There Is Nothing Solid About Solidarity - Forum

Name: There Is Nothing Solid About Solidarity - Forum
Start: 2025-10-24T18:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-10-26T18:15:00+02:00
Location: Leuvenstraat 32, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium

Schedule

Fri, 24 Oct, 2025 at 06:00 pm to Sun, 26 Oct, 2025 at 06:15 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Leuvenstraat 32, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium | Antwerp, AN

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 is a satellite programme of Kyiv Biennial 2025 developed by the editors of MOST magazine (Ewa Borysiewicz, Vera Zalutskaya, Katie Zazenski) together with Yulia Krivich.
Through both historic and contemporary frameworks, the programme seeks to further contextualise the idea of ‘Middle East Europe.’ The notion, which is central to this edition of the Kyiv Biennial, is analyzed through the post-socialist experience – meaning, on the one hand, failed attempts at constructing modern utopias and painful political, ideological and economic transformations; and on the other, the strong cultural exchanges and state-animated “friendships” between, for example, former Socialist Block and Middle East nations in the 20th century.
Today’s reactionary tendencies towards nationalist and fascist movements, together with human rights crises, genocides and wars, expose the frailty of our democratic systems rooted in profit-based alliances. In consideration of this, the programme gathers artists, curators, researchers and collectives who hail from regions widely known as Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, offering a space for interrogation of the institutions and frameworks that have led us to this current geopolitical environment and the initiatives that have flourished as a result. The programme presents a spectrum of organisational forms – from individual grassroots projects and community centres to research endeavours that examine historical expressions of solidarity, friendship and allyship.
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 includes two days of talks and presentations of practice, an exhibition in M HKA’s INBOX space, a curated film screening, a celebration with local musicians, and a series of texts published in MOST magazine. It aims to be a catalyst for lasting relationships and fresh alliances that when woven together, reveal a rich ecosystem of resistance, care, and vision, and embodies the notion of solidarity as a commitment to risk with and to stand beside.
Participants:
Noor Abed, Alaa Abu Asad, Nika Autor, Asia Bazdyrieva, eeefff collective (Nicolay Spesivtsev, Dzina Zhuk), fantastic little splash (Oleksandr Hants, Lera Malchenko), Samah Hijawi, Irfan Hošić, Saodat Ismailova, Katarina Jazbec, Nikolay Karabinovych, Yasia Khomenko, Dana Kosmina, Daryna Mamaisur, Svitlana Matviyenko, Petrică Mogoș, Laura Naum, Elif Satanaya Özbay, Alpesh Kantilal Patel, Oleksandra Pogrebnyak, Maxim Poleacov, Dilda Ramazan, Basyma Saad, Selma Selman, Nour Shantout, Firas Shehadeh, Malaka Shwaikh, Antonina Stebur, Tytus Szabelski-Różniak, Asia Tsisar, Kat Zavada, Driant Zeneli
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 is curated by the team of MOST magazine (Ewa Borysiewicz, Vera Zalutskaya, Katie Zazenski) and Yulia Krivich. MOST is an online, English-language journal and culture platform focusing on art, culture, and politics of the region known as Central and East Europe.
The project is funded by Adam Mickiewicz Institute (Warsaw, Poland), is organised in partnership with M HKA, De Cinema and De Studio, and takes place alongside the exhibition Kyiv Biennial 2025 – Homelands and Hinterlands at M HKA.
— Practical —
🗓 24, 25 and 26 October 2025
📍M HKA, De Cinema and De Studio
A detailed programme for each day will be shared soon via our website & socials.
More info
👉 https://www.muhka.be/en/activities/there-is-nothing-solid-about-solidarity/
👉 https://www.muhka.be/en/exhibitions/kyiv-biennial-2025-homelands-and-hinterlands/