PHENOMENA at Boerderijstraat 69a

Artists: Designers in residence, Aline Bouvy, Jim Campers, Xavier Mary, Jenkin van Zyl, Annabelle Binnerts, Stijn ter Braak, Barbara Leclercq, Isabelle Andriessen, Max Hooper Schneider

Exhibition title: PHENOMENA

Curated by: Elders

Venue: Boerderijstraat 69a, Kortrijk, Belgium

Date: February 24 – April 13,  2024

Photography: ©Dieter Van Caneghem / all images copyright and courtesy of the artists

Note: Exhibition booklet is available here

PHENOMENA is the third exhibition curated by ELDERS. The abandoned school building of Stella Maris that forms the backdrop was erected in 1911, and can be visited for the last time on this occasion before its conversion into residential real estate.The collective invited a selection of international artists, four of which present their work for the first time in Belgium. Through a cycle of contemporary installations with an immersive character, they invite the spectators on an expedition through the hidden layers of the building.

ELDERS continues the site’s original function as a space where the worldviews were shaped, with a stimulating experience that explores the complexity of perception and corporeality. PHENOMENA explores various alternative perspectives, ranging from transhumanistic futures and elusive physical principles to improbable dream worlds. Enigmatic experiences evoke questions of matter and existence, in addition to underlying reflections on our own perception and relativity. They indicate that what we consider as reality are actually for a large part constructions of our own minds, making the ultimate reality intangible.

Designers in residence, Yara Veloso, Simon Hampikian, Nicolas Zanoni, 2024, exhibition view, Boerderijstraat 69a, Kortrijk
Designers in residence, Yara Veloso, Simon Hampikian, Nicolas Zanoni, 2024, exhibition view, Boerderijstraat 69a, Kortrijk
Designers in residence, Yara Veloso, Simon Hampikian, Nicolas Zanoni, 2024, exhibition view, Boerderijstraat 69a, Kortrijk
Yara Veloso, 2024, exhibition view, Boerderijstraat 69a, Kortrijk
Nicolas Zanoni, 2024, exhibition view, Boerderijstraat 69a, Kortrijk
Simon Hampikian, 2024, exhibition view, Boerderijstraat 69a, Kortrijk
Aline Bouvy, Disobedience is key, 2023 with soundpiece by Mamiko Motto
Aline Bouvy, Disobedience is key, 2023 with soundpiece by Mamiko Motto
Aline Bouvy, Disobedience is key, 2023 with soundpiece by Mamiko Motto
Aline Bouvy, Disobedience is key, 2023 with soundpiece by Mamiko Motto
Jim Campers, Psylocybin Cubensis, 2017, Jim Campers, Beemushroomed, 2023, Jim Campers, Inside Out, 2017
Jim Campers, Beemushroomed, 2023, Jim Campers, Inside Out, 2017
Jim Campers, Beemushroomed, 2023
Jim Campers, Beemushroomed, 2023
Jim Campers, Beemushroomed, 2023
Jim Campers, Beemushroomed, 2023, Jim Campers, Inside Out, 2017
Jim Campers, Inside Out, 2017
Jim Campers, Psylocybin Cubensis, 2017, Jim Campers, Beemushroomed, 2023
Jim Campers, Psylocybin Cubensis, 2017
Jim Campers, Psylocybin Cubensis, 2017
Xavier Mary, Chakra #4, 2022
Xavier Mary, Chakra #4, 2022
Jenkin van Zyl, Machines of love, 2021
Jenkin van Zyl, Machines of love, 2021
Jenkin van Zyl, Machines of love, 2021
Jenkin van Zyl, Machines of love, 2021
Jenkin van Zyl, Machines of Love2021, (film still)
Jenkin van Zyl, Machines of Love2021, (film still)
Jenkin van Zyl, Machines of Love2021, (film still)
Jenkin van Zyl, Machines of Love2021, (film still)
Jenkin van Zyl, Machines of Love2021, (film still)
Xavier Mary, Acid Lover Mother, 2023, Annabelle Binnerts, Dusk, 2023, Annabelle Binnerts, A room with the word ghost inside, 2024
Xavier Mary, Acid Lover Mother, 2023, Annabelle Binnerts, Dusk, 2023, Annabelle Binnerts, A room with the word ghost inside, 2024
Xavier Mary, Acid Lover Mother, 2023, Annabelle Binnerts, Dusk, 2023, Annabelle Binnerts, A room with the word ghost inside, 2024
Xavier Mary, Acid Lover Mother, 2023
Annabelle Binnerts, Dusk, 2023
Annabelle Binnerts, Dusk, 2023
Annabelle Binnerts, A room with the word ghost inside, 2024
Annabelle Binnerts, A room with the word ghost inside, 2024
Annabelle Binnerts, A room with the word ghost inside, 2024
Stijn ter Braak, Reliefs, 2023
Stijn ter Braak, Reliefs, 2023
Stijn ter Braak, Reliefs, 2023
Stijn ter Braak, Reliefs, 2023
Stijn ter Braak, Reliefs, 2023
Stijn ter Braak, Reliefs, 2023
Stijn ter Braak, Reliefs, 2023
Stijn ter Braak, Reliefs, 2023
Stijn ter Braak, Reliefs, 2023
Stijn ter Braak, Hoek van het atelier, 2022
Stijn ter Braak, Hoek van het atelier, 2022
Stijn ter Braak, Hoek van het atelier, 2022
Stijn ter Braak, Hoek van het atelier, 2022
Barbara Leclercq, Imposteur, 2024, Barbara Leclercq, Devouring lines, 2022-2023
Barbara Leclercq, Imposteur, 2024, Barbara Leclercq, Devouring lines, 2022-2023
Barbara Leclercq, Imposteur, 2024, Barbara Leclercq, Devouring lines, 2022-2023
Barbara Leclercq, Imposteur, 2024
Barbara Leclercq, Imposteur, 2024
Barbara Leclercq, Imposteur, 2024
Barbara Leclercq, Devouring lines, 2022-2023
Barbara Leclercq, Devouring lines, 2022-2023
Barbara Leclercq, Devouring lines, 2022-2023
Barbara Leclercq, Devouring lines, 2022-2023
Barbara Leclercq, Devouring lines, 2022-2023
Isabelle Andriessen, Cryo-rite, 2021
Isabelle Andriessen, Cryo-rite, 2021
Isabelle Andriessen, Cryo-rite, 2021
Isabelle Andriessen, Cryo-rite, 2021
Isabelle Andriessen, Cryo-rite, 2021
Xavier Mary, Model of Jeremy Rifkin’s Biospheric City, 2023
Xavier Mary, Model of Jeremy Rifkin’s Biospheric City, 2023
Xavier Mary, Model of Jeremy Rifkin’s Biospheric City, 2023
Xavier Mary, Model of Jeremy Rifkin’s Biospheric City, 2023
Isabelle Andriessen, Bunk Beaks, 2021
Isabelle Andriessen, Bunk Beaks, 2021
Isabelle Andriessen, Bunk Beaks, 2021
Isabelle Andriessen, Bunk Beaks, 2021
Max Hooper Schneider, Untitled (Lemon Pond), 2022
Max Hooper Schneider, Untitled (Lemon Pond), 2022
Max Hooper Schneider, Untitled (Lemon Pond), 2022
Max Hooper Schneider, Untitled (Lemon Pond), 2022
Max Hooper Schneider, Untitled (Lemon Pond), 2022, Xavier Mary, Model of Jeremy Rifkin’s Biospheric City, 2023, Isabelle Andriessen, Bunk Beaks, 2021