The exhibition project Middle Gate II – The Story of Dymphna is a collaboration between M HKA (Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp) and the cultural centre de Werft in Geel. Middle Gate II is the follow up to the exhibition Middle Gate, curated by Jan Hoet in Geel in 2013. The exhibition concept is closely tied to the legend of the holy Dymphna, saint of the possessed, the mentally ill and patroness against epilepsy and insanity. The legend of Dymphna shares a strong connection to the identity of Geel, "the charitable city".

Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK

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The Abstract isn’t Sexually Stimulating, 2000-2001
Video , 00:02:59
computer animation

"Animation of a drawing from my subconscious. In movement, the abstract fantasy gradually yields to nature and mythology – only to disappear at the end, like a though folding itself up. Between the inside and the outside, between good and evil thoughts, there is a place where the body, the mind and other forms of matter play their games."

"Statement: Between the inside and the outside, between good and evil thoughts, there is a place where a game is being played by the body, the mind and other forms of matter."

"In opposition to the arbitrarity, the origin of every written and spoken language, I put the unspoken, the mystic. From disgust to ecstasy, that is what the mystic in general is about. Urewut. The all-devouring lust for life and love. Unification, not feeling separated from the rest. No ego, no boundaries. Creation becomes one with its creator. I call it the analog. The analog versus the arbitrarity. The analog means ritual, evil, mystery, desire, yearning, lust, while the digital is control, technology, sublimation, dependence, cleanliness, transparencies. The analog plus the digital is what we are about: perspective." 

− AMVK


Camera: AMVK

Editing: AMVK

Animation: AMVK

Soundtrack: AMVK

Produced by: AMVK, Club Moral