Series

How long can you keep looking at the same place before it starts to change?

For this in situ art project ‘Finding the light between two cities’, photographer Nele Van Canneyt returns time and again to the Tontekapel and its surroundings. No other locations, just a sustained focus on what is already there. What seems simple at first glance becomes repetitive and layered. What appears constant is constantly changing.

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The same place between two cities, photographed again and again. In rain and mist, in wind and snow, at sunrise and sunset. What initially seems unchanging slowly shifts. It is not the place itself that changes, but what becomes visible. Repetition here becomes a way of seeing. A form of attention that breaks open the familiar and makes room for something else, for what only reveals itself over time.

In this way, an in situ work unfolds, a search for light that can never be fully captured. 

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A historical exhibition on the Tonte Chapel is also on display at this location. The historical context of the Tonte Chapel is explored and documented by historian and archaeologist Philippe Despriet, who offers insight into its significance and past. This is accompanied by a publication, which is currently in print and will be presented during the opening on 5 June. 

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The art project featuring photographic prints and a video installation by Nele Van Canneyt, alongside Philippe Despriet’s historical exploration of the Tonte Chapel, will be open to visitors at Hangar K at weekends from June onwards.

 

Opening 5 June (5/6 -15/8)  

Organiser Marc Doutreloigne 

Location Hangar D, Priesterstraat 2, 8554 Sint-Denijs

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From 5 June to 15 August, open on Fri, Sat, Sun from 2pm to 6pm. Other times by appointment for groups of at least 10 people. (Contact Marc Doutreluingne marc@madout.be )