{"id":12063,"date":"2022-02-10T16:05:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T15:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/finncult.asiakkaat.sigmatic.fi\/?p=12063"},"modified":"2022-05-18T12:03:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T10:03:38","slug":"ritual-city-by-benjamin-orlow-at-the-horst-exhibition-for-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finncult.be\/fi\/ritual-city-by-benjamin-orlow-at-the-horst-exhibition-for-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Ritual City by Benjamin Orlow at the Horst Exhibition for 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are delighted to announce\u00a0the Horst Exhibition for\u00a0<\/i>2022:\u00a0The Act of Breathing<\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/i>will infuse the unique terrain of Asiat, Vilvoorde with 11 in-situ commissioned artworks engaging with the architectural and symbolic character of the former military base. Three other artists come together at\u00a0Cinematek<\/a>, Brussels to be counterparted with a programme of films curated by\u00a0Monique Mbeka Phoba<\/strong>. The exhibition is curated by\u00a0Sorana Munsya\u00a0<\/strong>alongside with Horst\u2019s\u00a0Evelyn Simons<\/strong>. It is co-produced by\u00a0KANAL – Centre Pompidou Brussels<\/a>\u00a0in the framework of\u00a0Living Traces, a\u00a0<\/i>year-long programme between Kinshasa and Brussels.<\/main>The Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux takes part in the exhibition by supporting the production of the commissioned work\u00a0Ritual City\u00a0<\/i>by\u00a0Benjamin Orlow<\/strong><\/a>, a Finnish-Swedish visual artist based in London, UK. After being executed previously in Finland, Denmark and UK, the\u00a0Ritual City\u00a0<\/i>will be re-contextualized within the Asiat environment. The project consists of various monuments scattered over the terrain questioning the tradition of portraying the male body as heroic and authoritarian in public space. The intention is that the sculptures shall remain in place in Asiat for an indefinite period.<\/p>\n

The Act of Breathing<\/strong><\/p>\n

The exhibition\u00a0The Act of Breathing<\/i><\/a>,<\/i>\u00a0name of which departing from the poem\u00a0L\u2019Acte de R\u00e9spirer\u00a0<\/i>by Congolese writer and poet\u00a0Sony Labou Tansi<\/strong>, explores the breath: a repetitive and instinctive force, a necessity. But, as Labou Tansi reminds us, the breath can also be approached as a potential tool for political resistance, as one has to be stubborn to uphold the right to breathe. This stubbornness arises when a breathing circuit is disrupted and suffocated by structural power systems of oppression. When voices are silenced. When earth is depleted. When collectivity is shattered. When music loses its soul. It\u2019s in those moments that the continuous reclaiming of air becomes a space for battle, for gathering, for healing. The participating artists take over the Asiat-site with predominantly site-specific installations that connect to each like one long breath, transmitting energy and linking body to body to form a strong alliance.<\/p>\n

The opening of the exhibition coincides for the first time with the three-day immersive\u00a0Horst Arts & Music Festival<\/a>\u00a0from April 29 to May 1. ’The Act of Breathing’ will \u2014 after its glorious opening during the Festival \u2014 run from May 12 to July 31.<\/p>\n

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Artists<\/strong><\/p>\n

Asiat, Vilvoorde<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anthony Ngoya,<\/a>\u00a0Benjamin Orlow,<\/a>\u00a0Kris Lemsalu,<\/a>\u00a0Laure Prouvost,<\/a>\u00a0Leonard Pongo,<\/a>\u00a0Maika Garnica,<\/a>\u00a0Mich\u00e8le Magema,<\/a>\u00a0mountaincutters,<\/a>\u00a0Pascale Marthine, Tayou<\/a>\u00a0Soraya, Lutangu Bonaventure & Ali-Eddine Abdelkhalek<\/a><\/p>\n

Cinematek, Brussels (free)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Agn\u00e8s Lalau,\u00a0<\/a>Jean Kabuta,\u00a0<\/a>Mega Mingiedi<\/a><\/p>\n

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