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Three more days to visit Past Forward by appointment. Contact us for a free private tour
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The next name among the 15 contemporary artists featured in the exhibition is Filip Cleynen. Besides the multiple ‘I’ve been thinking’ (2023), installed on the window overlooking the garden, Filip is also presenting ‘Untitled (Es kommt Hilfe)’ (2024). The work is part of the EUR-EPAL series, in which Filip repositions the body within space. The Europallet — a generic archetype of movement and exchangeability — becomes a framework for thinking about identity as a fluid construct: a carrier of shared historical and political meanings, yet equally of personal biography. The work explores how bodies and desires relate to a world that continuously produces signals. We tend to take our bodies for granted, forgetting their signs until they begin to ask something of us. The title evokes both danger and care: a body in distress that wants to be heard and seen, that calls for help — and the promise that help will come

Three more days to visit Past Forward by appointment. Contact us for a free private tour
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The next name among the 15 contemporary artists featured in the exhibition is Filip Cleynen. Besides the multiple ‘I’ve been thinking’ (2023), installed on the window overlooking the garden, Filip is also presenting ‘Untitled (Es kommt Hilfe)’ (2024). The work is part of the EUR-EPAL series, in which Filip repositions the body within space. The Europallet — a generic archetype of movement and exchangeability — becomes a framework for thinking about identity as a fluid construct: a carrier of shared historical and political meanings, yet equally of personal biography. The work explores how bodies and desires relate to a world that continuously produces signals. We tend to take our bodies for granted, forgetting their signs until they begin to ask something of us. The title evokes both danger and care: a body in distress that wants to be heard and seen, that calls for help — and the promise that help will come

Our current exhibition, Past Forward, has been extended until Monday, 25 May, inclusive. Feel free to contact us to arrange a private visit. We’d be happy to welcome you

One of the fifteen contemporary artists featured in the exhibition is Erik Haemers.

“Erik’s artworks are imbued with his love for architecture, constructions, structure and rhythm. He translates his everyday observations into sculptural + geometric works. Exploring different materials, layers + techniques while questioning the limits of fine art by switching back and forth between high-end and ubiquitous materials. His fascination with order and structure is a foundation of his practice, as well as the subtle interplay between architecture and art.
Some artworks seem to dissolve into the architecture, while others seem like a natural extension of it.” (Tim Vanheers)

Also pictured:
Untitled embossing by Jef Meyer, 2022
Acrílica 231 lamp by Joe Colombo, 1962

Our current exhibition, Past Forward, has been extended until Monday, 25 May, inclusive. Feel free to contact us to arrange a private visit. We’d be happy to welcome you

One of the fifteen contemporary artists featured in the exhibition is Erik Haemers.

“Erik’s artworks are imbued with his love for architecture, constructions, structure and rhythm. He translates his everyday observations into sculptural + geometric works. Exploring different materials, layers + techniques while questioning the limits of fine art by switching back and forth between high-end and ubiquitous materials. His fascination with order and structure is a foundation of his practice, as well as the subtle interplay between architecture and art.
Some artworks seem to dissolve into the architecture, while others seem like a natural extension of it.” (Tim Vanheers)

Also pictured:
Untitled embossing by Jef Meyer, 2022
Acrílica 231 lamp by Joe Colombo, 1962

Our current exhibition, Past Forward, has been extended until Monday, 25 May, inclusive. Feel free to contact us to arrange a private visit. We’d be happy to welcome you

One of the fifteen contemporary artists featured in the exhibition is Erik Haemers.

“Erik’s artworks are imbued with his love for architecture, constructions, structure and rhythm. He translates his everyday observations into sculptural + geometric works. Exploring different materials, layers + techniques while questioning the limits of fine art by switching back and forth between high-end and ubiquitous materials. His fascination with order and structure is a foundation of his practice, as well as the subtle interplay between architecture and art.
Some artworks seem to dissolve into the architecture, while others seem like a natural extension of it.” (Tim Vanheers)

Also pictured:
Untitled embossing by Jef Meyer, 2022
Acrílica 231 lamp by Joe Colombo, 1962

Past Forward has been extended through 25 May. Missed the exhibition during Antwerp Art Weekend, or would you like to return? The gallery remains open for private visits by appointment. Send us a message, and we’d be happy to welcome you

One of the fifteen contemporary artists featured in the exhibition is Chris Gillis. In her work, layered elements are taken out of their original context, isolated and reconstructed to ultimately form the foundation for a new icon. She works with paper scraps, ready-made images and textures from printmaking. Drawing from a wide range of sources, aspects of biographical and everyday experience, dreams from between sleep and wakefulness, become intertwined or reduced to abstract areas of colour. In a collage-like manner, reality is dismantled and reconstructed at will. The moon may become a motif, while elsewhere she allows coincidence to play its part. Like a dream world, multiple impressions are synthesised into a single reality

Past Forward has been extended through 25 May. Missed the exhibition during Antwerp Art Weekend, or would you like to return? The gallery remains open for private visits by appointment. Send us a message, and we’d be happy to welcome you

One of the fifteen contemporary artists featured in the exhibition is Chris Gillis. In her work, layered elements are taken out of their original context, isolated and reconstructed to ultimately form the foundation for a new icon. She works with paper scraps, ready-made images and textures from printmaking. Drawing from a wide range of sources, aspects of biographical and everyday experience, dreams from between sleep and wakefulness, become intertwined or reduced to abstract areas of colour. In a collage-like manner, reality is dismantled and reconstructed at will. The moon may become a motif, while elsewhere she allows coincidence to play its part. Like a dream world, multiple impressions are synthesised into a single reality

Past Forward has been extended through 25 May. Missed the exhibition during Antwerp Art Weekend, or would you like to return? The gallery remains open for private visits by appointment. Send us a message, and we’d be happy to welcome you

One of the fifteen contemporary artists featured in the exhibition is Chris Gillis. In her work, layered elements are taken out of their original context, isolated and reconstructed to ultimately form the foundation for a new icon. She works with paper scraps, ready-made images and textures from printmaking. Drawing from a wide range of sources, aspects of biographical and everyday experience, dreams from between sleep and wakefulness, become intertwined or reduced to abstract areas of colour. In a collage-like manner, reality is dismantled and reconstructed at will. The moon may become a motif, while elsewhere she allows coincidence to play its part. Like a dream world, multiple impressions are synthesised into a single reality

Our current exhibition, Past Forward, has been extended until Monday, 25 May, inclusive. Feel free to contact us to arrange a private visit. We’d be happy to welcome you

One of the fifteen contemporary artists featured in the exhibition is Zena Van den Block. Zena draws her inspiration primarily from popular culture and DIY aesthetics, finding emotion in the apparent banality of everyday life. Through observation and collecting, she notices recurring habits and patterns. Structures that seem omnipresent and part of a uniform mass are broken down into fragments that resemble one another, yet always differ slightly. She translates this by isolating and repeating elements, while subverting their usual context. In a playful way, she consistently creates space for chance and mistakes

Our current exhibition, Past Forward, has been extended until Monday, 25 May, inclusive. Feel free to contact us to arrange a private visit. We’d be happy to welcome you

One of the fifteen contemporary artists featured in the exhibition is Zena Van den Block. Zena draws her inspiration primarily from popular culture and DIY aesthetics, finding emotion in the apparent banality of everyday life. Through observation and collecting, she notices recurring habits and patterns. Structures that seem omnipresent and part of a uniform mass are broken down into fragments that resemble one another, yet always differ slightly. She translates this by isolating and repeating elements, while subverting their usual context. In a playful way, she consistently creates space for chance and mistakes

Our current exhibition, Past Forward, has been extended until Monday, 25 May, inclusive. Feel free to contact us to arrange a private visit. We’d be happy to welcome you

One of the fifteen contemporary artists featured in the exhibition is Zena Van den Block. Zena draws her inspiration primarily from popular culture and DIY aesthetics, finding emotion in the apparent banality of everyday life. Through observation and collecting, she notices recurring habits and patterns. Structures that seem omnipresent and part of a uniform mass are broken down into fragments that resemble one another, yet always differ slightly. She translates this by isolating and repeating elements, while subverting their usual context. In a playful way, she consistently creates space for chance and mistakes

After a very successful Antwerp Art Weekend, the gallery remains open for private visits by appointment only. Send us a message, and we’ll welcome you between now and Monday, 25 May.

One of the artists featured in Past Forward is Jef Meyer. Jef’s choice of material is a bold one. For more than ten years, the vast majority of his works have been made from concrete. Over the years, he has experimented with dozens of mixtures and techniques, resulting in a boundless array of spectacular surfaces and textures. From smooth and silky to rugged and rough, from matte to glossy and every gradation in between, each piece is strikingly unique. Brilliance and rawness complement one another. By adding pigments and manipulating drying times and temperatures, no two works are ever the same. And most importantly: the beauty lies in the imperfections

After a very successful Antwerp Art Weekend, the gallery remains open for private visits by appointment only. Send us a message, and we’ll welcome you between now and Monday, 25 May.

One of the artists featured in Past Forward is Jef Meyer. Jef’s choice of material is a bold one. For more than ten years, the vast majority of his works have been made from concrete. Over the years, he has experimented with dozens of mixtures and techniques, resulting in a boundless array of spectacular surfaces and textures. From smooth and silky to rugged and rough, from matte to glossy and every gradation in between, each piece is strikingly unique. Brilliance and rawness complement one another. By adding pigments and manipulating drying times and temperatures, no two works are ever the same. And most importantly: the beauty lies in the imperfections

After a very successful Antwerp Art Weekend, the gallery remains open for private visits by appointment only. Send us a message, and we’ll welcome you between now and Monday, 25 May.

One of the artists featured in Past Forward is Jef Meyer. Jef’s choice of material is a bold one. For more than ten years, the vast majority of his works have been made from concrete. Over the years, he has experimented with dozens of mixtures and techniques, resulting in a boundless array of spectacular surfaces and textures. From smooth and silky to rugged and rough, from matte to glossy and every gradation in between, each piece is strikingly unique. Brilliance and rawness complement one another. By adding pigments and manipulating drying times and temperatures, no two works are ever the same. And most importantly: the beauty lies in the imperfections

ZEIT, proud survivor of Antwerp Art Weekend

We’re very grateful that more than 400 visitors found their way to Past Forward over the past few days. Since so many people asked for a second chance, or simply more time, we decided to keep the exhibition up until 25 May

The gallery remains open for private visits by appointment only. Send us a message to book your time slot

It’s the last day of the Antwerp Art Weekend. Today we welcome you between 12 and 6 pm
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One of the fifteen contemporary artists featured in Past Forward is Filip Collin, who has been part of ZEIT since the very beginning. Filip is a keen observer. He draws constant inspiration from the objects and environments around him, and more specifically from the fleeting nature of the city itself: sunlight filtering through foliage, a bouquet of wildflowers, shifting shadows, passing reflections. Yet these points of departure are rarely recognisable in the resulting works.

Filip is blessed with a mild form of synaesthesia: when he encounters or imagines a form, he instinctively “feels” its corresponding colour. This may explain why colour occupies such a central place in his oeuvre, often appearing in unexpected shades and combinations.

This exhibition highlights the artist’s multidisciplinary approach. Alongside the neon sculpture in the hallway — a permanent fixture at ZEIT — the presentation includes oil pastel drawings, a collage incorporating engraved glass, a steel multiple that the artist bends and shapes before your eyes, and another of his striking light pieces.

It’s the last day of the Antwerp Art Weekend. Today we welcome you between 12 and 6 pm
.
One of the fifteen contemporary artists featured in Past Forward is Filip Collin, who has been part of ZEIT since the very beginning. Filip is a keen observer. He draws constant inspiration from the objects and environments around him, and more specifically from the fleeting nature of the city itself: sunlight filtering through foliage, a bouquet of wildflowers, shifting shadows, passing reflections. Yet these points of departure are rarely recognisable in the resulting works.

Filip is blessed with a mild form of synaesthesia: when he encounters or imagines a form, he instinctively “feels” its corresponding colour. This may explain why colour occupies such a central place in his oeuvre, often appearing in unexpected shades and combinations.

This exhibition highlights the artist’s multidisciplinary approach. Alongside the neon sculpture in the hallway — a permanent fixture at ZEIT — the presentation includes oil pastel drawings, a collage incorporating engraved glass, a steel multiple that the artist bends and shapes before your eyes, and another of his striking light pieces.

It’s the last day of the Antwerp Art Weekend. Today we welcome you between 12 and 6 pm
.
One of the fifteen contemporary artists featured in Past Forward is Filip Collin, who has been part of ZEIT since the very beginning. Filip is a keen observer. He draws constant inspiration from the objects and environments around him, and more specifically from the fleeting nature of the city itself: sunlight filtering through foliage, a bouquet of wildflowers, shifting shadows, passing reflections. Yet these points of departure are rarely recognisable in the resulting works.

Filip is blessed with a mild form of synaesthesia: when he encounters or imagines a form, he instinctively “feels” its corresponding colour. This may explain why colour occupies such a central place in his oeuvre, often appearing in unexpected shades and combinations.

This exhibition highlights the artist’s multidisciplinary approach. Alongside the neon sculpture in the hallway — a permanent fixture at ZEIT — the presentation includes oil pastel drawings, a collage incorporating engraved glass, a steel multiple that the artist bends and shapes before your eyes, and another of his striking light pieces.

It’s the last day of the Antwerp Art Weekend. Today we welcome you between 12 and 6 pm
.
One of the fifteen contemporary artists featured in Past Forward is Filip Collin, who has been part of ZEIT since the very beginning. Filip is a keen observer. He draws constant inspiration from the objects and environments around him, and more specifically from the fleeting nature of the city itself: sunlight filtering through foliage, a bouquet of wildflowers, shifting shadows, passing reflections. Yet these points of departure are rarely recognisable in the resulting works.

Filip is blessed with a mild form of synaesthesia: when he encounters or imagines a form, he instinctively “feels” its corresponding colour. This may explain why colour occupies such a central place in his oeuvre, often appearing in unexpected shades and combinations.

This exhibition highlights the artist’s multidisciplinary approach. Alongside the neon sculpture in the hallway — a permanent fixture at ZEIT — the presentation includes oil pastel drawings, a collage incorporating engraved glass, a steel multiple that the artist bends and shapes before your eyes, and another of his striking light pieces.

Day 3 of Antwerp Art Weekend. Visit us today, Saturday 16 May, and tomorrow, Sunday 17 May. We welcome you between 12 pm and 6 pm
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Allow us to introduce you to the work of some of the 15 contemporary artists whose work is featured in the current exhibition
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In the first room, Thibeau Scarcériaux’s sculptural mirror is a true eye-catcher. The piece, titled 252,455,615,968,443,048, represents the Sun’s red giant phase. This period will last about a billion years before the Sun collapses into a white dwarf. Astronomers estimate that the Sun has about 7 to 8 billion years left before it burns out completely. Humanity may be long gone by then, or perhaps we will have already colonised another planet. Much like the Sun, the object degrades over time. It reminds the viewer to live life to the fullest, because every second counts.

Also pictured:
- Zena Van den Block’s Fixing the Holes II & III, 2023, plastic film on paper
- Another untitled piece by Thibeau in layered black glass

From Thibeau’s artist statement:
“Scar-cériaux’s work begins with what refuses to settle. It emerges from emotional and social tensions — moments of anger, silence, loss, or unease that demand a physical presence.
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Working through objects and installations, Scar-cériaux often starts from forms that carry a functional memory. Function is not denied, but displaced: sometimes preserved, sometimes suspended, sometimes pushed to its limits. What matters is not usefulness, but how an object occupies space and how it is encountered.”

Day 3 of Antwerp Art Weekend. Visit us today, Saturday 16 May, and tomorrow, Sunday 17 May. We welcome you between 12 pm and 6 pm
.
Allow us to introduce you to the work of some of the 15 contemporary artists whose work is featured in the current exhibition
.
In the first room, Thibeau Scarcériaux’s sculptural mirror is a true eye-catcher. The piece, titled 252,455,615,968,443,048, represents the Sun’s red giant phase. This period will last about a billion years before the Sun collapses into a white dwarf. Astronomers estimate that the Sun has about 7 to 8 billion years left before it burns out completely. Humanity may be long gone by then, or perhaps we will have already colonised another planet. Much like the Sun, the object degrades over time. It reminds the viewer to live life to the fullest, because every second counts.

Also pictured:
- Zena Van den Block’s Fixing the Holes II & III, 2023, plastic film on paper
- Another untitled piece by Thibeau in layered black glass

From Thibeau’s artist statement:
“Scar-cériaux’s work begins with what refuses to settle. It emerges from emotional and social tensions — moments of anger, silence, loss, or unease that demand a physical presence.
‍
Working through objects and installations, Scar-cériaux often starts from forms that carry a functional memory. Function is not denied, but displaced: sometimes preserved, sometimes suspended, sometimes pushed to its limits. What matters is not usefulness, but how an object occupies space and how it is encountered.”

Day 2 of Antwerp Art Weekend. After welcoming more than 100 visitors yesterday, our Past Forward exhibition continues to attract both returning art enthusiasts and newcomers alike. Visit us today, Friday 15 May, between 12 pm and 9 pm
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Allow us to introduce you to some of the 15 contemporary artists whose work is featured in the current exhibition
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Nienke Baeckelandt (1989) focuses her research on matter, perception, and an intimate relationship with the object. Her site-specific installations and sculptures reveal themselves in a subtle way and often only become visible from specific viewpoints: hidden colours slowly emerge, transparent surfaces merge with the surrounding space, and coloured shadows and reflections play with our perception. Everyday objects and words are fused, hardened, or distorted until they lose their original function.

Time appears as a subtle force that influences materials and forms. Baeckelandt’s approach is sensorially intimate, almost tangible: she invites the viewer to slow down and come closer. In her most recent work, she explores our relationship with nature and with our own body within a technological society. This is precisely what the ‘anthropocentric’ culture often fails to grasp: that our bodies, our sensory and material existence, our flesh, are not separate from the world, but are inseparably intertwined with it. She departs from shared surfaces and structures, creating a tension between the natural and the artificial

Specially for Past Forward, Nienke created the multiple Hybrid Skin Surface in an edition of 10. It is named after the eponymous work that is also on display

Photo 1 - Cabbage Structures, 2026 silicone
Photo 2 - Hybrid Skin Surface, 2025, resin, pigment, tattoo ink
Photo 3 - Hybrid Skin Surface, 2026, resin, pigment (multiple)
Photo 4 - Sky Puddle, 2025, resin, pigment

Day 2 of Antwerp Art Weekend. After welcoming more than 100 visitors yesterday, our Past Forward exhibition continues to attract both returning art enthusiasts and newcomers alike. Visit us today, Friday 15 May, between 12 pm and 9 pm
.
Allow us to introduce you to some of the 15 contemporary artists whose work is featured in the current exhibition
.
Nienke Baeckelandt (1989) focuses her research on matter, perception, and an intimate relationship with the object. Her site-specific installations and sculptures reveal themselves in a subtle way and often only become visible from specific viewpoints: hidden colours slowly emerge, transparent surfaces merge with the surrounding space, and coloured shadows and reflections play with our perception. Everyday objects and words are fused, hardened, or distorted until they lose their original function.

Time appears as a subtle force that influences materials and forms. Baeckelandt’s approach is sensorially intimate, almost tangible: she invites the viewer to slow down and come closer. In her most recent work, she explores our relationship with nature and with our own body within a technological society. This is precisely what the ‘anthropocentric’ culture often fails to grasp: that our bodies, our sensory and material existence, our flesh, are not separate from the world, but are inseparably intertwined with it. She departs from shared surfaces and structures, creating a tension between the natural and the artificial

Specially for Past Forward, Nienke created the multiple Hybrid Skin Surface in an edition of 10. It is named after the eponymous work that is also on display

Photo 1 - Cabbage Structures, 2026 silicone
Photo 2 - Hybrid Skin Surface, 2025, resin, pigment, tattoo ink
Photo 3 - Hybrid Skin Surface, 2026, resin, pigment (multiple)
Photo 4 - Sky Puddle, 2025, resin, pigment

Day 2 of Antwerp Art Weekend. After welcoming more than 100 visitors yesterday, our Past Forward exhibition continues to attract both returning art enthusiasts and newcomers alike. Visit us today, Friday 15 May, between 12 pm and 9 pm
.
Allow us to introduce you to some of the 15 contemporary artists whose work is featured in the current exhibition
.
Nienke Baeckelandt (1989) focuses her research on matter, perception, and an intimate relationship with the object. Her site-specific installations and sculptures reveal themselves in a subtle way and often only become visible from specific viewpoints: hidden colours slowly emerge, transparent surfaces merge with the surrounding space, and coloured shadows and reflections play with our perception. Everyday objects and words are fused, hardened, or distorted until they lose their original function.

Time appears as a subtle force that influences materials and forms. Baeckelandt’s approach is sensorially intimate, almost tangible: she invites the viewer to slow down and come closer. In her most recent work, she explores our relationship with nature and with our own body within a technological society. This is precisely what the ‘anthropocentric’ culture often fails to grasp: that our bodies, our sensory and material existence, our flesh, are not separate from the world, but are inseparably intertwined with it. She departs from shared surfaces and structures, creating a tension between the natural and the artificial

Specially for Past Forward, Nienke created the multiple Hybrid Skin Surface in an edition of 10. It is named after the eponymous work that is also on display

Photo 1 - Cabbage Structures, 2026 silicone
Photo 2 - Hybrid Skin Surface, 2025, resin, pigment, tattoo ink
Photo 3 - Hybrid Skin Surface, 2026, resin, pigment (multiple)
Photo 4 - Sky Puddle, 2025, resin, pigment

Day 2 of Antwerp Art Weekend. After welcoming more than 100 visitors yesterday, our Past Forward exhibition continues to attract both returning art enthusiasts and newcomers alike. Visit us today, Friday 15 May, between 12 pm and 9 pm
.
Allow us to introduce you to some of the 15 contemporary artists whose work is featured in the current exhibition
.
Nienke Baeckelandt (1989) focuses her research on matter, perception, and an intimate relationship with the object. Her site-specific installations and sculptures reveal themselves in a subtle way and often only become visible from specific viewpoints: hidden colours slowly emerge, transparent surfaces merge with the surrounding space, and coloured shadows and reflections play with our perception. Everyday objects and words are fused, hardened, or distorted until they lose their original function.

Time appears as a subtle force that influences materials and forms. Baeckelandt’s approach is sensorially intimate, almost tangible: she invites the viewer to slow down and come closer. In her most recent work, she explores our relationship with nature and with our own body within a technological society. This is precisely what the ‘anthropocentric’ culture often fails to grasp: that our bodies, our sensory and material existence, our flesh, are not separate from the world, but are inseparably intertwined with it. She departs from shared surfaces and structures, creating a tension between the natural and the artificial

Specially for Past Forward, Nienke created the multiple Hybrid Skin Surface in an edition of 10. It is named after the eponymous work that is also on display

Photo 1 - Cabbage Structures, 2026 silicone
Photo 2 - Hybrid Skin Surface, 2025, resin, pigment, tattoo ink
Photo 3 - Hybrid Skin Surface, 2026, resin, pigment (multiple)
Photo 4 - Sky Puddle, 2025, resin, pigment

Past Forward brings together fifteen artists who have previously exhibited at ZEIT or are connected to the space in other ways. Their works appear throughout the house alongside a few abstract paintings from the collection and design pieces by Joe Colombo

Open during ANTWERP ART WEEKEND & BORGER

Thu 14 May | 12 – 9 pm
Fri 15 May | 12 – 9 pm
Sat 16 May | 12 – 6 pm
Sun 17 May | 12 – 6 pm

For our final exhibition at Stanleystraat 16, we have invited a selection of artists who have showcased their work at ZEIT throughout the years. Past Forward pairs their work with pieces from the ZEIT collection and features an homage to designer extraordinaire Joe Colombo

We welcome you during the Antwerp Art Weekend and BORGER:

• Thu 14 May | 12 – 9 pm
• Fri 15 May | 12 – 9 pm
• Sat 16 May | 12 – 6 pm
• Sun 17 May | 12 – 6 pm

Participating contemporary artists:
Nienke Baeckelandt, Filip Cleynen, Filip Collin, Victor Delafontaine, Chris Gillis, Erik Haemers, Félix Hannaert, Hantrax dolls solutions, Juliet Jespers, Fiona Koene, Jef Meyer, Thibeau Scarcériaux, Lotte Van den Audenaeren, Zena Van den Block, and Kaat Van Doren

2024
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Two works, held in place by light
Some conversations continue
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ZEIT returns this May, one last time