Kunst & Zwalm ’25
Seasonal Neighbours, a collective of which Ciel Grommen and Maximiliaan Royakkers are part, participate with Wandering Sheep / Pig’s Field in the 2025 edition of Kunst & Zwalm, Zwalm (B)
30—31/08, 6—7 & 13—14/09/2025
Kunst & Zwalm is a biennial art route in the Zwalm region, organised by Boem vzw. For the 2025 edition, arts platform PLAN B is putting together the programme, with visual arts, film screenings, debates, workshops, music and installations on the theme of land. The participants present work created in dialogue with the surroundings, the inhabitants and the themes there.
We want to talk about the land that is visible, on which we build, live, grow crops. But also the invisible ground: the “roots” we may or may not share, a collective ground as a way of working together and living together. The stereotypical image of the rapidly evolving city is often contrasted with the stagnation of the village. With Kunst & Zwalm 2025, we want to show that the countryside too is the scene of a multitude of exciting issues and themes.
PLAN B arts platform
Participating in Kunst & Zwalm ’25:
Agripunctuur | Atelier V.V. x Piet Bodyn & Mathieu Lauwers | back2soilbasics | Bert Villa | Constructlab | De Bolster | een-twee | Futurefarmers | Hendrik Vermeulen | Ismail Matar | Julie Van Kerckhoven | Kunstwerkt | Maïly Beyrens Xu | Martha Balthazar | Myvillages | Pınar Öğrenci | Seasonal Neighbours | The Post Collective4
Seasonal Neighbours is one of the three core collectives of Kunst & Zwalm ’25, alongside Back2SoilBasics and The Post Collective. Seasonal Neighbours is a diverse collective of artists, designers, chefs, writers and architects. In different constellations, they explore the ongoing material and social transformations of rural life by focusing on agricultural practices, the food chain, climate and migration for seasonal labour.
For Kunst & Zwalm ’25, Seasonal Neighbours tackles the question of what it means to inhabit each other’s places; together with people, animals, plants and everything in between. Wandering Sheep / Pig’s Field is a multidisciplinary project that observes how animal movement is shaped and restricted in the landscape. Seasonal Neighbours turned their attention to the animals living in the region – the visible and the invisible. They observed which animals roam freely and where their access is restricted, and in conversation with Zwalm residents – those who live with or from farm animals – they discovered a range of reasons behind these boundaries. From hygiene regulations to protection from predators, the motivations are varied and each draws its own line across the land. Based on the way animals make their presence known, by leaving tracks or making sounds, they create spatial interventions that stage different forms of access to the land. In this way, they reveal to us something about that which is absent and invisible.
Practical
Kunst & Zwalm 2025 takes place on the weekends of 30-31 August, 6-7 & 13-14 September, from 12h to 18h each time.
Starting point of the route:
Klein Zwitserland
Galerijpad 3
9630 Zwalm
Tickets:
Standard ticket : 10 euro
Zwalm residents and students -26 years old : 5 euro
Uitpas : 2 euro
-12 years old : free
For more information and tickets, see the Kunst & Zwalm website