Image: FOMU Photo Museum Antwerp
The event page lists FOMU as the venue and admission as free. The programme begins with a welcome from FOMU director Maartje Stubbe and Lien Van de Kelder, Schepen van Cultuur, followed by the exhibition opening.
The evening includes a performance by Mariachi Los Tarascos from 21:00 to 21:30, followed by a DJ set from DJ Romi Luna until midnight.
'Eyes to Fly With' is the first major survey in Belgium of Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide. Among the works presented is the series 'White Fence', in which Iturbide examines how identity is shaped by ancestry, living conditions and migration.
For FOMU, Léonard Pongo is developing a spatial installation bringing together photography, video and textiles after almost a decade of working in the Democratic Republic of Congo. His work is rooted in Congolese traditions, symbolism and philosophy; rather than mapping the country, he seeks to make its experience palpable, using adapted full-spectrum cameras to record light invisible to the human eye.
In 'In the Mother Tongue', Lola Pertsowsky examines how people live with the plants, animals and objects in their homes, using domestic life and everyday activities to prompt renewed attention.
