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".
Each work in Guillaume Bijl’s ‘Sorry’ series is a surreal, absurd and humorous assemblage of found objects. By extracting kitsch elements from everyday reality and reframing them as art, Bijl interrogates the values of mass culture. This work is constructed from plastic consumer goods and refers to a world that runs (wildly) on sugar, coffee and alcohol.