Flying on The Raven's Wing

The artists reclaiming the ancient military base of Asiat this summer, explored the potential and abundance of what a body hosts and what it can provoke. The rigidity that previously harboured the derelict buildings, was covered with stories and imaginations that delved into the delightful chaos of our true beings. They considered how to endure vulnerability and the inevitable cycle of transience and decay. How to navigate menace, threat and self-defense. They sought comfort in gathering with other people, with animals, plants and perhaps even deities.

Flying on the raven’s wing was a cross-disciplinary exhibition appropriating Asiat in Vilvoorde as a site of new promises. The artistic interventions hovered between autonomous artworks, inventive dancefloors, collaborative commissions and circular architecture. We welcomed Aline Bouvy (BE), Daan Gielis (BE), Sonia Gomes (BR), Rashid Johnson (US), Rotor (BE), Tarek Lakhrissi (FR), Leopold Banchini (CH), Grace Ndiritu (UK/KE) and Marinella Senatore (IT) as participating artists and architects. Their contributions, mostly site-specific commissions, adorned and reinvigorated the crumbling architecture of Asiat. Their works spanned video, audiovisual interventions, sculpture and installation.

Furthermore, the pavilions that doubled as dance floors and stages for the Horst Arts & Music Festival, inscribed themselves in Horst’s ongoing research on stage design, architecture and art. They served as autonomous works or places of encounter during the exhibition, and were transformed into electric, energising platforms for music, performance and lectures during the Festival.

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“The post-industrial, nature side of things puts people in a certain vibe. Were a bit displaced in a different space and time.” _{— Aline Bouvy}

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