Middle Gate

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    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".

    Almagul Menlibayeva

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    image: (c) Almagul Menlibayeva
    Steppen Police, 2010-2010
    Almagul Menlibayeva
    Photography , 127 x 183 x 8.5 cm
    cibachrome

    Steppen Police is a still from her film Milk for Lambs. This film depicts the lives of women in the steppes of Kazakhstan, with a stream of references to nomadic mythology, shamanism and the Soviet heritage. It's a romantic, melancholic and at the same time surreal reflection on the brusque cultural development of her homeland.

    "These are the kind of images you can very often see in Kazakhstan. Just policemen who are protecting something, because there are some private places in the steppe where you can stay, with nothing around. It might look very surreal. But when you ask him, of course, he has a story and everything becomes very logical." - Almagul Menlibayeva

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