #foley #soundscapes
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6 months ago
๐Ÿซ‚๐ŸŒ๐Ÿซ‚ In the last week of September, Belgrade and Serbia were visited by our colleagues and representatives from the Flanders Arts Institute and a few cultural organisations from Belgium, under the name โ€œTowards Sustainable and Political Artistic Collaborationโ€. ๐Ÿงณ๐Ÿงณ๐Ÿงณ Our guests were Lissa Kinnaer, Julia Reist , Ward Bosmans, and Sofia Van Laer (Flanders Arts Institute), Sandra Sara Raes Oklobdลพija (@robinvzw , Korov), Duลกica Draลพiฤ‡ (@out___of___sight ) and Wouter Hillaert (De Standard). ๐Ÿฉฐ๐ŸŽจ๐ŸŽผ Flanders Arts Institute engages in international working visits to cultivate long-term, sustainable, meaningful relationships, and reciprocal international engagements, thus this working visit was shaped by this commitment to depth, longevity, and mutual support. The visit is conceived not as a one-off project, but as a step in a slow process of re-politicising our own practices and embedding our international work within broader civil society frameworks. โญ•๏ธโญ•๏ธโญ•๏ธ As part of the visit, colleagues from Belgium visited and met with various actors of the independent and institutional cultural scene of Serbia and Croatia. By the opportunity to visit and get to know self-organised Cultural center Magacin @kcmagacin , which is important spot for the contemporary culture in Belgrade and Serbia, meeting was enriched by the presence of the cultural workers and artists from Belgrade - Marijana Cvetkoviฤ‡ (@stanica.station ), Milica Pekiฤ‡ & Ana Adamoviฤ‡ (KIOSK), Vida Kneลพeviฤ‡ (KONTEKST), Miloลก Janjiฤ‡ (@brina.kolektiv ) - also representatives of the AICSS @asocijacijankss , Simona Ognjanoviฤ‡ & Ana Paniฤ‡ (Museum of Yugoslavia @muzej_jugoslavije ), Vera Erac (Transformator @teloiples.vera.erac ), Janko Dimitrijeviฤ‡ (Bitef Festival @bitef_festival ).
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6 months ago
๐‘๐š๐›๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐“๐ž๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ง makes subtle, contemplative pieces that reflect a personal spirituality that is always in motion, always in search of. His artistic practice is deeply intertwined with his life philosophy, focusing on impermanence, transformation, and memory, influenced by Buddhist thought and Tibetan culture. He delves into these themes through various mediums, avoiding a singular subject or technique. Through paintings, drawings, video, writing, site-specific projects and installations that often use fragile materials highly susceptible to change, such as loose pigment or incense ashes. NL > . ๐‘๐š๐›๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐“๐ž๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ง maakt subtiele, contemplatieve werken die een persoonlijke spiritualiteit weerspiegelen die altijd in beweging is, altijd op zoek is. Zijn artistieke praktijk is nauw verweven met zijn levensfilosofie, die zich richt op vergankelijkheid, transformatie en herinnering, beรฏnvloed door het boeddhistische gedachtegoed en de Tibetaanse cultuur. Hij verdiept zich in deze themaโ€™s via verschillende media en vermijdt daarbij een enkel onderwerp of een enkele techniek. Door middel van schilderijen, tekeningen, videoโ€™s, teksten, locatiespecifieke projecten en installaties maakt hij gebruik van kwetsbare materialen die zeer gevoelig zijn voor verandering, zoals losse pigmenten of wierookas. (๐‘บ๐’๐’๐’˜ ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’–๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐‘บ๐’‘๐’†๐’†๐’…, ๐‘ณ๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ฌ๐’™๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’†๐’”) 17/10โ€“02/11/2025 OUT OF SIGHT, Somersstraat 31, 2018 Antwerpen, BE . Artworks in the exhibition / Kunstwerken in de tentoonstelling: Soft Mountain | 2021, Painting on a plastic bag Removing and Collecting Dust | 2025, Installation Removing and Collecting Dust: A Square | 2025, In-situ work on the wall Through Labour | 2025, Video Brick by Brick: Self-Portrait | 2025, Installation . Images / Beelden 1, 4: Latifa Saber 2, 3, 5, 6: Rabten Tenzin 7: Tatjana Huong Henderieckx . Supported by/Ondersteund door: Flanders โ€” State of the Art
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We invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition (๐‘บ๐’๐’๐’˜ ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’–๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐‘บ๐’‘๐’†๐’†๐’…, ๐‘ณ๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ฌ๐’™๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’†๐’”) on Sunday, 2nd November, at 16:00 at Out of Sight, in the company of artists ๐€๐ง๐ง๐š ๐ฏ๐š๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ, ๐‰๐ข๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ, ๐‘๐ข๐ค ๐•๐š๐ง ๐†๐จ๐ซ๐ฉ, ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐’๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, and ๐‘๐š๐›๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐“๐ž๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ง. Join us for a moment of conversation, reflection, and drinks as the exhibition comes to a close. . This is the last week to visit the exhibition and you are warmly welcome. . Image/Beeld: Latifa Saber . OUT OF SIGHT Somersstraat 31, 2018 Antwerpen, BE . Opening hours during exhibitions | Openingstijden tijdens tentoonstellingen Thu-Fri / Don-Vri, 14:00โ€“19:00 Sat-Sun / Zat-Zon, 12:00โ€“18:00 During Borger / Tijdens Borger Fri/ Vri, 14:00โ€“21:00 . Supported by / Ondersteund door: Flanders โ€” State of the Art
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๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐’๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ handles the conditions in which space is created, viewed and lived. To them, these conditions are material, political and affective, connected to the gazes and the bodies that move around in this space. โ€œSpeaking in a space starts with listening to this space. A space that is both material, immaterial, historical, political and physical.โ€ Site-specific gestures and painterly actions invite different ways of looking and moving. They are also the building blocks of a spatial vocabulary that Smolders repeatedly revisits and translates in order to read and touch upon new places. In this way, a practice unfolds in which โ€˜workโ€™ appears both as labour and as form. Starting from painting, Smolders seeks out the company of material, architecture, and language in order to understand space as shaped by time, movement, and memory. . NL > ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐’๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ houdt zich bezig met de condities waarin ruimte gecreรซerd, bekeken en geleefd wordt. Voor hen zijn deze omstandigheden materieel, politiek en affectief, verbonden met de blikken en de lichamen die zich in deze ruimte bewegen. โ€œSpreken in een ruimte start bij luisteren naar deze ruimte. Een ruimte die zowel materieel, immaterieel, historisch, politiek als lichamelijk is.โ€ Plaatsgebonden gebaren en schilderkunstige acties nodigen uit tot verschillende manieren van kijken en bewegen. Ze zijn ook de bouwstenen van een ruimtelijk vocabulaire dat Smolders herhaaldelijk herziet en vertaalt om nieuwe plekken te lezen en aan te raken. Op deze manier ontvouwt zich een praktijk waarin โ€˜werkโ€™ zowel als arbeid en als vorm verschijnt. Vertrekkend vanuit de schilderkunst zoekt Smolders het gezelschap op van materiaal, architectuur en taal om de ruimte te begrijpen als gevormd door tijd, beweging en herinnering. . Artworks in the exhibition Notes on Places, 2025 | 2025, Acrylic paint, plaster, beeswax and watercolour on fiberglass, edition: 250 . Images 1, 3, 4: Out of Sight 2, 5: Latifa Saber
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๐‘๐ข๐ค ๐•๐š๐ง ๐†๐จ๐ซ๐ฉ is a visual artist who studied at LUCA School of Arts in Ghent, in the painting department. He currently lives and works in Turnhout. Van Gorp paints objects that, through their conventions, become vehicles for his narratives. His practice spans multiple media, with works often occupying the border between painting, installation, utilitarian object, and performance. Notably, textiles and paint on canvas are recurring and striking materials in his work. He draws inspiration from cultural traditions that have largely lost their original meaningโ€”where only the outward form remains. Whether referencing religious customs, such as a coffee table after a funeral, or the didactics of fashion houses in marketing their creations, Van Gorp disarms these unspoken truths, stripping away their contemporary interpretations. . NL > ๐‘๐ข๐ค ๐•๐š๐ง ๐†๐จ๐ซ๐ฉ is een beeldend kunstenaar die aan de LUCA School of Arts in Gent schilderkunst studeerde. Momenteel woont en werkt hij in Turnhout. Van Gorp schildert objecten die door hun conventies een drager worden voor zijn verhalen. Zijn praktijk omvat meerdere media, waarbij zijn werken vaak het midden houden tussen schilderkunst, installatiekunst, gebruiksvoorwerpen en performancekunst. Opvallend is dat textiel en verf op doek terugkerende en opvallende materialen zijn in zijn werk. Hij haalt inspiratie uit culturele tradities die hun oorspronkelijke betekenis grotendeels hebben verloren en waarvan alleen de uiterlijke vorm is overgebleven. Of hij nu verwijst naar religieuze gebruiken, zoals een koffietafel na een begrafenis, of naar de didactiek van modehuizen bij het op de markt brengen van hun creaties, Van Gorp ontmantelt deze onuitgesproken waarheden en ontdoet ze van hun hedendaagse interpretaties. . (๐‘บ๐’๐’๐’˜ ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’–๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐‘บ๐’‘๐’†๐’†๐’…, ๐‘ณ๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ฌ๐’™๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’†๐’”) 17/10โ€“02/11/2025 OUT OF SIGHT, Somersstraat 31, 2018 Antwerpen, BE . Artworks in the exhibition / Kunstwerken in de tentoonstelling: Bleu, Black, Mauve|2025,Installation Send me one, Iโ€™ll send two back |2024,Oil on canvas . Images / Beelden: Latifa Saber @emotional_archivist . Supported by/Ondersteund door: Flanders โ€” State of the Art
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