Volxem - 29/06 - poster

On Saturday 29 June, Volxem returns for its second, and more extensive, edition! The Volxem district in Forest/Vorst is rich in venues dedicated to contemporary art, and this year no less than 13 of them invite you for a convivial day of (re)discovery. A single ticket gives you access to all spaces with more than 15 exhibitions to discover and to a special programme of guided walks, group visits, a salon sale and performances.

Participating spaces: A Foundation ◦ Eric Mouchet Gallery ◦ Galila’s P.O.C ◦ Lee-Bauwens Gallery ◦ Level Five ◦ Macadam Gallery ◦ Martin Kudlek Gallery ◦ MONTORO12 Gallery ◦ P.A.R.T.S. ◦ Patrick Heide Contemporary Art ◦ SMOG ◦ SPARE WHEEL ◦ WIELS

Tickets: Pay what you can (€ 2 - 5 - 8 - 12)

Get your ticket here

PROGRAMME

GUIDED WALKS (EN/FR/NL) | every hour, a guided walk through the neighbourhood starts at WIELS, connecting a selection of participating spaces 

  • Parcours 1 : Eric Mouchet, Martin Kudlek Gallery, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Galila’s P.O.C | Depart at 11:00 & 14:00

  • Parcours 2 : WIELS, SMOG, Level Five, MONTORO12 Gallery, A Foundation | Depart at 12:00 & 15:00 

  • Parcours 3 : P.A.R.T.S., Lee Bauwens Gallery, Macadam Gallery, SPARE WHEEL | Depart at 13:00 & 16:00 

Included in the VOLXEM ticket - First come, first served 
From 11:00 onwards, last depart at 16:00

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES & EXHIBITIONS AT THE PARTICIPATING SPACES: 

A Foundation

12:30 & 16:00 | Guided tour (FR)
13:00 & 15:30 | Guided tour (NL)

Ongoing
Bingo for children, ice cream & waffles
Group exhibition | Contacts: Walker Evans, Guido Guidi, Luc Chessex & Olivier Kervern 

Eric Mouchet Gallery 

11:00-13:00 | Brunch in the garden 

Ongoing
Exhibitions | Ken Matsubara & Isabelle Plat

Galila’s P.O.C

Ongoing

Collection overview with introduction

Group exhibition | Overdose with more than 600 artworks on display 

Lee Bauwens Gallery

14:00 | Artist talk

Ongoing
Exhibitions I Pick Your Way: Ode Bertrand, Cécile Davidovici & David Ctiborsky, Hélène de Gottal, Natalia de Mello, Margaux Derhy, Vincent Gagliardi, Helena Hafemann, Gisoo Kim, Chun Kwang Young, Erwan Maheo, Paola Pezzi, Hinke Schreuders, Carole Solvay, SungHong Min

Level Five

Ongoing
Salon Sale I An exhibition with works from members of Level Five artist cooperative. The sale will support the artists and their collective workspace directly.
Exhibition I The Cow That Laughs: George Rippon - Project space Marais / Moeras

Macadam Gallery

Ongoing
Exhibitions I Something in the air: Daniel Mirchev & Vernus 1260°: Åsa Johansson

Martin Kudlek Gallery

11:00-13:00 | Brunch in the garden 

Ongoing
Exhibitions I Helena Parada Kim & Simon Schubert

MONTORO12 Gallery

Ongoing 
Courtyard bar with music 
Exhibitions I Wild World: Luca Padroni & Multitude of D.s: Alessandro Brighetti 

P.A.R.T.S.

17:00 I End your day at P.A.R.T.S. and discover performances by: Jacob Bousset, Amy Cheng Kiu-Yan, Beau De Lathouwer, Solène Ezin, Irene Febrer Rojo, Anya Fedoronchuk, Filippo Gilone, Marija Ivaškevičiūtė, Salim Mabrouk, Martha Mc Millan, Leticia Oliveira Ferreira, Maris Paiuste, India Porn, Salomé Saurel, Mashiro Tamura, Beatričė ZaveckaitėOngoing

Pop-up surprise performances in the participating spaces 

Patrick Heide Contemporary Art

11:00-13:00 | Brunch in the garden 

Ongoing 
Exhibition I Diogo Pimentão

SMOG

Ongoing
Sono & bar | Visual and sound installation by Gilles Gobert and Inger Elisabeth Gleditsch, with the support of LARAS I Research laboratory in the fields of arts & science (Brussels) (Rudi Giot and Damien Grobet) and the Centre Henri Pousseur (Liege) (Patrick Delges)

SPARE WHEEL

Ongoing 
Exhibitions I Bruno Jacoby & Jonathan Blaschke

WIELS

15:20, 16:20 & 16:50 I Performance in the exhibition of Alexis Blake

Ongoing 
Exhibitions I Alexis Blake, Joseph Kusendila & Jana Euler

Exhibitions

Current exhibition

Exhibitions

Forthcoming