Kapel van Boondaal – Gemeente Elsene
MOThS
With Kim Farkas, Agata Ingarden, Minne Kersten, Vibeke Mascini, Mónica Mays, Chantal van Rijt
Curated by Koi Persyn
MOThS is a group exhibition curated by Koi Persyn in collaboration with Komplot, presenting the artistic practices of Kim Farkas (1988, FR), Agata Ingarden (1994, PL), Minne Kersten (1993, NL), Vibeke Mascini (1989, NL), Mónica Mays (1990, ES), and Chantal van Rijt (1984, NL). Drawing on the French mots and The Death of the Moth – two eponymous essays by Virginia Woolf and Annie Dillard – the exhibition explores the moth as a literary metaphor for both transience and transformation, embodied in the tension between life and death. The moth becomes a symbol of ecstatic self-sacrifice, reflecting human resilience and artistic creation. Through themes of mourning and desire, the artists ‘illuminate’ the metamorphosis within the cycle from caterpillar to moth. The Chapel of Boondael thus becomes a giant cocoon in which these emerging voices take shape, unfolding further through a public programme before ultimately taking flight.
MOThS is realised with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Polish Institute Brussels.
Free access on presentation of the Art Brussels VIP Card
