This exhibition arose out of our discussions around documenta 15  -which we really liked- and our desire to reflect on these broader discussions and position ourselves in them. If the first show was a look inward, this was an exclamation outward. We decided to offer an armory full of artpieces made of trash in the form of guns, bombs, drones, anti aircraft gear, a red button,…… All these pieces were free to take by any visitor  on the condition that they would be used in a public act of protest. The results of which were to be e-mailed to us. 

The ambiguity that arises at the moment when the weapons leave the exhibition space intrigues me very deeply. It is almost a logical step to offer the means for attack after the endless, increasingly nuanced, but ultimately impactless over-and-over talk about the desire to make the world a better place without really expressing this desire. Is this an act of cynicism? Or an expression of genuine hope in a system where no other option but to take tinkered guns seriously?

*As a result of someones protest  a part of SMAK, the contemporary arts museum in Ghent, closed for two days. The sculpture is now in temporary storage at Vrienden of SMAK, a sister organisation of SMAK.

To see some of the results CLICK HERE

To see more pictures of people going crazy with guns at the opening CLICK HERE

This was the second exhibition of the residency. Click to see the others

exhibition 1 : CLICK HERE

Exhibition 3 : CLICK HERE

Exhibition 4 : CLICK HERE

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