Join us on the opening of Francis Alÿs!

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Just one more week until the grand unveiling of Francis Alÿs’ newest exhibition, The Nature of the Game, at WIELS. Get ready for a playful journey through an extensive selection of his Children’s Games from around the world, from Afghanistan to Hongkong, Ukraine to the Flemish Pajottenland.

OPENING________________06_09_2023
18:00 I Exhibition doors open + Bar + Food
18:30-23:00 | Music by La Souris et l’Éléphant
22:00 | Last admission to the exhibition

OPENING PROGRAMME

“Whereas adults are more likely to use speech to process experiences (…), children play to assimilate the realities they encounter. Their games mimic, mock or defy the rules of the adult society that surrounds them. (…) But the magical thing about a child’s game is that it holds no secrets, “it’s all there is”. We as adults should be faithful to the children we were; remember and trust that moment, the most precious one of our existence.”

– Francis Alÿs

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

AGENDA

PERFORMANCE

BILLY BULTHEEL & JAMES RICHARDS: WORKERS IN SONG

On 9 and 10 September, WIELS presents Workers in Song, a collaboration between visual artist James Richards and composer Billy Bultheel. The performance is haunted by histories of occult photography and spectral music, as well as more trivial pleasures such as internet hook ups, fanship and Franz Schubert’s Winterreise. A nice bonus: on Sunday, you can buy a combo ticket for Workers in Song and the exhibition The Nature of the Game!

PERFORMANCE:
09_09, 18:30
10_09, 16:00
EXHIBITION:
12_09_2023___________08_10_2023

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BOOK LAUNCH

ANN VERONICA JANSSENS: GRAND BAL

Join us for the festive launch of Ann Veronica Janssens’ monograph Grand Bal in presence of the artist, with words of welcome by our director Dirk Snauwaert, and a brief introduction to the catalogue and its making process by Roberta Tenconi, Chief Curator at Pirelli HangarBicocca, and Manuela Dechamps Otamendi, graphic designer of the book.

07_09_______________18:30-21:00
FREE

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PROJECT ROOM OPENING

JULIEN ENGLEBERT: À PROPOS DE RÉVOLUTION

Former resident Julien Englebert invites you to explore his presentation, À propos de Révolution, at the WIELS Project Room from September 7th to September 24.

“Affronter la réalité du monde nous fera retrouver l’espé[removed]#8221;
– Emmanuel Macron

08_09________________24_09_2023

OPENING: 07_09, 18:00-21:00
PRESENTATION: TUE-SUN,
14:00-18:00
FREE

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