HomePast work De Opsluiting

Date: Aug 2019
Commission partner: Fameus
Description: A part of the museumnacht programme in Belgium, Keisha worked with a group of young artists in 24 museum lockdown.

Brief:

4 groups of young people from Warsaw, Tilburg, Manchester and Antwerp, locked up for 24 hours in 4 museums with 4 artistic coaches.

The process: sleep deprivation, chaos, artistic crisis and overdrive.

The result: 4 20-minute show moments during Museum Night.

The project: THE INCARCERATION.

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Someone give me some #MondayMotivation, cos all i wanna do is be back in antwerp with @ContactMcr making some mad art. Had the most intense and beautiful 4 days full of mosquito bites, tiredness, friendship and art. Huge shouts to @Keke_Thom. glad to have finally worked with you.

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Solution:

INCARCERATION

Fameus and JongDOEK locked up 24 young people, on 2 and 3 August 2019 for the challenge of the year: THE INCARCERATION. 24h for museum night 4 groups were locked in a museum in Antwerp. Together with a professional coach and youngsters from Antwerp, Tilburg, Warsaw and Manchester they put together a 20-minute show moment. The result of this artistic marathon was presented to the general public during Museumnight. Keisha’s group were housed in the Red Star Line museum were they explored the idea of migration and journeys.