Ignasi Aballí,Björn Dahlem,Lieven De Boeck, Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Filip Gilissen, Kris Martin,Claudio Parmiggiani, Paul Ramírez Jonas, Evariste Richer, Fabrice Samyn, Mungo Thomson, Thu Van Tran, Maarten Vanden Eynde

“Matter appears to be the permanent medium for slow, minute, imperceptible changes. It appears self-evident that there is no structure that is unable to be, or that can avoid being, broken down one day into more delicate elements; that there is nothing that is infinitely divisible (...)” Roger Caillois

Devoting an exhibition to the theme of “particles” starts out from the idea that breaking the world down into something smaller may perhaps enable us to understand it better. This approach could be compared with picking out a detail in a painting in order to “comprehend” the painting better. By observing that part, might we be able to understand the entirety?

In a sense, fragmentation is the natural order of things. Everything will decompose one day; dissolution is inevitable. We should bear in mind the formula devised by the French chemist Lavoisier, who said in the 18th century: “Nothing gets lost, nothing is created, everything changes”. So, everything is constantly redistributed, and reconstitution occurs according to a system of complex physical and chemical laws.

Work of Hreinn: ​​It takes two to tango​, 2012, Vinyl and crystal pearls, Dimensions variable