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".

ORLAN

(c)image: M HKA
Robe du MesuRAGE du M HKA, 2012
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cotton

The dress itself in which the performance was enacted was also to become a relic. After three decades, ORLAN once more measured two institutions, the Andy Warhol Foundation in Pittsburgh and M HKA. This dress was last used in these performances.