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)videostill: Hugo Roelandt, 1976 - Courtesy Estate Hugo Roelandt, Antwerp
Roelandt saw art as a temporary event - a performance - that could be documented via photo and video. An archive full of photo prints and negatives, films, videos, sound recordings, and the most diverse objects used in it was the result. In the film 'Painting a still life' he played with the traditional way of presenting. He colored black-and-white photographs or painted everyday objects.
