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Through photography and video, these artists explore questions of belonging and how it takes shape in today’s world: Where can we feel safe and find community? How and where can we express ourselves authentically? Moving between art and music, day and night, the participating artists envision temporary worlds that suspend the micro- and macro-aggressions of everyday life. 

The exhibition finds refuge in the night as a space for experimentation, freedom, and imagination, with the artists resisting a world that increasingly imposes control. They do this by creating elusive, ever-changing moments where complexity and mystery are allowed to exist. Featuring contributions from diverse communities – from experimental electronic musicians and queer strippers of colour to performance artists and Caribbean youth at mass gatherings – the exhibition reveals how like-mindedness, freedom, and solidarity can be found in the shadow zones of normative society.

Together with curator Evelyn Simons and inspired by the artists’ work, the designers of Espace Aygo have conceived a sensorial and immersive scenography for the exhibition, while Atelier Brenda is responsible for the graphic design. Step into a world where art and music cross-pollinate, and where the night is celebrated as fertile ground for resistance and renewal. 

BIO’S ARTISTS AND CURATOR