The Last Rave at Diesel Project Space

Artists: Benny Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx, Indriķis Ģelzis, Tom Volkaert

Exhibition title: The Last Rave

Venue: Diesel Project Space, Seraing, Belgium

Date: September 19, 2018

Photography: Ludovic Beillard / all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Diesel Project Space

The Last Rave
(…) hear us.
It is true, what many of you have heard.

(…)

Believe us when we say we have a difficult time ahead of us. But if we are to be prepared for it, we must first shed our fear of it. We stand here before you now truthfully unafraid. Why? Because we believe something you do not? No. We stand here without fear because we remember. We remember that we are here not because of the path that lies before us, but because of the path that lies behind us.

(…)

We remember that which matters most: we are still here.

(…)

Tonight, let us shake this cave. Tonight, let us tremble these halls of earth, steel,
and stone. Let us be heard from red core to black sky. Tonight, let us make them
remember: (…) we are not afraid.

Morphues’ speech from The Matrix :
Reloaded edited, cut when about machines, war or Zion, made plural.

Benny Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx, The Last Rave, 2018, A2 poster printed on matt coated paper

The Last Rave, 2018, exhibition view, Diesel Project Space, Seraing, Belgium

Tom Volkaert, HITCHING POST #3, 2017, Ceramics, cement, polyester, pigment, sand, 164 x 60 x 90 cm

The Last Rave, 2018, exhibition view, Diesel Project Space, Seraing, Belgium

Benny Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx, There is light at the end of the tunnel, but we are walking away from it, 2018, Acrylic on linnen, 220 x 150 cm

Benny Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx, There is light at the end of the tunnel, but we are walking away from it, 2018, Acrylic on linnen, 220 x 150 cm

The Last Rave, 2018, exhibition view, Diesel Project Space, Seraing, Belgium

The Last Rave, 2018, exhibition view, Diesel Project Space, Seraing, Belgium

Indriķis Ģelzis, Five Spoons, 2018, Steel, Polyethene, 230cm x 185cm x 10cm

Indriķis Ģelzis, Five Spoons, 2018, Steel, Polyethene, 230cm x 185cm x 10cm

Indriķis Ģelzis, Five Spoons, 2018, Steel, Polyethene, 230cm x 185cm x 10cm

The Last Rave, 2018, exhibition view, Diesel Project Space, Seraing, Belgium

The Last Rave, 2018, exhibition view, Diesel Project Space, Seraing, Belgium

The Last Rave, 2018, exhibition view, Diesel Project Space, Seraing, Belgium

The Last Rave, 2018, exhibition view, Diesel Project Space, Seraing, Belgium

Benny Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx, Eyes, 2018m Spray paint

The Last Rave, 2018, exhibition view, Diesel Project Space, Seraing, Belgium

Tom Volkaert, HITCHING POST #4, 2017, Ceramics, cement, polyester, pigment, sand, 164 x 60 x 90 cm

Tom Volkaert, HITCHING POST #4, 2017, Ceramics, cement, polyester, pigment, sand, 164 x 60 x 90 cm

Tom Volkaert, HITCHING POST #5, 2017, Ceramics, cement, polyester, pigment, sand, 164 x 60 x 90 cm

Tom Volkaert, HITCHING POST #5, 2017, Ceramics, cement, polyester, pigment, sand, 164 x 60 x 90 cm

The Last Rave, 2018, exhibition view, Diesel Project Space, Seraing, Belgium

The Last Rave, 2018, exhibition view, Diesel Project Space, Seraing, Belgium

Benny Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx, An act of, 2016, Acrylic on linnen, 50 x 35 cm

The Last Rave, 2018, exhibition view, Diesel Project Space, Seraing, Belgium

Tom Volkaert, Presentation stand for Ashtray, Study on Functionality, 2018, Glazed Ceramic, Silicone Glue, Varnish, 75X40X25 cm

The Last Rave, 2018, exhibition view, Diesel Project Space, Seraing, Belgium

The Last Rave, 2018, exhibition view, Diesel Project Space, Seraing, Belgium

The Last Rave, 2018, exhibition view, Diesel Project Space, Seraing, Belgium

Benny Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx, Free speech!, 2018, Spray paint

The Last Rave, 2018, exhibition view, Diesel Project Space, Seraing, Belgium

Benny Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx, Believe in yourself, 2018, acrylic on linnen, 220 x 150 cm