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 Archief, scan: M HKA, 2019
Koningskinderen (The King’s Children) is art integration project by Els Dietvorst at De Kempen Juvenile Welfare and Correctional Centre in Mol, where the artist talks to several boys living in the centre about guilt, innocence and dreams, plans and freedom which served as the basis to produce to produce Koningskinderen (The King’s Children). The image sketched here is both critical and hopeful.
