Thomas Hitchcock
Abstract Entities

Abstract Entities, Thomas Hitchcock's first institutional solo exhibition in Belgium, delves into the intersections of Art Nouveau and Europe’s fin de siècle cultural period and contemporary technological developments. Situated within the context of today’s global capitalism and digital shifts, he critically examines and juxtaposes themes of exploitation within a broader movement of retreating into interiority and dream-like realms.

Hitchcock’s newly created sculptural installation, within KIOSK’s former anatomical theater, also functions as an open platform for temporary interventions by Belgian art students. A multitude of different interventions across several media will take place throughout the exhibition period, including performances, music, collective readings, talks, workshops, discussions, body practices, poetry, and screenings – starting with the first contributions during the opening.

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About Thomas Hitchcock

Trained as a sculptor, Thomas Hitchcock combines elaborately crafted works with found objects that he displays as such or that he enhances through small staged actions. Through his work, the Austrian artist explores the multi-layered political implications of the involved gaze in stage-like settings. He lives and works in Vienna, although longer working stays have so far taken him to Lisbon, Berlin, Brussels, and Paris where he participated in the WIELS Residency Program in 2022 and to Cité Internationale des Arts in 2023.

Practical information

• Opening on Saturday the 25th of January 2025, between 3 and 7 p.m.
• Open daily between 12.00 and 6.00 p.m.
• Open until 16.03.2025
  
• Free entrance
• Louis Pasteurlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

Interventions' program

• 25.01.2025, 16:30 - Erisa Bakalli, performance
• 25.01.2025, 18:00 - Paco Rojas, concert
  
• 04.02.2025, 10:00 - Jinte De Greef, performance
• 11.02.2025, 14:00 - Rosa Lut, performance
• 12-13.02.2025 - Arthur Saint-Remy, intervention
• 13.02.2025, 14:00 - Atelier Mixed Media Luca Gent, working session
• 13.02.2025, 19:00 - Julia Schouten, performance
• 13.02.2025, 19:00 - rachel zeba, intervention
• 13.02.2025, 20:00 - Liana Geysen-Rymenants, sound piece
• 18.02.2025, 12:00/14:00 - Wolf Vader, performance
• 24.02.2025, 18:00 - Nancy La Rosa, projection
• 24.02.2025, 18:00 - rachel zeba, intervention
• 25.02.2025, 12:00 - 14:00 - James Van Cauwenberghe, performance
• 25.02.2025, 09:00 - 18:00 - Stephen De Smet, happening
• 27.02.2025, 12:00/20:00 - Nederkouter 21, concert
• 02.03.2025, 15:00 - Anaïs Crahay, concert
• 03.03.2025, 20:00 - Sam Mansart (guitar), Amelie Vermeiren (cello), Isa Opstaele (double bass), Atze Jarvis (piano), concert
  
• 04.03.2025, 12:30 - Zita Bruyland, intervention
• 06.03.2025, from 12:00 - Emma Crombé & Louis Dewitte, intervention
• 06.03.2025 , 13:30 - 17:00 - Bo Lemmens, drawing performance
• 06.03.2025, 19:00 - Wolfe De Roeck, performance
• 06.03.2025, 18:00 - Günther De Beuckelaer, performance
• 06.03.2025 , 18:00 - 21:00 - rachel zeba, intervention
• 06.03.2025 , 20:00 - Frederique Kraus, performance
• 08.03.2025, 17:00 Garance Debert, dance
• 08.03.2025, 16:00 Ava Darvishi, performance
• 10.03.2025, 13:00/18:00 - KASK - Drawing department, First Bachelor, theekentafel performance
• 11.03.2025 - Grim Mignon, performance
• 13.03.2025, 18:00 - 21:00 Atelier Mixed Media Luca Gent, performances
• 16.03.2025, Lara Finkenstädt, sound performance
• 16.03.2025, Riet Camertijn, intervention
• 16.03.2025 - Sophie Bertram, performance
• 16.03.2025 - Marthe Merckx, performance
• more tba

Want to apply yourself? Read our open call and send an email with your proposal to simon.delobel@hogent.be.

This exhibition was produced in collaboration with Phileas - The Austrian Office for Contemporary Art, and with the support of the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport (BMKOES) of Austria.