Exhibitions
Off-Centre
Ismini Kyritsis is a curator and art historian working at the intersection of art, science, and ecology. With a specific interest in the ecological and societal impact of digital technologies, her curatorial practice takes an ecosystemic turn shaping connections between different entities, disciplines and practices. Through exhibitions, research, and residencies, she fosters dialogue between human, natural, and technological entities while developing curatorial methodologies that respond to ecological and ethical uncertainties.
Ismini holds a Masters degree in Arts and Culture (Museums and Collectiosn) from Leiden University (2023) and a postgraduate degree in Curatorial Studies form the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent (2024). In recent years she has co-curated exhibitions and public programs in Kusthal Ghent (BE), Het Paviljoen (BE), Vleeshal (NL), iMAL (BE) and TINC (KR). She is currently part of Off-Centre, a collective of art workers bringing visibility to local art initiatives within the neighborhoods of Brussels through public tours and workshops. With a focus on artist-run spaces, its members aspire to foster community engagement, encourage mutual support, and create opportunities to learn from local collectives who demonstrate resilience in face of cultural and economic challenges.
Contact: isminikyritsis@gmail.com
Über-marionette
TINC (This is not a church) (KR)
Sept. 15th - Oct. 29th, 2025
Link: https://www.instagram.com/this_is_not_a_church/p/DPngtosk1uD/
Artists: Elie Bolard, Murphy Yum
In the early 20th century, Edward Gordon Craig, a visionary English theatre practitioner and theorist, envisioned what he called the Über-marionette- an autonomous puppet that could transcend human imperfections. With a belief that human emotions and inconsistencies weakened the purity of theatrical art, Craig saw in the Über-marionette a superior performer, a « deathlike beauty », lingering between presence and absence which can embody the diachronic perfection that life fails to achieve. Although Craig’s ideals were never realized, his visions of a divine automaton surpassing humanity, resonates deeply with our technological realities. Once meant to optimize human activity, stripping it out of its flaws and limitations, contemporary technologies are taking centre stage blurring the lines between human, nature and machines. (…)
Weltschmerz
KBK Gallery (BE)
May. 15th - 29th, 2025
Link: https://www.kbkbxl.be/exhibition/weltschmerz
Solo Exhibition: Elie Bolard
Sound design and performance : Sarah Wéry
The End and the Beginning
iMAL, Centre for digital cultures and technology (BE)
Nov. 8th, 2024 - Mar. 30th, 2025
Link: https://www.imal.org/en/events/endbeginning
Artists: Annelie Berner, Johanna Bruckner, Nicolas Gourault, Darsha Hewitt, Dasha Ilina, Rosa Menkman, Vivien Roubaud, Caroline Sinders (in collaboration with Trammell Hudson), Studio Above&Below, Endi Tupja and Klodiana Millona, T(n)C, Total Refusal, Ava Zevop, Alex Verhaest
Eco-scenography: GIbard
Graphic Desing: Open Source Publishing (OSP)
Grains of sand like mountains
Kunsthal Gent (BE)
May 31st - June 30th, 2024
Link: https://kunsthal.gent/en/exhibitions/grains-of-sand-like-mountains
Artists: Noor Abed, Disarming Design, Alice Diop, Nina Jayasuriya, Seppe-Hazel Laeremans, Seulgi Lee, Renée Lorie, Micheline Nahra, Ben de Raes, Hussein Shikha, Stef Van Looveren
Jumping fences, art and design lab
Het Paviljoen (BE)
Feb. 22nd - Jun. 27th, 2024
LINK: https://paviljoen.org
Artists: Haron Barashed & Lore Janssens, Sjoerd Beijers, Céleste Buyle & Quinten Vermeulen, Yawen Fu, Seppe-Hazel Laeremans, Paola Siri Renard, Jan Vandeplancke
Jumping fences (Exhibition)
Vleeshal Center for Contemporary Art (NL)
April 28th – May 20th, 2024
LINK: https://vleeshal.nl/en/archive/jumping-fences-enArtists: Haron Barashed & Lore Janssens, Sjoerd Beijers, Céleste Buyle & Quinten Vermeulen, Yawen Fu, Seppe-Hazel Laeremans, Paola Siri Renard, Jan Vandeplancke
Musée imaginaire: a poem on shared vision
Feb. 9th - 25th, 2024
Zwarte Zaal, KASK (BE)
Artists: KASK MA Photograph