Witches. Histoires de sorcières
Creators: Valérie Piette, Isabelle Stengers, Laure Guilbert
No feminist demonstration is complete without a reminder of this historic figure who has inhabited our imaginations for centuries. "We are the granddaughters of the witches you couldn't burn", they proclaimed back in 1968. Fifty years on, how can we explain the current resurgence of the witch figure? They were hunted down, tortured and, in the case of tens of thousands, burned. These witches fascinate as much as they frightened our childhood dreams.00This collective work aims to establish a dialogue between the witches of yesterday and today. Through art, archives, film, dance, song, comics, performance and a touch of magic, 'Witches' questions the figure of the witch, maps its imaginary and its representation through the centuries, and tests its contemporary resonance.00Exhibition: Vanderborght building, Brussels, Belgium (27.10.2021-16.1.2022).
Call number : C.10./PIET/WITC