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NewsBecoming Otherwise by Juli Bierich and mountaincutters24.01.26—22.03.26,  opening 24.01.26, 16h

Kunsthal Mechelen and CASTOR are proud to present Becoming Otherwise, joining the practices of Antwerp-based artist Juli Bierich and Brussels-based artist collective mountaincutters. The exhibition runs from January 24 until March 22 and is presented at IKA Mechelen.

Becoming Otherwise examines the material, social, and cultural dimensions of decay and repair. By inhabiting moments of rupture, Bierich and mountaincutters approach vulnerability as a condition through which new forms of existence can emerge. What happens when the unshakeable begins to falter? When the structures we took for granted—political, social, or even the ground beneath our feet—fall apart?


Join us for the opening of Becoming Otherwise on 24 January from 16h, with a live performance by Juli Bierich.


A geographically decentralised public programme accompanies the exhibition, with two events taking place in Brussels. Join us at The Green Corridor on March 15 and at celador on March 24. Across these sites, the artists allow their practices to intersect and blur, developing artistic and metaphorical processes based on trust—deliberately unsettling boundaries between disciplines, institutions, and contexts.


Made possible by IKA Mechelen, Kunsthal Mechelen, celador, The Green Corridor, and Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie (VGC).


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