“Sick Architecture” Exhibition, CIVA, Rue de l’Ermitage 55, 1050, Brussels, Belgium _ Conceived by Beatriz Colomina [guest curator, Princeton University], Silvia Franceschini [curator CIVA], Nikolaus Hirsch [artistic director CIVA] _ Assistant curator: Minne De Meyer Engelbeen [CIVA] _ Exhibition Architecture: OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen & Richard Venlet _ 06.05.2022 - 28.08.2022 _ Photos by: Spyros Kaprinis [18.06.2022].
“Architecture and sickness are tightly intertwined. Architectural discourse always weaves itself through theories of body and brain, constructing the architect as a kind of doctor and the client as patient. Architecture has been portrayed as both a form of prevention and cure for thousands of years. With Sick Architecture, CIVA and guest curator Beatriz Colomina (Princeton University) highlight a topic that has shaped our lives since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
I am delighted to participate in some portraits made by Chrystel Mukeba for the exhibition STYLE CONGO, Heritage & Heresy at Civa in Brussels.
Also these images will be part of an installation at Yser station at Brussels in collaboration with Kanal Pompidou.
The works in the exhibition challenge and destabilize the canonical histories and colonial roots of this legacy. By examining the marks of colonization in the city of Brussels and in the Congolese urban landscape, they present a decolonial resignification of private and public spaces, and seek to rewrite the margins of history at the center.
With the participation of Judith Barry, Rossella Biscotti, Peggy Buth, Ayoh Kré Duchâtelet, Jean Katambayi, Johan Lagae & Paoletta Holst, Chrystel Mukeba, Daniela Ortiz, Ruth Sacks, Traumnovelle
With a selection of works by Victor Horta, Ernest Acker, Victor Bourgeois, Joseph Caluwaers, Jean-Jules Eggericx, Paul Hankar, Georges Hobé, Henry Lacoste, René Pechère, Fernand Petit, René Schoentjes, Gustave Serrurier-Bovy
Art I made for the cast of CIVA ride the cyclone that I gave to the actors after the shows :DD
Also I fucked up and accidentally drew one of the actor��s oceans twice (I got confused and thought them with and without wig were the two different actors) so here’s a drawing of the actual other ocean
this is random but i cannot express enough how much i love your work. literally all of your posts have gotten me through my 9-5 and i WORSHIP you for that *mwah*
STOOOPPPPPP (don’t stop) CIVA IM SOO 💫💥❤️❤️🥺
*MUAH* u too. 9-5’s are hell i’m happy to be of service
We are happy to introduce our third guest - DUYGU CIVAS
Duygu Civas has been crafting her unique sound within the realms of Electronica and Afro House. During her trips to Brazil, she discovered multicultural aspects of her music.
With tracks travelling through Grand Bazaar of Istanbul to Christ the Redeemer of Rio, Duygu injects boundless aspects to her tracks while retaining powerful expression of herself.
Having her debut single ‘Sonhar’ from Keepitpure Music in 2019 which drives the attention of many, soon after she released her first Ep ‘Dharma’ that places her in the charts among many others.
Her recent works released on labels such as Bercana Music, Yulunga Music, Rist Records, Shango Records.
Duygu Civas will also provide an exclusive selection of his actual favorites, occasionally updated on Spotify : spoti.fi/3tBirQf
Mayalıların Zehirli Mirası
Mayalıların Zehirli Mirası, Bizim İçin Bile Tehlike Oluşturuyor.
Mezoamerika’nın antik Maya şehirleri ziyaretçileri şaşırtmaktan asla vazgeçmiyor. Ancak, toprak yüzeyinin altında beklenmedik bir tehlike pusuda bekliyor: Civa kirliliği.
Araştırmacılar, Frontiers in Environmental Science dergisinde yayınlanan bir inceleme makalesinde, bu kirliliğin modern zamanlardan…
“Sick Architecture” Exhibition, CIVA, Rue de l’Ermitage 55, 1050, Brussels, Belgium _ Conceived by Beatriz Colomina [guest curator, Princeton University], Silvia Franceschini [curator CIVA], Nikolaus Hirsch [artistic director CIVA] _ Assistant curator: Minne De Meyer Engelbeen [CIVA] _ Exhibition Architecture: OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen & Richard Venlet _ 06.05.2022 - 28.08.2022 _ Photos by: Spyros Kaprinis [18.06.2022].
“Architecture and sickness are tightly intertwined. Architectural discourse always weaves itself through theories of body and brain, constructing the architect as a kind of doctor and the client as patient. Architecture has been portrayed as both a form of prevention and cure for thousands of years. With Sick Architecture, CIVA and guest curator Beatriz Colomina (Princeton University) highlight a topic that has shaped our lives since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
CIVA NEDEN SIVIDIR? | BİR METAL NEDEN SIVI ÖZELLİK GÖSTERİR?
CIVA NEDEN SIVIDIR? | BİR METAL NEDEN SIVI ÖZELLİK GÖSTERİR?
Metalleri, yüksek elektrik ve ısı iletkenliği, kendine özgü parlaklığı olan, şekillendirmeye yatkın, katyon oluşturma eğilimi yüksek, oksijenle birleşerek çoğunlukla bazik oksitler veren elementler olarak tanırız. Metaller denen grubun içinde bir de cıva adında bir element vardır ki diğerlerinden çok farklı bir özellik gösterir. Cıva, oda sıcaklığında katı olan tüm metallerin aksine sıvıdır.…
Ne istediğini bilmeyen sosyalist kadın kafası, lgbt yi her yerde güzelliyen sürekli reklamını yapıp gençlige özendiren bu ve bundan dogacak embesiller emin olmayıpta istedikleri secimler yüzünden gelecek yüzyillarda erkege dair birşey bulamayacaklar cografyada. Sonunu düşünmeden anında kararlar veren sonra tekrar pişman olup ağlayan, civa gibi heryere akan ve tipik iki yüzlüler gibi aram herkesle iyi olsun diyen sosyalist feminen kafaların günümüzdeki dindoş ve radikal ampul kafalardan hiç bir farkı yoktur.
Yaşamdaki ilk dersimiz sevmektir. Sevgi o kadar güçlüdür ki bozulamaz. Üstelik kavranabilen elle tutulan bir şey değildir. Onu bilebilirsin, ama dokunmaya kalktığında o elinden civa gibi akıp gider. Sevgi sahiplenilemez; o rüzgâr gibidir ve nereye gitmek isterse oraya gider. Sen de onunla birlikte akıp gitmelisin. Sevgi birliktir, bütünlüktür. Sevgi sınır tanımaz, engel tanımaz. Özgürlük sevgiyle gelir. Bir ruhu sınırlayan ve zincirleyip bağlayan korkudur; sevgiyse özgürleştirir ve tüm zincirleri koparır. Sevgi tüm kapıları açar, yaşamları değiştirir ve en katı kalpleri yumuşatır. Sevgi yaratıcıdır; o yapılandırır, birlik ve uyum içinde güzelliği yaratır. O, her şeyle birlikte çalışır, hiçbir şeye karşı çıkmaz. Sevgi öyle bir neşe getirir ki o bastırılamaz. O yaşamın içinde dans edip şarkı söyler. Kalbinde sevgi var mı? Başkalarına karşı sevgi? O senin içinden başlar ve daima dışarıya yayılır durur."
Belgian Art Nouveau, as the U.C.L.A. art historian Debora Silverman put it in an incisive lecture at CIVA, was “created from raw materials from the Congo and inspired by Congo motifs.” Even more striking, she has suggested that Art Nouveau was the specific means by which the violence carried out in Leopold’s name in Congo snapped back and found its way, in abstracted or semi-abstracted form, into Belgian culture—allowing that small and geographically squeezed nation, its nineteenth-century ambitions largely thwarted at home, to indulge, through its art and architecture, in “a fantasy of domination.” Silverman sees not just natural and animal forms “embodied” in Art Nouveau’s curves; she also sees the leather whips that Belgian forces used to bloody Congolese laborers.
—"How to Decolonize the City" from New Yorker