Middle Gate
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".
(c)Els Dietvorst
Els Dietvorst and Orla Barry filmed Act One in the atic of an abandoned school building in Bruges, between twilight and nightfall. The building itself seems to produce a whole succession of stories, evoking an array of different moods. The video was commissioned by the city of Bruges when it was named European Capital of Culture in 2002.
