29—31.10.2024
Drawing is writing is drawing, From poetry to revolutionary strategies – Sandrine Morgante
Masterclass
For this masterclass in the form of a lecture, she has chosen to highlight examples of poetry and political action where language becomes a visual creation because it is driven by the need for emancipation and resistance.
Sandrine will introduce examples of her own work alongside the research of poet-drawers such as Henri Michaux, Sophie Podolski, Emily Dickinson and the artists Leon Ferrari and Johanna Calle, whose political writing becomes entangled or distorted to escape censorship. Sandrine will also show examples of recent writing interventions in urban space, that denounces social injustice and call for mobilisation: feminist collages, calls for a boycott of Delhaize, calls for demonstrations to stop the ongoing genocide in Palestine, and so on. This in line with the visual creations of the protest movements of the 60s in France (Paris, Mai 68) and also in Belgium, in Leuven 1966 – 67.
The Masterclass will be facilitated by Sandrine Morgante. After an introduction to the political implications of writing in urban spaces, as well as in alternative papers, the Masterclass will lead you to think and elaborate political interpretations of slogan protests, using various historical and graphical methods.
Sandrine’s new work « [Walen] Bourgeois buiten » can be seen at Lichtekooi Artspace in Antwerp, until 9 November.
Practicals
You are warmly welcome to join, the session will be accompanied by snacks and drinks
- For whom? Everyone welcome !
- By who? The session is guided by artist Sandrine Morgante;
- Cost: price on donation, recommended 15€ for both sessions;
- Registration: is not required, welcome to let us know beforehand of your presence.
About the artist
Sandrine Morgante’s drawing practice draws on and analyses a range of textual sources: interviews, school essays, nocturnal musings, personal accounts, a dystopian novel or a student political paper. She is passionate about the carnal, embodied dimension of writing as the equivalent of a voice. Her work focuses on the idea of voice in a broad sense: orality and the act of speaking, as well as the social positions and relationships of power and desire
Sandrine grew up in the countryside near Liège, and studied at La Cambre drawing department, Brussels, where she has been a teacher’s assistant, before starting a residency at HISK in Gent. Her work has been shown among others at IKOB, WIELS, Art Contest, Boverie, SPACE and has had international contributions to magazines such as Archivio magazine, Revue Roven, Kluger Hans, and TIM.
Since 2022, she has been represented by Galerie Nadja Vilenne. In September 2024, Sandrine opens a solo show at Lichtekooi (Antwerp) where she will exhibit work about the student revolts of 66 – 67 in Leuven, narrated by a left-wing activist.
References
1. Emily Dickinson, The Sea Said, 1872
2. Sophie Podolski, Le pays où tout est permis, 1972
3. Johanna Calle, Nuevos de no, 2000
4. Sandrine Morgante, série Mélatonine, 2020
5. Affiche de l’Atelier populaire, mai 1968
6. Graffiti manifestation, Free Palestine bd Anspach, Bruxelles, octobre 2023
7. Collage féministe, av. Fonsny, Bruxelles, 2022
8. Le Contre-journal, n°3, Toulouse 1970
9. Couverture de Ons Leven, Louvain, novembre 1966
10. Pages de la publication « [Walen] Bourgeois buiten » Sandrine Morgante, 2024
Portrait courtesy: Clémence Bernard