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".

    Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK

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    Future : Logics = Art : Science, 1979
    Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK
    Installation

    "In a small space of 6m by 5m hung 37 plexi-works by big steel nails; ceiling and walls, thus forming a figured out chaos. The works all had different shapes, they didn’t hung parallel to the wall, and not on a comfortable height to look at. It was almost impossible to look at the works without injuring oneself.

    The exposition was a conclusion made by me after reading 2 year-volumes of ‘New Scientist’, older scientific sources, and Wittgenstein."

    − AMVK

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