Open Studios at Hectolitre

About the Exhibition

Open door, shower, marble, play. The machine started dreaming. It asked the empty space what it needed: an echo answered—‘100 litres of semifictional sand, to fill up the pool.’ We became allies: we the tiles and polaroids, we the voices and asteroids, AI archivists, semi-fictional characters, we the echo can encode the surrounding ruins. I close my eyes and imagine this room full of other-than-human companions—whoever crosses the boundary of our humanity playfully hugs non-humans next to us.

Participating Artists

Melanie Ganino

Weaves her practice around photography, worldbuilding, and witchcrafting into magical objects and daily allies for transformation.

Javi Fernández

• Website: loquehacejavi.com

Gregor Petrikovič

An artist and filmmaker exploring human connection and alienation in the digital age through a blend of philosophy, movement, and visual storytelling.

Chris-Armel Iradukunda

Also known in his expired passport as daqhris, an interdisciplinary artist from Burundi (born 1992). For many human years, he documented his walks all around Belgium using photography—an art form that ultimately led to his exile.

Jere

A musician, songwriter, poet, and fanzine artist who puts the focus on everyday hidden magic.

Maria Stuut

A biologist turned artist with an inexplicable fondness for cabbage, working with film, performance, music, and writing. With a microscope in one hand and a mirror in the other, she lets her body wander into encounters, exploring her environment through a personal, lyrical, and tragicomic lens.