Sonntag 22.09.2024, 15 Uhr
Vernissage: INTO THE VOID
Leerstellen als Werkzeug künstlerischer Erkenntnis

Mit: Leo Vroegindeweij, Ton Slits, Nathalie Brans, Tinka Pittoors

Das IKOB lädt herzlich ein zur Vernissage der Ausstellung INTO THE VOID, mit Werken von Leo Vroegindeweij, Ton Slits, Nathalie Brans, Tinka Pittoors

Die Ausstellung “Into The Void” betrachtet die Leere, inspiriert durch ein Konzept von Jacques Lacan und Slavoj Žižek (the void), als produktiven Raum, der kritische Selbstreflexion und neue künstlerische Erkenntnisse ermöglicht. Künstler:innen navigieren von jeher durch eine innere, leere Wüste, um darauf etwas Sinnhaftes zu schaffen. Die Ausstellung sucht nach Kunstwerken, die eventuell sprichwörtlich „am Rand“ stehen, die eher ungewöhnlich oder besonders sind für die jeweiligen Künstler:innen, um sie – und damit die Besucher:innen – auf die Leerstellen in den jeweiligen Werken hinzuweisen.

Programm ab 15:00

Begrüßung durch Paul Falkenberg (Präsident des IKOB)

Einführung in die Ausstellung durch
Kurator und Direktor Frank-Thorsten Moll

Mehr Informationen zu INTO THE VOID finden Sie hier.

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Spotlight with Frank-Thorsten Moll

IKOB Direktor Frank-Thorsten Moll spricht im Interview mit IKT International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art über seinen Hintergrund, seine Einflüsse und seine Herangehensweise als Kurator. 

Lesen Sie das Interview hier.

This might turn out to be a premature announcement of the start of a memorable Indian summer, but this Saturday’s weather looks ideal for trying out 2 new soundwalks created by Francesca Hawker and Margherita Brillada. Their walks can be experienced through the new soundwalking app Tracks, and will be launched upcoming Saturday from 14h to 18h. Stop by our HQ, meet Francesca and Margherita, and get all the necessary instructions to explore our neighbourhood. Bring your smartphone and headphones—if you don’t have a smartphone, please let us know via

Duck Duck Eel by Francesca Hawker is an audio jaunt along the Brussels Canal that suggests 6 waterside listening breaks. The piece consists of 2 parts: part 1 can be done on foot, and part 2 is a bike / scooter ride, so bring a vehicle if you want to do both parts. The audio pieces feature readings of biographies of people who were or are into eels, collaged alongside recordings made in Flanders while visiting eel conservationists, as they counted and weighed hundreds of migrating eels. Underwater recordings of the canal also feature, which came out devoid of any eel noises. The frustration this inspires (and the question ‘where are the eels?’) has been shared by eel enthusiasts for millennia, who have never experienced the relief of witnessing the reproductive lives of the species they’re so into.

Whispers of the Unheard by Margherita Brillada offers a multi-faceted perspective on the community development of Molenbeek over the past years. By combining voices, field recordings, and found samples, listeners will gain insight into the neighbourhood’s history, structures, and community. Unveiling sounds of the past, listeners will be immersed in soundscapes that are now absent but once filled the neighbourhood. The audience will be guided by a mix of voices and testimonies from local residents and individuals involved in socio-cultural spaces, including Johan Leman, anthropologist and sociologist, president of the Brussels Immigration Museum; Fadel El Ouahabi working at De Vaartkapoen; and Père Etienne, priest at the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church. The walk unfolds in a non-linear narrative, with voices at times overlapping, allowing listeners to experience their own version of the story through various narrative forms. The walk unfolds in a non-linear narrative, with voices at times overlapping, allowing listeners to experience their own version of the story through various narrative forms.
[More info here]

SuperCollider is a free and open-source coding environment, first released in 1996 and now maintained and developed by an active community of code enthusiasts. It provides a framework for various sound research fields, from live coding to sound synthesis, from neural networks to interactive media design.

The participants will be guided through the main architecture and the basics of the language, until developing a basic system for sound synthesis and live sequencing. You will leave this workshop with an instrument that you can continue designing on your own. No prior experience is required, this workshop is for complete beginners, with special encouragement to FLINTA* people to participate.
[read more]

STUK, Q-O2 and Musica present an annual showcase of emerging sound artists in Belgium. The showcase shines a light on the diversity of the Belgian sound art landscape, and gives a boost to an upcoming generation of makers. We are looking for recent, existing sound work in any format: performance, installation, soundwalk, radio piece, intervention or other innovative formats. The deadline for the call is 15 October, the selected works will be presented in STUK on Thursday 8 May 2024.
[more info]

During the discourse afternoon of the Oscillation festival Bojana Cvejić, Gabriel Paiuk, Giulia Rae, Rim Irscheid, and Tim Ingold provided various perspectives on the festival topic, with contributions on, among others, immersion, technology, cultural conventions, and transindividuality. These talks can now be listened to on our podcast series.
[listen here]

Sonntag 22.09.2024, 15 Uhr
Vernissage: INTO THE VOID
Leerstellen als Werkzeug künstlerischer Erkenntnis

Mit: Leo Vroegindeweij, Ton Slits, Nathalie Brans, Tinka Pittoors

Das IKOB lädt herzlich ein zur Vernissage der Ausstellung INTO THE VOID, mit Werken von Leo Vroegindeweij, Ton Slits, Nathalie Brans, Tinka Pittoors

Die Ausstellung “Into The Void” betrachtet die Leere, inspiriert durch ein Konzept von Jacques Lacan und Slavoj Žižek (the void), als produktiven Raum, der kritische Selbstreflexion und neue künstlerische Erkenntnisse ermöglicht. Künstler:innen navigieren von jeher durch eine innere, leere Wüste, um darauf etwas Sinnhaftes zu schaffen. Die Ausstellung sucht nach Kunstwerken, die eventuell sprichwörtlich „am Rand“ stehen, die eher ungewöhnlich oder besonders sind für die jeweiligen Künstler:innen, um sie – und damit die Besucher:innen – auf die Leerstellen in den jeweiligen Werken hinzuweisen.

Programm ab 15:00

Begrüßung durch Paul Falkenberg (Präsident des IKOB)

Einführung in die Ausstellung durch
Kurator und Direktor Frank-Thorsten Moll

Mehr Informationen zu INTO THE VOID finden Sie hier.

IKOB x BORDERLAND RESIDENCY 2024 
Francisco Correia

In Zusammenarbeit mit Borderland Residencies bietet das IKOB – Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst zum ersten Mal in seiner Geschichte eine Künstler:innenresidenz in Eupen an.

Ausgewählt wurde der Künstler Francisco Correia. Er wird drei Monate lang, von September bis November 2024, in Eupen leben und arbeiten. Francisco hebt in seiner Arbeit die Absurdität der unsichtbaren Systeme, die das tägliche Leben bestimmen, hervor. Arbeit, Wirtschaft und Aussterben (sowohl individuell als auch kollektiv) werden ins Reich der Fantasie verlegt, um Erzählungen zu schaffen, die sich an der Grenze zwischen Realität und Fiktion bewegen.
 

Mehr Informationen hier.

OV 38
L'exposition qui n'a jamais eu lieu (suite):
JFO*_MMCO

Opening Thursday September 12, from 6pm to 9pm
Exhibition on until November 9, 2024.
 

…this exhibition, MMCO and myself had always wanted to make it happen, we were talking about it often and finally we didn’t have the time.
Both artist brothers, together… How to imagine this exhibition today, now that he’s gone?

Jean-François Octave 2018-2024

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JFO (Jean-François Octave) was born in 1955 in Arlon. He lives and works in Brussels.
He is a designer, painter and architect. After studying architecture at the Institut Saint-Luc and then at La Cambre, he began working for the magazine Soldes – Fin de serie, before making covers for Les Disques du Crépuscule / Factory Benelux and posters for Plan K concerts (Joy Division, Young Marble Giants, A Certain ratio, Tuxedomoon).
He started painting in the 1980s and became a figure of the belgian punk scene with his publications, fanzines and object-books.
He represented Belgium at the Venice Biennale in 1986. Since then he was also drawn to art in the public space and scenography.

MMCO (Marc Octave) was born in 1948 in Arlon and died in 2002 in Brussels. A discreet designer, even secret in certain respects, his very life seems an illustration of the life of an artist even though from the dawn of his career he enjoyed recognition and constant attention from the Belgian contemporary art world. This is evidenced by his numerous exhibitions, his publications and the impressive number of pieces acquired by the Ministry of the French Community, as well as by the National Bank, among others. 
Friend of the painters Filip Denis and Walter Swennen, who all were friends with Marcel Broodthaers during their apprenticeship years, MMCO traced his path, always truant, between popular imagery and unbridled poetry.