During this new edition of Open School, meet WIELS' current artists-in-residence as they open the doors of their studios for a day. Through a programme of artist talks, presentations, and performances, the residents will let you dive into their ongoing projects and ideas.
Each semester, the International Residency Programme, a cornerstone of the WIELS programme, welcomes up to 9 artists in the WIELS building.
PROGRAMME
13:00-16:00 I ATELIERS OPEN
15:00-19:30 I SCREENINGS & READINGS
Read the full programme below.
PROGRAMME
13:00-16:00 I Ateliers open
Meet the WIELS artists-in-residence in their studios as they share their artistic practice and ongoing work:
Shaun Motsi · Atelier 1
Shun Ikezoe · Atelier 2
Jimena Chávez Delion · Atelier 3
Ute Müller · Atelier 4
Cihad Caner (13:00-15:00) · Atelier 5
Alexandre Mulongo represented by Livia Cahn (13:00-15:00) · Atelier 6
Ugo Woatzi · Atelier 7
Marita Liivak · Atelier 8
Andreas Olavssønn Rongen · Atelier 9
Ongoing interventions
Shaun Motsi
Video & sound installation I Staircase
INT. Masters HQ – DAY
Ugo Woatzi
Sound installation I Panorama
The valley unfolds before my eyes, and suddenly I hear them.
In collaboration with Melodie Blaison.
Screenings & Readings I Auditorium
15:00-15:45 I Film screening
Cihad Caner: (Re)membering the riots in Afrikaanderwijk in 1972 or guest, host, ghos-ti
BIO I Cihad Caner (°1990, TR) is an artist based in Rotterdam. His practice explores the politics of the image through video, photography, music, motion-capture, and CGI. Caner’s research-driven practice revolves around (re)presentation, language, marginalisation and alterity. His fictional CGI characters are often multi-lingual protagonists in non-linear, metaphorical narratives that employ humour, absurdity, and poetry to critique the status quo.
18:00-19:30 I Film screening & Conversation
Shun Ikezoe: Spectrum
Spectrum, a work-in-progress, addresses mental health issues. The screening will be followed by a conversation between the artist and Dr. Erik Thys.
BIO I Shun Ikezoe (°1988, JP) is a filmmaker and artist. His work focuses on creating films that shed light on voices often overlooked in society and history by gathering personal stories or memories and reconstructing them into universal narratives. Using a wide range of media – including film and digital formats – he produces both films and installations, pushing the boundaries between cinema and contemporary art on a global scale.
BIO I Erik Thys works as a psychiatrist in PSC St.-Alexius Elsene and UPC KU Leuven. Apart from his clinical work, he focuses on the link between creativity and psychopathology (as a researcher and as president of the non-profit organization KAOS), psychiatric stigma (the book Psychogenocide (2015) on the Nazi mass murder of psychiatric patients) and art (Portraits (2017) and Kunsttijdschrift Vlaanderen (2017)).