ARTEFACT 2026: GRIND GRIND GRIND, RELEASE. AN EXHIBITION AS A MASSAGE
How can an exhibition function as a massage?
February 12 marks the start of a new Artefact edition, an exhibition and festival that connects contemporary art with current societal challenges.
This year, Artefact focuses on the question: How can an exhibition function as a massage? The artists in Grind Grind Grind, Release. An Exhibition as a Massage bring you back into your body, where both pleasure and tension resides. What does it mean to long for, what does it mean to belong? Come and discover what resonates with you in this open-hearted exhibition that shakes you up and calms you down, all at the same time.
This exhibition can be visited free of charge. In addition, discover the extensive festival program full of guided tours, lectures, workshops, and concerts that delve deeper into the theme. All information is available at artefact-festival.be.
ARTISTS: Eglė Budvytytė, Nicola Turner, Carlotta Bailly-Borg, James Richards, Ange Leccia, Hervé Guibert, Latifa Echakhch, Vir Andres Hera, Tavares Strachan, Iván Argote, Moni Wespi, Lee Mingwei, Lies Daenen, Daniel Linehan & Michael Helland & Marieke Dermul, Maika Garnica, Oliver Beer & Stefanie Egedy.
CURATOR: Karen Verschooren
Artefact Sound is a series of concerts parallel with the exhibition of Artefact. Expect the best of international adventurous music and sound art, alongside innovators from the Belgian underground.
WITH: أحمد [ahmed], 1984 (Kobe Van Cauwenberghe, Mariam Rezaei & Sakina Abdou), Abdullah Miniawy, AliA & Artisjok Records, Catharina Evens, Clément Vercelletto, ladr ache, Mazen Kerbaj, nykolaes & Daniël Paul, schntzl, Shovel Dance Collective, Thomas Ankersmit, YouYou Group: Segen, Heleen Van Haegenborgh
CURATOR: Gilles Helsen
