Thanks @riapacquee for your support from the Museum At Risk in Antwerp. @mhkamuseum
From Saturday 25 /10 / 2025 at 15:00 until Sunday 26/10 15:00 with more than 120 contributions Artists, Performers, of 10 minutes.
This 24-hour manifestation is a spontaneous initiative by artists and artworkers, with the practical support of the M HKA STAFF.
Location: entrance hall M HKA, Leuvenstraat 32, 2000 Antwerpen
Over the course of the 25-hour manifestation, more than 120 artists, curators and cultural workers came together, contributing with performances, readings, video works, music and other gestures of solidarity. Each act of participation reflected a shared commitment to defending the vital role of the M HKA's existence in our city.
We extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who poured effort, energy and solidarity into making this collective action possible. This is only the beginning. The path ahead remains long and our voices must continue to resonate. Stay engaged and follow Museum At Risk’s ongoing actions, like, follow, share, and help us spread the word. 🔗🔗Sign The Petition 🔗🔗link in bio 🔗🔗
Tijdens de 25 uur durende manifestatie kwamen meer dan 120 kunstenaars, curatoren en culturele werkers samen. Zij droegen bij met performances, lezingen, videowerken, muziek en andere gebaren van solidariteit. Elke vorm van deelname weerspiegelde een gedeelde toewijding aan het verdedigen van de essentiële rol van het M HKA in onze stad.
We spreken onze oprechte dank uit aan iedereen die inzet, energie en solidariteit heeft gestoken in het mogelijk maken van deze collectieve actie. Dit is nog maar het begin. De weg vooruit is lang en onze stemmen moeten blijven klinken. Blijf betrokken en volg de lopende acties van Museum At Risk: like, volg, deel en help ons de boodschap te verspreiden.
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Open tonight during @borger_nocturnes ! Visit “AS I WALK I RESIST (Bang the drum and Fuck the gun)” by @riapacquee this evening between 6PM and 9PM.
“At Pizza Gallery she exhibits four props from previous performances: there is a walking stick from “The Document For The Right To The Everyday” (1999), then a megaphone from “Pointing and Shouting” (2011), a stone from “My Hand Holds A Stone, A Stone As A Weapon” (2012), and lastly a crash helmet from “Dharma and Karma” (2024). These objects are placed on coloured plastic stools, the kind often used for casual congregations in backyards and porches or for informal and impromptu gatherings on the street. Stacked one upon the other these stools have become pedestals, gathered together with chains that hold bells. They appear at once as objects of utility and ceremony ~ a blend of the practical and symbolic. The objects they support - helmet stick stone megaphone -
possess a dormant power. They sit in readiness, awaiting further use and there is a strong sense of animism residing in the work. These objects have spirits and lives of their own. The assemblage sits in potentiality for further acts of ritual and revolt.”
Excerpt for the exhibition text by Michael Curran.
Pictured:
Ria Pacquée - “Bad Spirit Chaser I, II, III, IIII”, 2024- 2025. Mixed Media. Variable dimensions.
Pizza Gallery, Antwerpen
Sint-Janstraat 52
2140 Antwerpen
Currently in Antwerp: Ria Pacquée “AS I WALK I RESIST (Bang the drum and Fuck the gun).
The exhibition runs until 09.11.25 and is open to visit each Saturday and Sunday, or by appointment.
“Ria Pacquee’s artistic process begins on the street. As a teenager she stood on an Antwerp street corner and waited to see what might happen. Consequently over several decades she has walked through the
thoroughfares and side streets of this city and many others across the world. Whether in Vienna, Kathmandu, Mexico City or Varanasi, she engages in her surroundings, acutely attentive to the fluctuation of events, the speed and slowness of things, finding the magical in the seemingly mundane. Whether
as a performer or an active eye behind the camera, the theatre of everyday life is her medium. Ria’s practice is wholly informed by the activity of walking. The rhythms of walking, talking and looking bring forth a riffing with words, actions, sounds and images. The rhythm of her walking generates a pulse that exists throughout her work, like a heartbeat, a drumbeat, an earthbeat…
…Displayed are a series of small curtains hanging from walking sticks. These are inspired by the thresholds, open doorways and windows, Ria has encountered on her many journeys. While alluding to the boundary between public and private space the curtains also speak of a softer more permeable boundary in which the cloth suggests a welcoming, protective portal to
conviviality and communing in which the Western ideas of inside and outside do not apply. The curtain is an ambiguous intermediary…”
Excerpt of the exhibition text by Michael Curran.
Pictured: Ria Pacquée “The Curtain and the Cane”, 2025. Mixed media (Cloth, Wood, Digital print), Variable Dimensions.
Pizza Gallery, Antwerp
Sint-Janstraat 52
2140 Antwerpen
Upcoming/ Save the date:
Ria Pacquée
AS I WALK I RESIST
Bang the drum and Fuck the gun
Next week Friday, Ria Pacquée will present a new body of work in Pizza Gallery, Antwerpen.
The exhibition opens on October 17th at 7PM, and is on view until November 9th, 2025.
Pizza Gallery is open on Saturdays and Sunday between 2PM and 6PM, or by appointment.
Pizza Gallery, Antwerpen
Sint-Janstraat 52
2140 Antwerpen
You’re Invited!
Gallery Mcube warmly invites you to an evening of Performative Gestures featuring:
✨ Ria Pacquée (Belgium)
✨ Amrit Karki (Nepal)
✨ Marie-Sophie Beinke (Belgium)
📅 Date: 20th March 2025
⏰ Time: 5:00 PM
📍 Venue: Gallery Mcube, Nepal
Join us for an engaging evening where these artists explore movement, identity, and presence through performative expressions. Your presence will make this event even more special!
RSVP: 9860028387
We look forward to welcoming you!
