22.05.25 – 19.06.25, Thomas Govaerts bedenkt de titel

More than 50 students of fine arts, installation, media art, drawing, painting, autonomous design and photography from KASK & Conservatorium are taking over the Cultuurhuis in Merelbeke.

Thomas Govaerts bedenkt de titel (Thomas Govaerts comes up with the title) is an exhibition of the drawing lessons given by Bart Lodewijks at KASK & Conservatorium. It also features work by master's students, as well as bachelor's students in photography under the supervision of Jan Kempenaers.

Programme opening Thursday 22.05.25

• 19:00, welcome by Filip Rathé (dean of KASK & Conservatorium) and Els Sys (councillor for culture, Merelbeke-Melle) and introduction to the exhibition by Bart Lodewijks
• 20:00, film premiere Берегись себя//Be aware of yourself//Wees bewust van je zelf (15‘’). A short film by Vera Goldhoorn about returning to the Russia of her childhood.
• 20:00, Graveren in het sterven van de bomen (Engraving in the dying of the trees), a lecture on the history of poets in Lemberge by Nicolas Loos (researcher)
• 20:50, performance by INDALO, a fusion of alternative rock and indie pop, spiced with their own catchy, melancholic ‘Indalo touch’. With raw and poetic lyrics in both Dutch and English.