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".

    Luc Deleu

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    Collection Reuse NV, image: (c) M HKA
    Antwerp, your next cruise stop ! , 1990
    Luc Deleu
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    Pencil, Indian ink, polyester film

    For Luc Deleu the field of visual art was the starting point for the search for a different kind of urban planning, especially one that would be critical, sociological and ecological. With his sometimes ironic, sometimes highly committed proposals, he comments on existing situations by formulating alternatives to them. Antwerp, your next cruise stop ! is the design proposal for a new cruise terminal in the port of Antwerp, an example of the many large urban infrastructure projects and utopian designs he has been working on. Bridging the city on both sides of the river, the terminal also includes a maritime museum. Along with the maquette, a series of drawings elucidate the proposal further. The proposal remains unrealised. It seems that Antwerp has thus far been a city of tunnels rather than bridges.

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