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SURROUNDING JEF GEYS. 4 Conversations, an Installation & an Exhibition 

SURROUNDING JEF GEYS
4 Conversations, an Installation & an Exhibition 

Friday 26 April 2024, 10u00-17u00
Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Wintertuin

Organized by research group ArchiVolt in consultation with WIELS

Jef Geys (1934-2018) probably was one of the most radical artists of his generation. For sure he was one of the first to explore the relationships between art and life in depth, and to investigate transdisciplinary strategies to do so. Trained in advertising at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp in the 1950s, Geys successfully integrated communication and publication tools in his artistic practice. As a teacher, he considered avant-garde art a liberating and emancipating force.

At the occasion of the exhibition ‘You don’t see what you think you see' at WIELS, the Antwerp Academy and research group ArchiVolt pay tribute to Geys by reflecting on his practice and his legacy through four thematic conversations, an installation by Liselore Vandeput, and an exhibition with printed matter.
 

PROGRAMME 26 APRIL
09:30

Welcome

10:00

Introduction

10:10

Jef Geys, the Archive & the Legacy
Nico Dockx in conversation with Iris Paschalidis & Frederik Swennen + Q&A

11:20

Jef Geys as Source & Inspiration
Johan Pas in conversation with Guillaume Bijl, Renée Somers & Liselore Vandeput + Q&A

12:30

Lunch break at Instroom Academy

14:10

Jef Geys, the Collaborator and the Teacher
Sofie Dederen in conversation with Piet Coessens & Nicholas Tammens + Q&A

15:20

Jef Geys, the Publisher and the Communicator
Andrea di Serego Alighieri in conversation with Gloria Hasnay & Moritz Nebenführ + Q&A

16:30

Conclusion

16:45 Drinks
10:00 - 17:00

To Marie / Aan Marie
an installation by Liselore Vandeput

85 x Jef Geys
an exhibition by Collection for Research on Artists’ Publications