Horst Exhibition 2022

The 2022 Exhibition 'The Act of Breathing' will take place at both Asiat, Vilvoorde as well as Cinematek, Brussels. Asiat will host 11 in-situ artworks engaging with the architectural and symbolic character of the former military base, while 3 other artists come together at Cinematek to be counterparted with a programme of films curated by Monique Mbeka Phoba. It's co-produced by KANAL - Centre Pompidou in light of 'Living Traces', their year-long programme between Kinshasa and Brussels. 'The Act of Breathing' will — after its glorious opening during the Festival — run from May 7 to July 31. The Exhibition considers Congo, and the power it continues to exert, as a pathway that allows to envision where this struggle can lead to: the breath as an element which sculpts, through its repetition, the environment we’re inhabiting - physical in its materiality, and symbolic in its political manifestation. The participating artists therefore take over the Asiat-site with predominantly site-specific installations that connect to each like one long breath, transmitting energy and linking body to body to form a strong alliance. Curators: Sorana Munsya en Evelyn Simons Exhibited artists: Asiat, Vilvoorde Maika Garnica, Kris Lemsalu, Soraya Lutangu Bonaventure & Ali-Eddine Abdelkhalek, Michèle Magema, mountaincutters, Anthony Ngoya, Benjamin Orlow, Leonard Pongo, Laure Prouvost, Pascale Marthine Tayou Cinematek, with the support of Bozar - Brussels Jean Kabuta, Mega Mingiedi, Agnès Lalau