Landslide

The exhibition Landslide, presented at the Chapelle de Boondael in Ixelles, brings together several artists around a shared reflection on the notions of transformation, fragility, and reconstruction. Through installations, sculptures, and visual devices, the artists focus on what remains after the fall: fragments, traces, vestiges. Here, they become a form of language, making it possible to address the memory of places and the way in which materials—mineral, organic, or industrial—bear the marks of time. Scenography occupies an important place in the project. Some installations adopt forms or principles derived from architecture: columns, alignments, structures, while others appear as fragments dispersed in space. This tension between organization and disorder creates a balance, evoking simultaneously a construction site, an archaeological site, or a landscape after a collapse. Far from being a picturesque ruin, it sometimes embodies a passage of modernity, a continuous movement of destruction and chaos that engenders transformation. This dystopian form, widely present in literature and video games, opens up reflection and invites us to consider this imaginary as an aesthetic source. Continuing this reflection, from September 24 to 27, the participating artists/game designers Sohel Bourgeau, Barthélémy Cabry, and Lucas Leffler will present devices allowing visitors to explore these imaginaries. By offering an active approach to the works, these devices provide a conducive framework to question our relationship to familiar environments and the narratives we build around them. Guided tours in French: Sunday, Sept. 13 & 20 at 2:00 PM - Please present yourself on the day itself without reservation