La Vitrine is a former sea container converted into a mobile exhibit hall. It will be installed in different locations in the center of Brussels during the summer/fall 2018.
Each exhibition will be shown during two or three weeks. Each venue will feature a new decor and new artists, especially Afro-descendants. La Vitrine is also a project including a series of animations, participatory activities and live performances that encourage people to meet each other and animate the neighbourhood.
VITRINE 1: Joachim G Damus (Photo) and Florence Akyams (Illustration). Location: Rue du Trône, 1000 Brussels (devant l’agence ING au croisement avec l’Avenue Marnix) - 24 August > 9 September 2018.
VITRINE 2: Esohe Weyden (Poetry, drawing), Dauphine Raisin (Illustration) and May Li Sterkendries (Photo).
Location: Place Cardinal Mercier Kardinaal Mercierplein, 1090 Jette (Brussels) - 12 > 28 October 2018.
Fridays from 5:30 PM > 9:30 PM: artists’ meetings / DJs / live performances
Saturdays from 3:00 PM > 9:30 PM: artists’ meetings / participative workshops / live music / live performances
La Vitrine is intended to be a reflection of a society where individuals are mixed by ancestral transmissions, past and present influences, multiple and varied encounters. The project aims to highlight the work of Afro-descendants artists at each edition. This project sets out to create groups of artists representative of our society, bringing into light artists of various origins to enable them to find a point of intersection in their personal roots and develop a joint creation on the theme of "cultural heritage".
La vitrine wants to take distance from the image of art galleries, often considered too cold. It defines itself as a new atypical exhibition space: the artists / collectives will not work from a place nor a pre-equipped and stereotyped structure but from meeting spaces created with and between audiences around artistic objects and performances. It is not a question here of entering a space with precise codes, but of being present in the street where codes are shared.
