Shedding Light on Our Interiors
Every home tells a story. A place of love and memories, a melting pot of the ordinary and the unexpected, a cocoon of comfort, a haven for reunions — it shelters our tastes and dresses our dreams. With these three adjoining rooms — typical of Brussels apartments — Hectare removes the façades to explore everyday life, its rituals, and its emotions.
From the curve of a precious spoon to that of a bottle whose surface turns into adornment, and through plants symbolizing abundance, Gésine Hackenberg breathes new life into the still life — in the present.
For Jiye Yun, jewellery transports the wearer from public spaces to domestic ones. Her play on scale with tiles and mosaics takes us from underground corridors to the cocoon of the bathroom — a light-hearted exploration of illusion and the familiar.
Illusion also unfolds in the work of Hyun-seok Sim, whose technical ingenuity gives rise to a figurative and fascinating body of work. Transformed by the ultra-precision of angles and curves, the everyday reveals itself in all its dazzling obviousness.
Home is a place of intimacy. Melanie Bilenker captures this essence through her motifs, materials, and techniques. Her brooches, like miniature paintings, depict scenes and details from everyday life — made from hair on paper — combining exceptional skill with deep tenderness.
Home is also memory and projection, origin and elsewhere. Zhipeng Wang brings together East and West. Using tea and coffee, he composes rings, necklaces, and brooches where paths of identity intertwine.
With his chained keys — and his candy stones, timeless watches, and wedding ring with an immediate expiry date — Yichen Dong plays with our reference points and habits, oscillating between protest and playfulness.
On display are textile works by the collective Maak&Transmettre, and ceramics by Coline Rosoux and Claire Lezier.
