ATTIK

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ATTIK is a new art space based in Ghent initiated by artists Ben Benaouisse and Sam Eggermont.

Geschiedenis

ATTIK is new off-space based in Ghent, Belgium, initiated by artists Ben Benaouisse and Sam Eggermont. Through a high-quality content-based meeting and exhibition programme it aims to deliver a vital contribution to the contemporary artistic debate in Flanders and beyond.

ATTIK primarily offers a discursive platform for dialogue, presentation and distribution of ideas and knowledge. Artists, curators, cultural organizations and other cultural players are invited to (re-)define their position within art history, the art scene, and diverse societies. ATTIK is particularly interested in a critical exploration of contemporary art and its range of political and ideological dimensions in a broad sense of meaning.

The off-space is located in the attic of the Crombrugghe Society in the Huidevetterskaai Ghent. The historical layering of the building combined with the rough attic structure, provides an open framework for intimate meetings, informal conversations, reading moments and experimental presentations.

Dialogue
Artists and various cultural players are weekly invited on Thursday night to lecture, discuss and/or show work with the aim to feed the contemporary artistic debate as well as to question or criticize it from within. The guest programme is composed according to the topics introduced by ATTIK’s founders, Ben Benaouisse and Sam Eggermont.

Presentation
The weekly, reflective meetings ideally result in a monthly series of public duo-exhibitions. ATTIK is convinced that only through the poetry of objects the ideological and political dimensions in art become legible. Ostensible installations which convey an underlying social message will form the nucleus of the exhibition programme.

Distribution
ATTIK seeks to spread its acquired knowledge to a broad audience by using various formats in close cooperation with similar organizations. In addition to the distribution through the blog, website, YouTube channel and publications, ATTIK will organize a Festival of Debates & Lectures around the Huidevetterskaai in June 2017.