Z33 + ALIA ALI
Let ALIA ALI guide you
Fitting In Detail In Collective Rise, Alia Ali, Z33, Hasselt, 2022. Photo: Selma Gurbuz
IN COLLECTIVE RISE
FITTING IN opened on Saturday night at Z33 in Belgium. An impressive take over by 24 projects in a multi-experiential exhibition. The boundaries are blurred between fashion, visual art, photography, design and the world. Borders evaporate and questions tumble forth.
“How can we, without losing ourselves, become part of a larger entity?”
Fitting In Detail In Collective Rise, Alia Ali, Z33, Hasselt, 2022. Photo: Selma Gurbuz
ALIA ALI leads the way up three flights of stairs, with 12 photographic sculptures, all produced with the support of master printers in Paris. Her work is encased in frames built by master woodworkers in New Orleans. Her installation takes the participant through 600 hand embroidered block prints by numerous Rajasthani masters. Be immersed in a stunning array of birds, palm trees and leopards finally reaching the climax; a fully upholstered portal.
Fitting In ©Z33:Mous Lamrabat, You Funny, 2021
Identities are liquid.
Fitting In. Installation Nobu Baba Henk, Lisa Konno & Sarah Blok, Z33, Hasselt, 2022. ©Selma Gurbuz
How exciting and rich life becomes when you invite more voices into your world view.
Watch this beautiful short film NOBU from two of the participating artists LISA KONNO & SARAH BLOK, about former world champion karate and Japanese immigrant Nobuaki Konno. Lisa Kong, his daughter and fashion designer asks him about cultural differences while he wears a collection she made for him.
Fitting In. Detail 7 ways to be T.VDB:Act 04 - Find your Tribe, Tom Van der Borght, Z33, Hasselt, 2022. Photo by Selma Gurbuz
FITTING IN
Featuring the following artists:
Christian Bakalov, Alia Ali, Lisa Konno & Sarah Blok, Mous Lamrabat, Berre Brans, Elisa Van Joolen, Das Leben am Haverkamp: Dewi Bekker, Anouk van Klaveren & Gino Anthonisse, The Fabricant & Teresa Manzo, CFGNY, Ines Alpha, Tom Van der Borght, Jo Cope & Boutique by Shelter, Marwan Bassiouni, Nazanin Fakoor, Helen Storey, Sanne Vaassen, ADIFF Angela Luna, Anais Hazo-Santorin, Elke Lutgerink, Lotje Heidingsfeld, Lucy & Jorge Orta, Mona Steinhaeusser, Sheltersuit, Thierry Geoffroy, Woman Cave Collective: Léticia Chanliau & Chloé Macary-Carney.
Curators: Annelies Thoelen, Branko Popovic and Marnix Rummens
We all have liquid identities in the pluri-verse. Embrace and enjoy.
Fitting In runs from 02.10 to 26.02.23
Z33
Bonnefantenstraat 1
3500 Hasselt (Belgium).
Every second Thursday of the month, you can visit the exhibitions for free and catch an activity. The first nocturne is on October 13.