Ensemble

Nomadic Monument for Gaza
13 – 22 March

As part of its spring exhibition we refuse_d, the M HKA is bringing the Nomadic Monument for Gaza – a travelling interactive installation that commemorates, raises awareness and stimulates conversation – to Antwerp. This is an initiative of the HOPE Foundation, an organisation that aims to help children in conflict areas build meaningful lives through art education. In collaboration with Cloud Force One, Het Toneelhuis, Uitgeverij Jurgen Maas and Tommy Simoens Gallery, a public programme is developing around the monument, featuring discussions, exhibitions and performances that explore Palestinian culture and themes such as resilience, solidarity and resistance.

12.03: Opening we refuse_d
Location: M HKA, Leuvenstraat 32, Antwerpen

13.03: Opening of the Monument
Location: Former Raamtheater, De Vrièrestraat 36, Antwerpen
With: Ingrid Rollema, Stef Van Bellingen, and others

14.03: Conversations on visual arts 
Location: Former Raamtheater, De Vrièrestraat 36, Antwerpen
Content: Two conversations bring together artists from the exhibition we refuse_d. One focuses on artists creating alternative infrastructures for learning and making—challenging systems of power, oppression, and colonial logic. The other on artists reinventing traditional crafts to question conditions of production. 
With: Majd Abdelhamid, Nour Shantout, Taysir Batniji, yasmine eid-sabbagh, Oraib Toukan, Nadia Radwan, Vasif Kortun, and others

15.03: Conversations on Literature
Location: Former Raamtheater, De Vrièrestraat 36, Antwerpen
With: Writers from Uitgeverij Jurgen Maas

17.03 – 20.03: Philosophical workshops
Location: Former Raamtheater, De Vrièrestraat 36, Antwerpen
With: secondary school students from Antwerp and students from KASKA

21.03: Conversations on Architecture
Location: Bourlaschouwburg, Komedieplaats 18, Antwerpen
With: Toneelhuis, and others (TBC)

22.03: Conversations on Film (TBC)
Location: Former Raamtheater, De Vrièrestraat 36, Antwerpen
With: Looking for Empathy, a film by Chokri Ben Chikha en regisseur Jan Beddegenoodts

26.03: Opening INBOX presentation HOPE Foundation 
Location: M HKA, Leuvenstraat 32, Antwerpen
With: artworks by Palestinian children

29.03: Auction for HOPE Foundation 
Location: Former Raamtheater, De Vrièrestraat 36, Antwerpen
With: Antwerp artist selling works to fundraise for HOPE Foundation