Discover the exhibition ‘The Collection (1), Highlights for a Future' with 200 works from the collection, which can be seen at both S.M.A.K. and MSK in Ghent. We are planning a variety of activities for these evenings:
Dirk Snauwaert on the exhibition ‘The Absent Museum’ at Wiels | 2 May 2019 - 8 pm
In 2017, Wiels, the Centre for Contemporary Art in Brussels, organised the exhibition ‘The Absent Museum, blueprint for a museum of contemporary art for the capital of Europe’. In this lecture, director Dirk Snauwaert immerses himself in various aspects of the exhibition.
More information here.
Citadelic Jazz make a guest appearance
TOMA GOUBAND 'SINGING STONES' (FR) - Toma Gouband (percussions & singing stones) - 20:00
One doesn't even need to 'enter' into the music of Toma Gouband: our ears and eyes are invited, by the spectacular and extraordinary organisation of colors and timbres that make up his dreaming inventive universe. Pieces of flint, natural skins covering a horizontal bass drum, which has scattered upon it tiny bells or blocks of wood, branches and twigs… pebbles rolled on the ground, inverted cymbals collcting thus all sorts of natural resonators… The high-hat cymbals have been replaced by…they've also been replaced by stones! Animated by an interior pulsation made from the superimposition of mysterious cycles, like so many clocks telling life's time in polyrythms that collide and cross over each other, the music of Toma Gouband transcends the idea of an imaginary territory, for it invites us to approach it as we would a social rite or even a ceremony of love. (Benoît Delbecq)
ERIK BOGAERTS KWARTET (BE/FR) - Erik Bogaerts (alto saxophone), Jeroen van Herzeele (tenor saxophone), Brice Soniano (double bass), Steven Cassiers (drums) - 21:00
Erik Bogaerts Kwartet is a playful jazz quartet founded by the alto saxophonist with the same name. Their musical research balances between serene melodies within harmonic structures and energetic expression in groove and improvisation. Interplay between the members is a key factor as well as the guiding rule of pursuit of a joyous and explorative night for the musicians and their audience.
Ticket = entrance to the ‘Nocturne’ and the exhibition ‘20 years of SMAK: The Collection (1) | Highlights for a Future’.
Click here for more information about the artists.
Practical information
- Both museums are open until 9 pm.
- Entrance: a museum ticket costs 15 euros | From 8.30 pm onwards – second concert: 10 euros.
- Click here to book your guide.
- Further nocturnes on 5 June and 5 September 2019.
