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The Vessel


A group exhibition with works by Kasper Bosmans, Marie Cloquet, Nicolas Provost & Kasper Jordaens and Lenny Vervaeke.

Open on:

Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 September from 2 to 6 pm.
Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 October from 2 to 6 pm.
Sunday 13 October from 2 to 6 pm.

The ever-changing nature of human’s relationship to history makes us, as individuals, face a series of questions that urge us to reflect not only on ourselves but also as a collective. After all, one of the definitions of the term is ‘man in time’, coined by Marc Bloch in 1953, meaning that “history is the product of human action, creativity, invention, conflict, and interaction’. We are bound to make and shape our actions and narratives -whether conscious or unconscious- in an inescapable quest to make sense of it all. During this process, the initial intention to remain objective can derail any attempt to discover the underlying merits of mankind’s past. One might rightfully argue that the goal of absolute objectivity is merely impossible, so this should come as no surprise. Once we let go of this need, we can discover the various ways of interpreting, conceptualizing, and contextualizing the past.

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