You are warmly invited to the opening of ‘Beyond the Vanishing Point’, a col­lec­ti­ve tra­jec­to­ry encir­cu­la­ting the topic of jus­ti­ce in cur­rent times and invol­ving inde­pen­dent artists Aya Koné, Boran Verstraete, Collins Yirenkyi, Jente Waerzeggers, Joseph Thabang Palframan, Lynn Havaux and Olivier Diels. The out­co­me of this iti­ne­ra­ry is a pre­sen­ta­ti­on and public pro­gram­me (13−20 Jan) in and around ​‘Studio’, a dis­cus­si­on and sha­ring plat­form in the Leuven town hall.

Beyond the Vanishing Point

In the con­text of the city fes­ti­val​‘New Horizons — Dieric Bouts’, artist Joseph Thabang Palframan was invi­ted by the City of Leuven to devel­op a com­mis­si­on that ans­wers to the ques­ti­on​‘what does jus­ti­ce mean to you?’. The same ques­ti­on was asked pain­ter Dieric Bouts, 600 years ago, by the alder­men of Leuven. In 1468, he pain­ted the tryp­ti­que​‘The jus­ti­ce of Emperor Otto III’ for the new­ly finis­hed town­hall. His work had to remem­ber tho­se in power of the impor­tan­ce of their judg­ment and decisions. 

Palframan now opened up the ques­ti­on and invi­ted six artists, all tied to the city of Leuven in their own way, to appropriate the framework.

Inspired not only by the theme of justice but also the visual language used by Bouts, most notably his famous linear perspective, the group set off to explore the concept of the ‘vanishing point’. Beyond the vanis­hing point is an invita­ti­on: to see beyond our own perspective(s), to see the other side, to generate more who­le his­to­ries, more lenient truths, and more under­stan­ding narratives.

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Town hall / Stadhuis: Beyond the Vanishing Point
Studio Vaartstraat

‘Beyond the Vanishing point’ is a project initiated by de Stad Leuven in the context of

Programme

Opening (Jan 13):

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[removed]: per­for­man­ce ​‘I’m Held Together With Safety Pins’ by Boran Verstraete

Opening Times:

Sat. Jan 13, 7 – 10pm (ope­ning)

Sun. Jan 14, 11am-5pm

Wed. Jan 17, 2 – 5pm*

Thu. Jan 18, 7 – 10pm*

Fri. Jan 19, 2 – 5pm*

Sat. Jan 20, 2 – 5pm*

* on appoint­ment via