Yeşim Akdeniz and Benjamin Zurstrassen
Debating chamber: On the Power of Ornament
Debating Chambers serve as the public forum of the Département des Pièges. During discussions in the exhibition space, speakers are encouraged to draw inspiration from the objects, paintings and artworks on display. These conversations aim to loosen rigid systems of classification and expand the limits of contextual information. Four sessions will be held during the exhibition. At each session, two speakers explore a specific theme, followed by an open discussion with the public.
- As part of
- Département des Pièges
- Date
- 16:00 — 18:30
- Location
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Room 9
- Tickets
- Tickets available soon
Clémentine Deliss, director of the Metabolic Museum-University and creator of the Département des Pièges, will moderate the discussions.
Seating is limited, but recordings of each Debating Chamber will be available to watch online.
Yeşim Akdeniz is an artist whose work explores uniforms and uniformity, identity formation, representation and craft. Drawing on personal and cultural references, she examines how forms circulate while addressing history, identity, collective memory and the social codes through which belonging is negotiated. She is a professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
Benjamin Zurstrassen has directed the Horta Museum since 2018. His research and publications focus on furniture, architecture, ornament and style from 1850 to 1950. He also teaches at the Université des aînés - UDA UCLouvain and is the president of the Réseau Art Nouveau Network.
About the exhibition
With a wink to Brussels artist Marcel Broodthaers, Clémentine Deliss invites you to enter the Département des Pièges. Here, you will find a selection of unexpected artefacts and paintings from 11 Brussels museums as well as works by contemporary artists. From elaborate fishnets to hunting decoys, psychiatric tests and trompe l’oeil paintings, each exhibit relates to the concept of the trap. You are invited to study these diverse traps and participate in this "museum-university".
