Are you between 7 and 12 years old? Then join us on Saturday 18 May to go on an exploration through Kunsthal Extra City with Chantal van Rijt. Together we will search for materials to build a nest for little creatures.

Behind the scenes of Kunsthal Extra City, there are many corridors, cubicles, nooks and crannies. Here is where small creatures build their nests undisturbed. During HOUSE NEST, a co-creation project with Chantal, we will explore these spaces and reflect on the creatures we share our environment with. We will collect materials we come across; things that have accumulated over time in forgotten corners. With these, we will create our own version of a nest, which will be housed at Kunsthal Extra City and will temporarily be part of the exhibition 'Periphery'.

'Periphery' is a semi-permanent exhibition consisting of several creation commissions from Kunsthal Extra City. It is a slowly evolving project in which the art hall collaborates with artists to question, activate and explore its non-neutral location. The site-specific artworks are given a place in side aisles, forgotten back rooms, tucked-in interstices and on the balcony, where they can blossom in privacy. The work created during HOUSE NEST will converse with the works on display here.

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PRACTICAL INFORMATION

↳ Saturday 18 mei from 14:00 to 16:00
↳ From 7 to 12 years
↳ Taal: Nederlands
↳ Deelname is gratis, maar reservatie is vereist: reserveer hier je plek!

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Chantal van Rijt lives and works in Brussels. She holds a master's degree in visual arts from KASK in Ghent and has previously exhibited at BredaPhoto, 019, International Film Festival Rotterdam, In de Ruimte, SB34 and Museum M. Van Rijt received the Mathilde Horlait-Dapsens Prize in 2017 and the Mondriaan Fund for Young Talent in 2019.

HOUSE NEST is organised in collaboration with Stad Antwerpen for Heritage Day (Erfgoeddag).