10 Years of S.M.A.K. Moves
3.May.26
S.M.A.K. Moves is the museum’s participatory platform. For ten years now, we have been bringing people and art closer together through projects based on doing, thinking, and experiencing together. Starting in the autumn of 2025, we celebrate this anniversary with a special exhibition project at the museum.
At the heart of this exhibition are encounters and collaboration. In two rooms, we alternately give the floor to long-standing and new partners. They present their work, organise activities, or use the museum as a workspace.
A selection of works from the collection is presented in a third space, chosen by Cultureghem’s “Dreamteam.” This is a group of dedicated volunteers who, by cooking together, aim to make everyone feel welcome around the Abattoir in Brussels.
In the final room, you can find the pavilion Tussen Piraten en Papegaaien (Between Pirates and Parrots) by artist Nico Dockx, VOET Architectuur and Studio Zuidervaart. This mobile structure was developed in 2023, commissioned by Be-Part (Waregem), as a space for exchange. Like the S.M.A.K. Moves programme, it changes along with what happens in and around it.
Between the galleries, the flags of Road of Change flutter, an experiential learning project in which young people, during a road trip, were challenged to put themselves in the shoes of people on the run. Visitors can not only (re)discover the flags from the 2019 project, but also design their own flag, continuing the initiative in their own way.
In the Spotlight
Olivier Donnet
During 10 years of S.M.A.K. Moves, we give various partners the space to show their work, plan activities or use the museum as their temporary workplace.
- Now on display:
- B.O.O.S. S.M.A.K. H.O.O.P. in collaboration with vzw Touché
- Fake Barok 2.0 in collaboration with DuO² Gent
- B.O.O.S. S.M.A.K. H.O.O.P. in collaboration with vzw Touché
- Previous presentations:
- ZINE ZINE in collaboration with Topo Copy and De Rode Antraciet
- Light Sensitivity in collaboration with mentormentor and psychiatric centres PC Dr. Guislain, PC Gent-Sleidinge and Karus
- Made with taste in collaboration with vzw Jong
- Upcoming partner projects by:
vzw Touché, Zonnehoeve, DuO²-Gent, Academie voor Podiumkunsten, Bazart, and more
Find out more about each project at the bottom of this page.
Images: Martin Corlazzoli
