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".

    Taus Makhacheva

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    Supiltar, 2017
    Taus Makhacheva
    Multiple , 23 x 5 x 7 cm (x2)
    wood

    During a residency at London’s Delfina Foundation, Makhacheva staged a special dinner event under the title ‘Gazing At The Highlanders, Gazing From The Highlands’ (2015), exploring questions of memory, history, and geopolitics. The dishes spanned from the time of the Caucasian War (1817-1864) till the present. The food was accompanied by ‘moustache spoons’ (designed to protect facial hair from food spillage)— custom-made replicas of the original early 20th-century Dagestani cutlery from the Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts. Similar to her ‘Caspian Sea’ (2014) performance, the event explored food as a metaphor articulating complex geopolitical histories.

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