Hectolitre, A Haunted House is a performative exhibition in which the artworks by five contemporary artists dialogued and resonated with Hectolitre, a former swinger club situated in the heart of Marolle distric, in Brussels.
Mixing historical facts, fictional stories and writings from feminist literature, a narration about the history and the many, previous lives of the place are shared with the audience invited to listen and experience the building ‘speaking’ and ‘manifesting’ itself during a performative guided tour.
The artworkes, coinceived specifically for the place or re-adapted to it, and integrated organically in the architecture and in the (fictional) history of the place were used to re-write temporarily the hostory of an heritage-site focusing on the previous usages, owners and secret lives rathers than the historical facts.
Hectolitre, A Haunted House is a methodology to inhabit places using contemporay art installation and performances to make a place talk for itself.
Mixing historical facts, fictional stories and writings from feminist literature, a narration about the history and the many, previous lives of the place are shared with the audience invited to listen and experience the building ‘speaking’ and ‘manifesting’ itself during a performative guided tour.
The artworkes, coinceived specifically for the place or re-adapted to it, and integrated organically in the architecture and in the (fictional) history of the place were used to re-write temporarily the hostory of an heritage-site focusing on the previous usages, owners and secret lives rathers than the historical facts.
Hectolitre, A Haunted House is a methodology to inhabit places using contemporay art installation and performances to make a place talk for itself.
Concept: Simone Basani
Curatorhsip: Simone Basani with Alice Ciresola
Performative guided tour: Alice Ciresola
Artists: Doris Boerman, Luca Dal Vignale, Diana Duta, Roger Fähndrich
Curatorhsip: Simone Basani with Alice Ciresola
Performative guided tour: Alice Ciresola
Artists: Doris Boerman, Luca Dal Vignale, Diana Duta, Roger Fähndrich
![Hectolitre, interior design](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d82e5630b11694d8171a72b52e905ae3195d2b04b85b11f9f591381dae86ead1/HHH_fb.png)
![drawing by Luca Dal Vignale / commissioned as an appendix to the exhbition](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/337e302b7a9ee6e03b95b87646d774135450c963f6aaabdd5a456709261f6575/LucaDalVignale.jpg)
![old plans of Hectolitre](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d43653b1be456e3c2ee67776a38e36484e292196ec29e7fb73c38da4296a0afa/160513_Hectolitres3_5_Plans_004_MR.jpg)
![text performative guided tour / written by Alice Ciresola with Simone Basani](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd6679be73923a0761e88830b2004e3f1874cfba55496b28a0fe686a5c30d6f9/Schermata-2022-04-03-alle-15.54.24.png)