New promises. Horst presents its summer Exhibition "Flying on the raven’s wing"
18/07/2021.
[Vilvoorde] Belgium 11.07 > 5.09.2021
metalocus, ANNA CLARA BARROS
metalocus, ANNA CLARA BARROS
Horst Art & Music presents from July 11 to September 5 the summer exhibition Flying on the Raven's Wing at the former ASIAT military base in Belgium. The intervention, curated by Evelyn Simons, encompasses videos, audiovisual interventions, sculpture, and installation and explores the potential of what a body houses and what it can provoke.
Artistic interventions, mostly site-specific commissions, adorn and revitalize ASIAT's ruined architecture. One of the highlights is a commissioned film by Grace Ndiritu, with a soundtrack by techno pioneer Jeff Mills.
Artistic interventions, mostly site-specific commissions, adorn and revitalize ASIAT's ruined architecture. One of the highlights is a commissioned film by Grace Ndiritu, with a soundtrack by techno pioneer Jeff Mills.
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Illias Teirlinck
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Illias Teirlinck
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Illias Teirlinck
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Illias Teirlinck
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Illias Teirlinck
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Illias Teirlinck
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
'Flying on the raven’s wing' by Horst. Curator, Evelyn Simons. Photography by Matthijs van der Burgt
The exhibition at Horst features the work of Aline Bouvy (BE), Daan Gielis (BE), Leopold Banchini (CH), Rotor (BE), Sonia Gomes (BR), Rashid Johnson (USA), Tarek Lakhrissi (FR ), Grace Ndiritu (UK / KE) and Marinella Snatore (IT). "Flying on the Raven's Wing" appropriates the old military base as a place of new promise. Works float between self-contained works of art, inventive dance floors, collaborative commissions, and circular architecture.
« After a year in which our interactions and our sense of self have been defined and narrowed by online meetings and digital avatar representations, the Horst exhibition celebrates the raw flesh of the human body. Bodies in protest; bodies in dance; doing love bodies; bodies of stumbling: the concept of bodies in an alliance as a way of imposing empathy, solidarity, and community. These notions are explored through collaborations with artists whose practices span a wide variety of media and research. Various Works will be the result of participatory projects or in themselves, they function as a meeting place. »
Evelyn Simons, curator of Horst Arts & Music.
Horst seeks to foster connections with the local communities that define the social and cultural fabric of the city of Vilvoorde. The intervention in the old structure of ASIAT aims to activate the periphery by presenting contemporary art outside the context of the conditioned white cube, thus offering a successful relationship between art and the daily life of the community.
Description of project by Horst Art & Music
Horst presents from 11 July to 5 September the summer exhibition Flying on the raven's wing, with work by Aline Bouvy (BE), Daan Gielis (BE), Leopold Banchini (CH), Rotor (BE), Sonia Gomes (BR), Rashid Johnson (US), Tarek Lakhrissi (FR), Grace Ndiritu (UK/KE) and Marinella Senatore (IT), curated by Evelyn Simons (BE).
Their contributions, mostly site-specific commissions, will adorn and reinvigorate the crumbling architecture of ASIAT (a former military base in Vilvoorde). Their works span video, audiovisual interventions, sculpture and installation. One of the highlights is a commissioned film by Grace Ndiritu, with a soundtrack by techno pioneer Jeff Mills.
The exhibition marks the new direction Horst is taking with its artistic programme, exponentially aimed at fostering connections with local communities that define the social and cultural fabric of the city of Vilvoorde. The location fits within the Horst ambition to activate the periphery by presenting contemporary art outside the conditioned white cube context, thus offering a high-quality artistic experience to a wide audience and to construct an inclusive story.
« After a year in which our interactions and our sense of self have been defined and narrowed by online meetings and digital avatar representations, the Horst exhibition celebrates the raw flesh of the human body. Bodies in protest; bodies in dance; doing love bodies; bodies of stumbling: the concept of bodies in an alliance as a way of imposing empathy, solidarity, and community. These notions are explored through collaborations with artists whose practices span a wide variety of media and research. Various Works will be the result of participatory projects or in themselves, they function as a meeting place. »
Evelyn Simons, curator of Horst Arts & Music.
Horst continues to strive to open up evocative artistic experiences to a wide audience. Horst wants to present and mediate contemporary art outside the institutionalised white cube context. On the one hand this generates unique opportunities for experimentation for artists, while on the other hand, it marks our attempt to embed art into everyday life in a playful, yet urgent manner.
Flying on the raven’s wing is a cross-disciplinary Exhibition appropriating ASIAT in Vilvoorde as a site of new promises. The artistic interventions hover between autonomous artworks, inventive dancefloors, collaborative commissions and circular architecture.
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Artists
Aline Bouvy (BE), Daan Gielis (BE), Leopold Banchini (CH), Rotor (BE), Sonia Gomes (BR), Rashid Johnson (US), Tarek Lakhrissi (FR), Grace Ndiritu (UK/KE) en Marinella Senatore (IT).
Dates
11.07 > 5.09.2021.
Location
ASIAT Site, Kerkhofstraat, 1800 Vilvoorde, Belgium.
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Horst is a movement dedicated to developing talent, cities, and spaces, blending & celebrating the worlds of art, architecture and music. Horst creates Labs, Exhibitions, and Festivals as momentums of transformative energy. In the past 7 years, Horst has grown into an internationally renowned platform for showcasing cutting-edge electronic music, in-situ artworks, and inventive architecture. Horst aligns a three-day immersive music festival with longer-term trajectories in which architects are invited to create unique stages and dancefloors, and in which contemporary artists are commissioned to enter into dialogue with the specific context and surroundings through site-specific new productions.
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