Shif—t*

On Thursday, 30 April, we hosted our final gathering: 🅗🅔🅚🅢🅔🅝🅢🅐🅑🅑🅐🅣 @smakgent an afternoon filled with sharing, quilting and storytelling 💜 We cut, assembled and sewed printed textiles into a collective quilt. The workshop acting as a public circle, offering a shared space for reflection. Participants stitched individual fabric pieces into a collaborative patchwork, creating a material expression of the diverse stories and archives brought together throughout the project. pictures by @mayavdg 🌸

looking back at the wonderful residency we had, we 💜you @kunsthalgent , thankyou for everything ִ࿐ ❥ also very grateful for the heartwarming collaborations with @pardon.vzw @queermarchghent @intersectionallypsyched @sjoerdbeijers and @_.somae._ Thankyou for joining and helping us out ⋆˚꩜｡

The honor of your presence is requested at the union of sound and ceremony. CUNT RITES is back on the airwaves of @stationstation_radio to officiate ‘WEDDING’ on Thursday (30/04) from 15—16h CET 💍  For this occasion, our very own George Chinnery (@pusjka_ ) breaks his usual rule of experimental textures to make his one and only exception: a high-octane set of classic UK Garage bangers. It’s a ritual he reserves strictly for the post-ceremony dance floor, trading sub-bass pressure for UKG heat. Image courtesy of George Chinnery. The ring featured is a custom handcrafted design; so if you’re itching for some custom metal to match your unruly spirit, go ahead and send him a message (!) 💌 #cuntrites #stationstation

Huge thanks to @artists_nicc for the opportunity to design last weekend’s Art & Labor Book Fair 🖇️ DRUKDRUKDRUK brought together practices that insist on plurality: different perspectives, different urgencies, different ways of organising. What connects them is the refusal of the idea that artistic production exists outside of labour, and a commitment to making the conditions of that labour legible. Publications by @werker.collective @a.pass_artistic_research @always_under_construction_hrm @setmargins @dividedpublish @studiolievendeboeck @wfwa.ch 📸 @johanpoezevara #scenography #bookfair

Join us coming Thursday (30/04) for 🅗🅔🅚🅢🅔🅝🅢🅐🅑🅑🅐🅣 at @smakgent from 14—17h for an afternoon of quilting and storytelling 🪡 This closing activity combines the collective sewing and assembling of the printed textiles with a public sharing circle. Participants help stitch the individual pieces of fabric together into a collaborative patchwork artwork—a material expression of the diverse voices, stories, and archives that were brought together during the project. The session ends with a reflective and celebratory moment that follows Walpurgis Night, transforming a historically charged night into a moment of collective gathering and renewal. 📸 @johanpoezevara

From counter-archiving practices to self-organisation, from Trojan Horse Exist Strategies to collective authorship, these publications insist on other ways of operating. DRUKDRUKDRUK brings together practices that insist on plurality: different perspectives, different urgencies, different ways of organising. What connects them is the refusal of the idea that artistic production exists outside of labour, and a commitment to making the conditions of that labour legible. Art & Labour Book Fair 23.-26.04 NICC Vitrine, Lambert Crickxstraat 1, 1070 Scenography by @shift.gent Photo credits: @johanpoezevara Publications by @werker.collective @a.pass_artistic_research @always_under_construction_hrm @setmargins @dividedpublish @studiolievendeboeck @wfwa.ch

𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘯?! 𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘳?! 𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩?! The project “Liever Heks?!” at S.M.A.K. centres on the figure of the witch as a powerful and ambiguous symbol, historically linked to resistance and nonconformity, and reinterprets it through contemporary perspectives. Using materials from Suzan Daniel Fund and Amsab-ISG, which preserves LGBTQ+ histories in Belgium, the project creates connections between past struggles and present identities. The archive is not presented as something fixed, but is turned into an active, public process in which visitors are invited to participate. Participants are invited to bring their own documentation, placing them in dialogue with existing archival materials. Through collective practices such as collage, screen printing, and quilting, these contributions grow into a layered and “polyphonic” whole that reflects multiple voices and perspectives. Bring your sewing gear and join us next Thursday (30/04) from 14—17h for our third and final session ‘Heksensabbat’—where together we will quilt the outcome of the second activation ‘Heksenwerk’ 🪡 Part of ‘10 Years S.M.A.K. Beweegt’ #smakgent 📸 @johanpoezevara

Heksenwerk • Liever Heks?! • Saturday, 18th of April - 14:00-17:00 @smakgent Welcome this Saturday at S.M.A.K. to screenprint with us! In this session we'll screenprint the edits of the stunning collages made during Heksenvoer. Pass by, print with us, there's a little witch in all of us! No need for reservation! More info in the link in our bio💜

What does it mean to produce, circulate, and sustain artistic work today? How can printed matter offer a vessel for ideas about the artist and artistic labour? NICC introduces DRUKDRUKDRUK, an art book fair that gathers essays, zines and independent publications on the theme of Art and Labour. It questions how printed matter can play a crucial role in exhibiting the working conditions, realities and infrastructures of artists and art workers. In a scenography by the artist collective Shift*; we present publications by @setmargins , @always_under_construction_hrm , @dividedpublish , @wfwa.ch , @werker.collective , @a.pass_artistic_research , @studiolievendeboeck and more. 23.04 - 26.04 10:00-18:00 NICC Vitrine (Lambert Crickxstraat 1, 1070 Anderlecht) DRUKDRUKDRUK is part of Art Brussels OFF-programme.

Heksenvoer • Liever Heks?! • Saturday, 4th of April - 14:00-17:00 @smakgent We welcome you tomorrow at S.M.A.K. to join us during Heksenvoer. In this session we'll introduce our carefully curated selection of archival material from Suzan Daniel Fonds and Amsab-ISG. Together, we'll explore the witch as a historical and contemporary battlefield and invite you to collage the materials with us. Feel free to bring your own stories and materials (books, imagery, anything is welcome) about this topic! Hope you see you there?! Limited spots available; for free entree, register at [email protected] More info in the link in our bio💜

BLANCO strijkt neer in Sphinx café en geeft er kun­ste­naars vrij spel die er in dia­loog gaan met de ruim­te en bezoe­kers door er werk in situ toe te voegen. Al een tijdje te zien en og tot eind april: Queer trans­dis­ci­pli­na­ry artist col­lec­ti­ve Shif — t* met EGGS, QUEENS, AND REALNESS: a series of prin­ted aprons car­rying frag­ments of queer his­to­ry and coded lan­gu­a­ge. Worn by café staff and volun­teers, the­se aprons move through the spa­ce as they work. They invi­te ques­ti­ons, mis­rea­dings, expla­na­ti­ons, and silen­ces. In a time when queer lan­gu­a­ge still needs to hide, shift, or cir­cu­la­te care­ful­ly, the aprons make visi­ble how codes tra­vel — and why they have to. 
 The aprons are not iden­ti­ty badges. They do not ask wea­rers to repre­sent queer­ness or claim its his­to­ry. Instead, they func- tion as car­riers. Whoever wears them tem­po­ra­ri­ly holds a pie­ce of sha­red lan­gu­a­ge, pas­sing it on through use, con­ver­sa­ti­on, and con­tact. Thinking of his­to­ry as some­thing car­ried rather than clai­med, the work reso­na­tes with ide­as from Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction” and Chloe O. Davis’s “The Queens’ English.” Een orga­ni­sa­tie van La Luna vzw en NUCLEO met de steun van Stad Gent Foto 1, 2: Noah Notebaert Foto 3-9: Michelle Geerardyn #nucleogent #nucleo #gent #ateliers #kunstenaars #blanco #wall #muur #blancogent #kunstwerk #artinpublicplaces #kunstopcafé #art #ateliers #stadgent #instagent @nucleovzw @stadgent #insitu @sphinxcinema #sphinxcafe @shift.gent

Op 21 maart hadden we het genoegen om in @kunsthalgent samen met de geweldige mensen van @shift.gent ons nieuwste zine voor te stellen. Hiervoor willen we graag iedereen nog eens bedanken <3. Het was een ontzettend fijne dag door de performance van Arne Gentjens en het voorleesmoment waar Emma Deckers, Lounis Mechraoui, Sam Verhé en Marte Bulcke hun prachtige teksten hebben voorgelezen. Ons hartje is warm dankzij de vele mensen die gekomen zijn en ons gesteund hebben. De prachtige foto's werden genomen door @femunapausa Het Pardon-team neemt nu even een hoognodige pauze, maar eind april vliegen we er weer vol energie in. Heb je jouw zine niet kunnen ophalen op de release? Geen probleem! Je kan deze nog steeds bestellen via onze website (pardonvzw.org) en binnenkort worden ze ook verspreid doorheen Gent (hierover volgt later nog info)! Heel veel liefs