12.06.25, 20:00, Elen Braga, book launch & screening

KIOSK presents a special event to mark the publication of the first comprehensive survey of fifteen years of work by Elen Braga. The screening of her films will be followed by a discussion between the Belgian-Brazilian artist and Simon Delobel, director of KIOSK.

Screening list

• Flesh, Stone, Iron, and Clay, Part 1, 2024, 4'51"
  
• Flesh, Stone, Iron, and Clay, Part 3, 2024, 7'38"
• The Horses Are Coming, 2022, 7'55"
• I am in Love with my Future, 2020, 15'27"
  
• Bloody Flux, 2020, 5'39"
  
• O buraco é fundo / Acabou-se o mundo (The Hole is Deep / The World is Over), 2020, 10'04"
  
• The Plan/e, 2019, 13'33"
  
• The Living Room, 2017, 14'54"
  
• Tão quente que era que pouco mais era morte (It Was So Hot That A Little More Would Mean Death), 2015, 22'01"

About the publication

Renowned for her multidisciplinary approach spanning performance, textiles, installation, sculpture, video, and public art, Braga’s practice draws on resilience, self-transcendence, religion, mythology, and identity. Her work often emerges from self-imposed, labor-intensive processes that are as physically challenging as they are conceptually rich, blending her Brazilian heritage with her life in Belgium. Featuring essays by esteemed art critics and curators Raphael Fonseca, Laila Melchior, Paulo Miyada, Ilse Roosens, and Joanna Zielińska, as well as the artist’s own writings, this monograph documents and critically contextualizes Braga's oeuvre, shedding light on recurring motifs, underlying themes, and the complex interplay between art and life.

Edited by Pieter Vermeulen, with support by the Flemish Government.