The idea of the gAalery was born in 2016. A neighbor of the Van Aa street, had just seen “Visages villages” by Agnès Varda & Jr, a film in which we follow the two companions in a joyful road-movie during which they make photographs and stick them in the places they discover.
Dreaming of the beautiful images offered during the film, his attention was drawn to the many blind windows in the neighborhood surrounding Rue Van Aa, which are a specificity of the buildings of this small part of Brussels.
Aren’t they the perfect settings for an outdoor photography exhibition?
A group of neighbors, a few happy brainstorms and some twenty photos later, the first exhibition took place in April 2021.
That’s it, it wasn’t more complicated than that…
Thank you Agnès & Jr. for the inspiration.
- to the talent of photographer Raymond Dakoua for the current “Diversités” exhibition.
- The printing and the installation by Go4Impact
- The owners who made their façades available: Henri A., Isabelle D., Robert H., Roberto S., Nathalie W., Laurent E., Céline B., Nolwen G., Zeghli E.
- Neighbors, friends, friends of friends and acquaintances who posed for Raymond’s camera.
- Financial support from the urban renewal department of the commune of Ixelles (as part of the Matongray project), and from the cultural department of the Vlaamse Gemenschapscommissi.
- The support of Christos Doulkeridis, Mayor, Nevruz Unal, Alderman for Neighborhood Contracts, Ken Ndiaye & Els Gossé, Aldermen for Culture, Yves Rouyet, Alderman for Urban Planning and members of the College of Mayors and Aldermen of the Commune of Ixelles.
2d
Exhibition
23
pictures
12
houses
Notice to owners
Do you own a house with blind windows in Van Aa or the surrounding streets and would like to help us make the gAalery the largest open-air photography gallery in the galaxy?…