In a single physical place, this exhibition gathers spaces and events that by themselves would seem discordant, forming a dematerialized territory where escaping and inhabiting become permeable notions. A fragile area, where confusion is always possible, from where arises a fraction of a sensitive eagerness that allows to reveal the poetic strength of objects. By superposing our beliefs, by superposing the coincidences that we have noticed before, we want to recreate desire for contemplation.
In order to escape of the temptation of a perpetual linear script, we are seeking to set a temporary order of things and to ceaselessly reexamine the way in which they interlink. L’Âge de Roseau is an invitation to roam the space of otherness, a place where imagination does not defy reality, a place where it is not its contrary or its opponent. Dream is a different reality: fertile and melancholic, it is the accomplice of all our memories. Pictures by Fabien Silvestre Suzor

in collaboration with Hugo Ruyant and Juliet Merie, Sagacity, Brussels (BE), Spring 2019

L'AGE DE ROSEAU

This diptych, hand-woven from cotton, wool and silk threads, depicts two statues planted in an imaginary setting. Nailed to their pedestals, they seem to belong to no age, as if abandoned. Yet they are anything but inert. Like two idols, referring to the female body as an object exposed to the gaze, they come to life in a rumbling, disquieting landscape, but with vibrant colors that incite dreamlike adventure. They occupy a space all their own, under the midday and sunset sun. In a symbolic gesture of self-palpation, these two sculptures do more than recall the strict medical gesture of prevention and screening: they invite us on a journey. They also offer a gateway to self-exploration, to the knowledge - and reappropriation - of one's own body. Their swaying arms, swaying in a contrast of colors, encourage us to look inward, sometimes uncertainly. Touching, palpating, kneading, smelling and feeling to create, recreate, blossom and enjoy life. (A.S.) Pictures by Nicolas Lieber

Des Seins à Dessein, collective show, Espace Arlaud, Lausanne (CH), Autumn 2020

BELLE DE JOUR ET DE NUIT

Part of "Can We Talk In Private?", an exhibition initiated by Tjobo Kho as the third in a serie of exhibitions and events curated by De Cleene De Cleene that centre around parking lot. Pictures: Michiel De Cleene

GONE FISHING

GONE FISHING

019, Ghent (BE), Autumn 2019

BELLE DE JOUR ET DE NUIT

L'AGE DE ROSEAU