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".

Hugo Roelandt

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(c)Estate Hugo Roelandt

Wit Zwart / White Black , 1980

Hugo Roelandt, Paul Geladi

Video , 00:10:00

U-Matic

Digitised video, 10'23''

The film White Black challenges conventions of photography, graphic art, film and performance, marking Hugo Roelandt’s turn to more radical experiments with different media. The music is composed by Paul Geladi, who was part of the performance group Dr. Buttock’s Players Pool, alongside Roelandt and artists like Ria Pacquée and Luc Steels. Of Roelandt’s early collaborators, Geladi was one of the few with whom he reconnected later in life, working together on what Roelandt would call his ‘post performance’ works.

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