Is That All There Is?
Group show with Guillermo Mora
This is a question many people ask when standing in front of a work of art: am I missing something, or is there more to see?
Sometimes, the answer is straightforward. The work is complete in itself. Its material, its form, its presence are enough. In other cases, something seems to be missing, or it appears as part of an ongoing process or a more complex narrative. The question can also extend beyond the object itself, touching on the limits of human existence.
Curated by Frédéric de Goldschmidt and Grégory Lang.
On the occasion of Downtown Brussels Art, Cloud Seven presents a series of performances exploring transformation, gesture, and living processes.
Sí Pero No by Spanish artist Guillermo Mora opens the program. After stapling sheets of coloured paper to a wall of the Cloud Bar, the artist tears them away.
Through this repeated gesture, somewhere between construction and spontaneity, Guillermo Mora transforms monochrome painting into sculpture, and sculpture into the lasting trace of a performance. Under his gestures, minimalist rigor begins to drift, giving rise to a work charged with movement and vitality.
This exploration continues with Anne-Marie Maes’ practice in Is That All There Is?, where she presents Sensorial Skins, an installation rooted in an ongoing biological activity. The half-filled aquarium gradually evolves, producing a new work over the course of the exhibition. For Downtown Brussels Art, one of the bacterial membranes formed during the first weeks will be harvested.
Her performance Rituals with Microbial Ancestors poetically explores the close relationships between humans and bacteria, evoking a possible future where different worlds meet — forming a universe that is at once terrestrial and aquatic, human and microbial.
Downtown Brussels Art
Saturday 30 May
2pm : Sí Pero No, performance by Guillermo Mora
3.30pm : Guided tour with the curators
5.30pm : Rituals with Microbial Ancestors, performance by Anne-Marie Maes
Is That All There Is?
Opening Saturday 18.04
Mondays to Fridays, 9am > 6pm
until Saturday 11.07
Location
Cloud Seven
Quai du Commerce 7
1000 – Brussels (BE)
More info about Guillermo Mora.