In the hidden passage above the library, branches, ceramic birds, nets and found objects hang among the wooden beams, as if they had settled there of their own accord. You discover the installation from a narrow walkway, by looking up. The timber barrel vault that supports the library’s stucco ceiling becomes the ground of a suspended landscape. Below, books and archives preserve knowledge; above, Prouvost evokes a more intuitive, dreamlike way of understanding. She does not set the two against each other, but lets them coexist. During the opening weekend, the choir Singing Anderlecht gives a concert in the museum in collaboration with Prouvost.

About the artist

Laure Prouvost is a French artist based in Brussels. She combines video, installation, sculpture and language into sensory environments full of poetic slippage and humour. She won the Turner Prize in 2013 and represented France at the 58th Venice Biennale. Her work has been shown at Tate Britain, Palais de Tokyo, De Pont Museum, Kunsthal Charlottenborg and the New Museum.