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Now on view: WHAT THE LAND REMEMBERS — COUNTER-ARCHIVES FROM IRAN

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#klarapompidou met @anouk_de_clercq over haar nieuwe tentoonstelling Love that moves the sun in @stukleuven - het centrale werk neemt je mee naar een onbestaande plek, een onbestaand bos met dieren, bomen, de zon.. en laat je genieten van de rust, de ontmoeting. Gaan kijken. Het is gratis en het raakt je. Met ook @maryamkamalhedayat één van de curatoren van What the land remembers- counter archives from Iran in @argos_arts in Brussel. Met vroeg videowerk en essays van nu van Iraanse kunstenaars die met hun werk er willen voor zorgen dat er niks aan info verloren gaat. Niet zonder risico. De andere curator is de initiatiefnemer van de #parkingvideolibrary @amiralionly . En dan was er nog #jeroenlaureyns die naar Whistler, dandy en dwarsdenker ging kijken in het @vangoghmuseum in Amsterdam. Kunst voor de kunst, knap schilder, maar wel niet onbesproken en dat werd naar Jeroen’s gevoel te weinig uitgewerkt. Herbeluisteren kan via @vrtmax_be 📸 @chlowewowe

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New text! “Unbridged Distances”, an essay by Öykü Sofuoğlu on @argos_arts’s 20/20 Vision programme 𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚞𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚢𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎

“Curated by Inge Coolsaet, the programme presents archival imagery as a gateway between collective memory and personal experiences. In both 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘥-𝘴𝘶𝘥, 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘺 / 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘣𝘢𝘳 (1991) and @amina.menia’s 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 (2020), conversation acts as a mnemonic catalyst. Despite their mutual resonance, both works are laden with absences, gaps and unresolved tensions, particularly in the context of countries whose national histories are scarred by colonial oppression, forced displacement, and exile.” — @feridemercury

Both films become and remain relevant, especially against the backdrop of the recent harassment of the Iranian football team by the US government, host of the 2026 World Cup, and the sustained violence against the Palestinian people.

𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚞𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚢𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎 is part of 20/20 Vision, a monthly micro-cinema night in argos’s Black Box. With only 20 chairs for 20 spectators, the audience gathers for a screening programme shaped around a topic or a filmmaker. @yancomagazine and @argos_arts collaboratively publish a monthly essay on each programme.

⤷ Read the full essay via yanco.be!

[1] Still from 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘥-𝘴𝘶𝘥, 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘺 / 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘣𝘢𝘳 (Simone Bitton & Catherine Poitevin, 1991)

[3] Still from 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 (Amina Menia, 2020)
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@simonebittonfilms @_ingoingo #argos #microcinema

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How are projects funded today, and what role can biennials and museums play in this? Where can we find alternative forms of funding, and how can we achieve an economically sustainable system? And what about the ethical issues, particularly within challenging political and economic contexts?

On 22 October, Flanders Arts Institute, Contour Biennale and Argos are organising a public discussion to examine the financial vulnerability of the audiovisual arts sector and the need for alternative forms of funding.

This public discussion is part of an international visitors programme. During the discussion, the invited curators will take the mic:

◐ Greg de Cuir Jr, co-founder and artistic director of the Kinopravda Institute, Belgrade
◐ Amirali Ghasemi, independent curator, Tehran-Berlin
◐ Maksym Khodak, artist and curator involved with The Pavilion of Culture, Kyiv
◐ Sophie Korschildgen, assistant curator, Lead Live and outreach at the LAS Foundation, Berlin
◐ Abirami Logendran, artistic director of Fotogalleriet, Oslo
◐ Valeria Mancinelli, head of production and programming at Lo Schermo dell’arte, Florence

The discussion will be moderated by Heidi Ballet, director of Contour Biennale.

🗓️ Thursday 22 October at 5pm
📍 Cultuurcentrum Mechelen (Minderbroedersgang 5, 2800 Mechelen)
🗣️ The conversation will be held in English.
🎟️ Free of charge. Register via the link in bio.

@contourbiennale @kunstenpunt @argos_arts

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Op 22 oktober organiseren @contourbiennale @argos_arts en Kunstenpunt een publiek gesprek in het kader van de Contour Biënnale in Mechelen.⁠
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Tijdens dit gesprek staan we stil bij de financiële kwetsbaarheid van de audiovisuele kunstensector en de noodzaak van alternatieve financieringsvormen. ⁠
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Volg aansluitend de artist talk met Ayoung Kim, een van de deelnemende kunstenaars van de Contour Biënnale.⁠
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22 oktober van 17:00 tot 19:00 in @ccmechelencultuur 🚀 Gratis mits reservatie via de link in bio. ⁠
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Beelden: Filip Claessens⁠

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🧡 EN: Join us for an artist talk with Ayoung Kim, one of the participating artists of Contour Biennale 11, ‘The Eyes of the Heart and the Soul of the World’, in dialogue with curator Sofia Lemos.

Working across video, virtual reality, game simulation, performance, sound, and text, Ayoung Kim creates immersive worlds where speculative fiction meets history, mythology, technology, and geopolitics. Her work connects distant places, layered temporalities, and imagined futures, inviting us to rethink the realities we inhabit.

The artist talk is organized as part of a an international visitors’ programme organized by the Flanders Arts Institute, Argos, and Contour Biennale. The programme brings together Flemish artists and international art professionals, and offers opportunities to exchange knowledge, contextualise artistic practices and foster long-term relationships.

🗓️ 22 October 2026 at 19:00
📍 Cultuurcentrum Mechelen
🎟️ Free of charge. Please register for the event via the link in bio.
📷 Photo by Kanghyuk Lee (snakepool)

@ayoung___kim @slemoslemos @kunstenpunt @argos_arts

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20/20 Vision: une place vide dans un paysage. October 21st, 18h - argos centre for audiovisual arts, Brussels

"In 1991, shortly after the end of the Gulf War, filmmaker Simone Bitton recorded an encounter between Palestinian historian Elias Sanbar and French film critic Serge Daney. Sanbar is a collector of images – an exile who archives the memory of his people: press photographs, family albums, postcards, and so on. To him, the image serves as proof of his identity. By contrast, although he spent most of his life watching films, Daney always refused to keep still images.

In 2009, the Algerian football team won a match against Egypt, securing their place in the 2010 World Cup. Algerian artist Amina Menia remembers how the celebrations seemed surreal, given that both countries were experiencing political tensions, and how they reminded her of the festivities that followed the independence of Algeria in 1962.

In both films, complex geopolitical conflicts transit through history by way of personal recollections and archival images, which seem to shore each other up against the recurrence of political oppressions, the weight of history, and the erasure of collective narratives. They become and remain relevant, especially against the backdrop of the recent harassment of the Iranian football team by the US government, host of the 2026 World Cup, and the sustained violence against the Palestinian people."

https://expcinema.org/site/en/events/2020-vision-une-place-vide-dans-un-paysage

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Looking back at the 𝓢𝓪𝓵𝓸𝓷 𝓔𝓷𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼 on Friday 11 September at Salon de RendezVous

The morning began with Shaping the future of the visual arts in Brussels and Flanders, hosted by @argos_arts and @levelfive.brussels, with the support of @kunstenpunt. This participatory conversation brought together artists, collectives, organisations and institutions to consider how stronger connections could be built across Brussels and Flanders, contributing towards a General State of the Arts on the future of the visual arts in Flanders.

Throughout the day, Sincero, apaixonado by Margaux Dauby & Raúl Domingues played on loop in the Salon cinema as part of our Moving Image Programme. The screening led into a conversation between Margaux Dauby and Lisa Spilliaert, moderated by @balletheidi and hosted by argos center for audiovisual arts and @contourbiennale.

The afternoon continued with Performance Without an Audience by @guywouete, hosted by @belgianartprize, followed by two encounters bringing artistic practices and perspectives together: Wim Waelput in conversation with @ateliermichaellin, hosted by @laloge_brussels, and @helenakritis in conversation with @ali.cherri, hosted by @wiels_brussels.

A big thank you to all the artists, speakers, moderators and hosting organisations who contributed to the day and helped make the Salon Encounters possible.

Documentation
1-6 @nikolayevitch
7-8 @krailaite

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As autumn settles in, the Canvas team shares a selection of exhibitions from around the world to see this October.

For more shows, check out our Art Planner via the link in bio.

Image: Margaux Derhy in collaboration with Khadija Ahuilat, Hanan Achbikili, Aïcha Jout, Khadija Toubali, Rahma Chabi, Nouzha Oubal, Fadma lChgar, Fadma Bahman, Hadia Nachit, Quatre soeurs, Essaouira. 2026. Work co-produced by Institut du monde arabe, Adagp, Paris, 2026 ©️ Margaux Derhy

BRAGA: Elias Nafaa’s ‘Handle with Care’ at MUZEU – Thought & Contemporary Art dst runs until 18 October

Elias Nafaa’s ‘Handle with Care’ comprises 300 hand-cast glass replicas of weapons used in conflicts in Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian territories, reflecting on violence, displacement, memory and the intergenerational effects of war.

@muzeu.pac

Image: Installation view from ‘Handle with Care’, 2026. Photography by Hugo Delgado. Image courtesy of MUZEU

BREDA: Noor Abed’s ‘we walk in our sleep’ at BredaPhoto Festival 2026 runs until 25 October

As part of BredaPhoto Festival’s 12th edition, Noor Abed’s ‘we walk in our sleep’ explores a liminal space where the living and dead converge. Shot on Super 8mm, the film moves between monologues, everyday scenes and ancient movement practices in Palestine.

@breda_photo

Image: Noor Abed. we walk in our sleep. 2026. Image courtesy of the artist

LONDON: Mohammad Alfaraj’s ‘The heart is a bird’s nest, the brain is a spider’ at Delfina Foundation runs until 21 November

Through installation, drawing, photography, film and sculpture, the Mohammad Alfaraj reimagines home and family as an expansive ecology, layering folklore, memory and everyday life into encounters between humans, animals, insects and plants.

@delfinafdn

Image: Mohammad Alfaraj. The first pomegranate after the fire. 2024. Image courtesy of the artist

BERN: Saodat Ismailova’s ‘Amanat – As We Sleep’ at Kunsthalle Bern runs until 22 November

Kunsthalle Bern presents Saodat Ismailova’s first solo exhibition in Switzerland, bringing together seven video installations, including the newly commissioned ‘Amanat’ (2026). Drawing on Central Asian landscapes, myths and histories, the exhibi

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𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 of the new OFFoff season, in collaboration with @ontstekinggent & @laurensotto

🗓 Monday 28 September, 20:00
📍 Art Cinema OFFoff @kunsthalgent

→ 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺: swipe left or visit offoff.be
→ 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: link in bio or offoff.be

With generous support & loans from @stedelijkmuseum @intermediaartinstitute @geraldvdkaap @lightcone_officiel @msilva_avlism

#bruceconner #brucenauman #terryriley

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🍂 EN: October is just around the corner, and we’re excited to share a month of workshops, tours, reading sessions, and collective making across Mechelen as part of the public programme of Contour Biennale 11!

From scoby play to making animated films, from colour seeking with little ones to ecological grief rituals, from community quilting sessions to public conversations with curators from the audiovisual arts sector — each gathering opens a different doorway into engaging with ‘The Eyes of Heart and the Soul of the World’, curated by Sofia Lemos.

👀 Swipe through to explore what’s coming up, save the dates, and keep an eye on our Instagram and website for details and registration: contourbiennale.org/agenda.

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🍂 NL: Oktober staat voor de deur, en we kijken ernaar uit om een maand vol workshops, rondleidingen, leesmomenten en collectief maken in Mechelen met jullie te delen, als onderdeel van het publieksprogramma van Contour Biennale 11!

Van scoby‑play tot animatiefilms maken, van colour seeking met de allerkleinsten tot rituelen rond ecologische rouw, van community‑quilting tot publieke gesprekken met curatoren uit de audiovisuele kunstsector — elke bijeenkomst opent een andere deur naar het thema ‘The Eyes of the Heart and the Soul of the World’, gecureerd door Sofia Lemos.

👀 Swipe door om te ontdekken wat er op de planning staat, noteer de data, en houd onze Instagram en website in de gaten voor details en registratie: contourbiennale.org/agenda.

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Throwback to the 'General State of the Arts' conversation - Brussels edition - 12.09.2026

@argos_arts , @levelfive.brussels, @rendezvousbxl and @kunstenpunt invited a group of artists and art-workers in Brussels, to reflect on questions about the future of the arts field and to exchange ideas how can we strengthen collaboration between artists, organisations and institutions.
@argos @levelfive @kunstenpunt

Thanks to everyone that attended the conversation and to Rendez-Vous for hosting.
photocredits: @nikolayevitch

These discussions were organized by the ‘Kunsthallen Committee’ (Kunsthal Ghent, Kunsthal Mechelen, Kunsthal Extra City Antwerp, Argos Brussels, Jester Genk and NW Aalst) and are part of a broader process by Kunstenpunt and FARO, culminating in a ‘General State of the Arts’ on the future of the visual arts in Flanders.

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Op 22 oktober organiseren @contourbiennale @argos_arts en Kunstenpunt een publiek gesprek in het kader van de Contour Biënnale in Mechelen.

Tijdens dit gesprek staan we stil bij de financiële kwetsbaarheid van de audiovisuele kunstensector en de noodzaak van alternatieve financieringsvormen.

22 oktober, van 18:00 tot 20:00 in @ccmechelencultuur 🚀

Schrijf je gratis in en ontdek de sprekers via de link in bio.

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