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Reading between the Lines

The duo of architects Gijs Van Vaerenbergh created a see-through church in Borgloon. Reading between the Lines is 10 metres high and consist of 100 stacked layers of steel plate shaped like a little Loon church. The construction weighs no less than 30 tons. The special way in which the church was constructed ensures that the landscape always remains visible when looking through the church, but from a distance and close up. The church is thus present in the landscape, but also absent.

Save Our Souls

SOS or SAVE OUR SOULS is a common emergency signal used by castaways on desert islands in films and books. In the summer of 2021, that call for help came very close. The Meuse river threatened to over flow the dykewall in Heppeneert. In the riverbed, writer Maarten Inghels presents a word sculpture made of sand of the river Meuse. For him, SAVE OUR SOULS is a pointless cry for help in these times of increasing floods and summer droughts. The fact that the artwork can flood or wash away is essential for Inghels. With it, he emphasises the vulnerability of people and society in the face of the immense power of water.

Twijfelgrens

In Borgloon, Fred Eerdekens (BE) is exhibiting a folded line in the landscape. Along the Romeinse Kassei, you will find a wood-like sculpture in which you can read the word ‘twijfelgrens’ (doubtful border), but only when you look at it from exactly the right position. Fred Eerdekens often uses language as a medium for his artworks. At the same time, his work is a reflection on how language works. For Twijfelgrens, you must assume the right position to be able to read the “hidden” word and to acquire insight.

Maarten Inghels

Z33 behind the scenes Tour

sa 14.05.22, 14:00 to 16:30

re-FORMAT Expo

20.02 to 04.04.21

Tree of Life

American artist Mark Dion breathes new life into a symbolic place: Herbricht. His ‘Tree of Life’ is like a journey through the past, present and future of the Meuse Valley. The power of nature is at the heart of his artwork.

In Lieu of What Was

“In Lieu of What Was” (2019) is a series of giant fiberglass sculptures based on the public drinking fountains in Kuwait. It is a work by the Kuwaiti-Puerto Rican artist Alia Farid (1985).Water, or the lack of, is a constant theme in Farid’s work.

Vulva Island

29.02 to 30.09.24

Smeermaas-Kessenich

Benjamin Verdonck explores the Meuse Valley on foot. Along the way he collects objects that tell us something about the area, from stones and seeds to plastic packaging and lost jewelry. He treats these everyday objects as relics which he presents in various chapels throughout the Meuse Valley. The carefully arranged collections show his journeys through the area where water and people each leave their own traces. 

In Lieu of What Was Off site

29.06 to 31.10.23

Moeder! Oui dream till the end Kunst aan de Maas

Moeder! Oui dream till the end

13.07 to 20.02.99

Ele Carpenter

Memento

Memento is a sculpture in the Central Graveyard in Borgloon. The artwork by Wesley Meuris is an anchor in the rolling landscape and invites visitors to enter. The architectural structure of the work ensures a special experience of looking and wandering. The steel-constructed space can be interpreted in various ways and challenges one’s imagination. Whoever visits the space experiences its intimacy. This reflects the memory of its surroundings.

Jump into the unknown (+8) Family

31.03 to 25.08.24

Vulva Island

Vulva Island, a sculpture by Michèle Matyn in Bichterweerd, Dilsen-Stokkem

Escaping the Chestnut Tree Cafe

by Mariam Nazaryan
03.02.2021 Talent

“Under the spreading chestnut tree
I sold you and you sold me:
There lie they, and here lie we
Under the spreading chestnut tree”

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Untitled #158

In the landscape around the Abbey of Colen in Kerniel. The round construction with a stunning 360° view is delineated by uniform vertical wooden slats. Entering the artwork is a special experience that refers to the religious and is reminiscent of walking around an abbey. According to the artist, Aeneas Wilder, his work functions as a lens through which the visitor can focus his or her thoughts and emotions against the backdrop of the landscape around Kerniel.

Tranendreef

In the landscape, beside the lane heading to the castle of Hex, you will find four tree tents where you can spend the night. The tear-shaped sculptures hang from high trees and provide an alternative form of accommodation to spend the night in Haspengouw. The work of Dré Wapenaar (°1961, the Netherlands) is always situated at the intersection of architecture and sculpture, between a stay and an encounter. His sculptures are primarily tent constructions that are installed temporarily. They invite visitors to occupy them, to stay in them or to shelter beneath them. The social interaction around the work is of great importance to the artist.
05.07.22 Magazine

New laureates FORMAT announced

Echoes of a Landscape

A new artwork will soon emerge in Maaseik, referencing three church towers in the area. Created by Belgian artist Adrien Tirtiaux, it bridges the past and future of Maaseik, connecting the city center with the river. Following Mark Dion’s ‘Tree of Life’ in Herbricht and the upcoming work by Laure Prouvost for Kinrooi, ‘Echoes of a Landscape’ is the next piece for Art on the Meuse.

Proximity effect

Sound artist Paul Devens has created a new artwork in the Church of Saint Servatius in Groot-Loon. Proximity Effect is a sound installation tailor-made for the beautiful church, parts of which date from the 12th century. Using speakers and sensors, the visitor is absorbed in an interplay of tones, sounds of outside recordings, acoustics, echo and space.

Tree of Life

09.10 to 01.09.00
12.05.25 Magazine

Germaine Kruip pays tribute to a vanished ferry in Maasmechelen