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".

    Hugo Roelandt

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    Eurotronics / Antwerpen in een nieuw licht bekeken, 1990-1993
    Hugo Roelandt
    Installation

    At the end of 1990, Hugo Roelandt and Jo Bogaert develop a project called Eurotronics. The aim is to set up a grand sound and lightshow on and around the site of the new building for the European Council in Brussels. Concept and budget are made, but the project is not implemented. Afterwards, although somewhat modified, the idea is picked up again in the project H.D. ninetythree. With regard to the festivities of Antwerp ’93, Hugo Roelandt deliveres in 1991 his proposal Antwerpen in een nieuw licht bekeken (Antwerp viewed in a new light) to Eric Anthonis, head of the festival. The aim of the project is to connect some of the most important landmarks of the city with light and laser beams. In this way a light grid is built up above the city. Just like the light grid, Jo Bogaert's music would connect the inhabitants of the city an the "recreate" urban space they live in. Hugo Roelandt receives a positive response in June 1992: Anthonis wants to include the project in the programme of the festival and he offers logistical support, but funding isn’t possible. Because of this, the project is not being realized. Within the same festival of Antwerp ’93, Roelandt again offers his project at Open Monumentendag / the King Baudouin Foundation. For the annual Heritage Day the organization launches an open call for artistic projects that connect light and architecture. Referring to the previous set-up, this time Hugo Roelandt proposes to connect the city with light ... underground, that is, the metro stations. This project was also not carried out, it was Hugo Roelandts final attempt to realise this ambitious project.

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