The Jewish Museum of Belgium invites you to the closing of the exhibition “Passage. Textile & Rituals” !
By contextually reinterpreting the “Supra” ritual, Zinaïda Tchelidze brings together a plurality of voices through the art of the banquet in Georgian tradition.
The artist is interested in the phenomenon of social gatherings and what they reveal when taken out of their usual context. By provoking the encounter between mythology, ancestral ceremony and the contemporary world, she seeks to problematize codes in cultural traditions. She invents a collaborative, performative ritual table to explore the idea of hospitality in its various forms, depending on the space-time and social environment in which it is embedded.
For this performance, the artist creates a “feast tablecloth” and invites performers who are unfamiliar with this tradition. They take up the rite of toasting with “unique crockery”, i.e. vessels-sculptures specially made by Georgian artists and craftsmen of different generations according to their state of mind.
Waiting for the performers to activate them, these unique pieces are displayed in a china cabinet within the exhibition space.
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This is part of the ” Laboratory of Rituals ” performance cycle.
At the heart of ” Laboratory of Rituals “, four performance artists, Hilal Aydoğdu, David Bernstein, Barbara Salomé Felgenhauer and Zinaïda Tchelidze, are committed to re-enchanting the world through the construction of new mythologies that touch and inspire them.
In this artistic laboratory, these artists explore the depths of the collective imagination, venturing into the recesses of history, culture and tradition. They invite us to plunge into their artistic universes, to cross passages between the visible and invisible worlds, to discover new ways of being and understanding the world.
The ” Laboratory of Rituals ” is much more than just an exhibition. It’s a space for artistic exploration, where cross-cultural performers meet, question and share their visions of the world. It’s a call for reflection, wonder and the creation of new mythologies that allow us to re-enchant our existence.
Program :
15:30 – Doors open
16:00 – 18:00 : Performance by ZinaÏda Tchelidze – To your arrival and our welcome
19:00 : Drink & Buffet
20:30 : Doors close
Pay what you can (recommended price €6)
