CITY ATELIER

The STADSATELIER of VIERNULVIER supports artists, collectives and partner organisations that have a strong social commitment. Human interaction and cocreation are the main artistic strategies here. The practices are also transformative: they encourage critical reflection and offer new perspectives.

To mark the 10th anniversary of the STADSATELIER, we are releasing a publication that looks back as well as forward. This publication consists of a cartopological map and a field guide: the map aims to make the STADSATELIER visible in a subjective, poetic way; the field guide contains texts that offer an insight into the STADSATELIER event. We also collected some DIY (do it yourself) and DIT (do it together) contributions from artists and partner organisations. Get inspired by it and get started yourself!

The publication is available in Dutch and English at VIERNULVIER's Ticket Desk.

You can read the publication online here.

“Leave the door open for the unknown. The door into the dark. That’s where the most important things come from, where you yourself come from and where you will go.”

Rebecca Solnit - ‘A field guide to getting lost’

The CITY ATELIER at work

We are preparing for a new edition of OPENBARE WERKEN. Together with partners Manoeuvre, CAMPUSatelier, de Koer, Jong Gewei, Kunsthal Gent, LUCA School of Arts & KASK & Conservatorium, we will present projects in the public space of Ghent and beyond from May 16 to 19, 2025. The themes we are working around are kinship, radical changes in food, and envisioning new forms of public space.

We are supporting two projects that will culminate in a presentation during the festival next year: 'Everything Under' by Mark Požlep and 'Midnight Marshes' by Jennie Moran, Keir Vine, Malaika Cunningham, and Zoe Laureen Palmer.

Finally, there is 'International Stomachs' which is part of the City Studio. Initiated by de Koer, this collective research platform focuses on food and waterways. Together with Future Farmers, De Goedinge, CAMPUSatelier, VIERNULVIER, City of Ghent, and local residents, we are launching a jetty near the Watersportbaan. Join us for the opening during the 'Aan Wal!' festival weekend on September 14 and 15 at Aan de Bocht. The program will be available online soon.

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Midnight Marsh

Discover the gentle side of Ghent! For 'Midnight Marsh', Malaika Cunningham, Zoë Laureen Palmer, Jennie Moran, and Keir Vine join forces.

Everything Under

For nearly ten years, artist Mark Požlep has lived on a houseboat in Handelsdok, delving into the unique stories flowing beneath the surface.

Over de praktijken binnen het STADSATELIER

Zoals Felix Guattari het beschrijft in ‘The Three Ecologies’, wordt er in het STADSATELIER op drie niveaus transversaal gedacht en gewerkt: de menselijke geest, sociale relaties en onze omgeving. Elke kunstenaar die ondersteuning krijgt, vertrekt vanuit een artistieke ambitie, direct geflankeerd door een politieke en een sociale drijfveer. De praktijk van kunstenaars, collectieven en partnerorganisaties die opereren in samenwerking met het STADSATELIER, vertoont een grote maatschappelijke betrokkenheid. Het werk is contextgebonden, relationeel en onderzoekt dikwijls een maatschappelijk vraagstuk (sociaal, politiek, ecologisch, economisch, …). Menselijke interactie en cocreatie vormen hierbij de belangrijkste artistieke strategieën. De praktijken zijn ook transformatief: ze zetten aan tot kritische reflectie en bieden nieuwe (handelings)perspectieven.

These artists, cultural workers, critical thinkers and partners built(d)along with VIERNULVIER's Stadsatelier between 2012 and 2022: Vincen Beeckman, Samah Hijawi, Paoletta Holst, Simon Allemeersch, Lucinda Ra, Akin Fatih De Vos-Sahan, Fiona Hallinan, The Post (Film) Collective, Robin Vanbesien, Maarten Devrieze, Maria Lucia Cruz Correia, Elly Van Eeghem, Katinka de Jonge, Max Pairon, Jaco Sette, May Abnet, Andy Sarfo, Lieselot Siddiki, Leontien Allemeersch, Jorik De Wilde, Michiel Soete, Evelyne Coussens, Peter Aers, Roland Gunst, Matthias Velle, Adrienne Van der Werf, Michiel Van de Velde, Veridiana Zurita, Naomi Kerckhove, Ewout D'Hoore, Valentina Medda, Mirna Bamieh, Kristof Van Gestel, Adva Zakai, School of Love, An Verstraete, Gosie Vervloessem, Malik Fye, Luce Gutelle, Ruben Nachtergaele, Anoek Nuyens, Rita Hoofwijk, Collectief Eland, Grace Ndiritu, OpenStructures, Manoeuvre, KASK School of Arts, De Koer, Piloot. Co, LUCA School of Arts, Jong Gewei, Kunsthal, Maarten Soete, Charlotte Dhont, Niké van Os, Tine Theunissen, Margo Temmerman, Maarten Dings, Marieke De Munck and many others.