Art Brut - Bulles d’art - Fr. Marshall, A. Lippstreu and J. Charlier, S. Cosijns, M. Dave, J-P. Pecheux, G. Cauchy, P. Vincke.

Isolation drains the color from life…. But art is liberating: whether it is a drawing, a painting or an installation, there clearly exists a need to express ourselves which calls to us! An exposition of works lent by Dr Guislain to Gand.

Point of passage - Hélène Kufferath

Ancient texts mentioned this place. For many years, nobody really believed in it. However, at this exact place, a silent darkness reigns, favoring their passage.  With patience, perhaps you may have the chance to perceive them… Sound Composition: Olivier Gérard

Between the eye and the other - Laeticia LEGROS

Choreographic variation #1 for layout - Black & White Film - 12’30
In black, a hand draws a continuous feature. The white layout progressively reveals a silhouette. What guides our hand when we draw? Carved by the line, the subject of the drawing  becomes the sculptor.

Stanford Prison Experiment - Art without Bars

The original 1971 experiment and its remake, “Répétition”, a film created in 2005 by the artist, Arthur Zmijewski. Prisons : Sketched Imagination - Art without Bars Caricatures of 19th century guards to today's graffiti, engraved in solitary confinement cell walls, ¨criminals¨ amaze art historians and criminologists.

Words and Imprisonment

in collaboration with the International Prison Observatory and the Service Laïque d’Aide aux Justiciables et aux Victimes (Laic Service for Assistance to the Accused and the Victims / SLAJ-V BII)
Sit back and listen for a few minutes. Just to see, just to know.


Audio Installation - Brussels belongs to us - Brussel behoort ons toe

BNA-BBOT invites the inhabitants of Brussels to record discussions of life in Brussels.  A tool for discourse, and, within the framework of the Festival, the occasion to explore day to day means of resistance.

Reponse to Faruk

Mixed techniques (collage and oil) - Anne-Louise Van Nieuwenhuijsen
“May 2005: during a visit of the Turkish Prime Minister, I discover an ¨officially correct” Istanbul… In Tekirdag prison, Faruk Kadioglu, political prisoner, writes a parting letter and immolates himself.” Reponse to Faruk, humanist thought, bringing together the horror and beauty of a civilization.