Three artists worked around notions of public & private space, creating a site-specific exhibition on and around the square: Ayrton Eblé, Fabiola Burgos Labra & Julie Van Kerckhoven. 

To introduce them, Veduta in-house videographer-photographer Jonas Reubens presents a video on each of the artists.

Fabiola Burgos Labra (Osorno, 1984) is a Chilean visual artist living and working in Brussels, Belgium. She studied art at Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2003-2008) and completed an MFA degree at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago in 2011. She is a Laureate at HISK (Higher Institute for Fine Arts) 2022-2023, Belgium. She has organised and produced several exhibitions and interventions in the public space, focusing mostly on markets such as Mercado La Vega Central in Santiago (CL), Mercado La Merced in Mexico City (MX), and Feria El Alto in La Paz (BO), to name a few. In Chile, she was part of two interdisciplinary collectives investigating public space through art actions: La LLunior and TUP.

Currently living and working in Antwerp, Belgium, Ayrton Eblé holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Sint Lucas Antwerp. His work has been exhibited at the Festival van de Architectuur 2023 at DE SINGEL, and he has participated in exhibitions at S.M.A.K., Kunsthal Gent, Extra City Antwerpen, Callewaert & Vanlangendonck Gallery, Pizza Gallery, Ponti Space, and Geukens and De Vil. In January 2024, the artist received the ‘Opkomend Talent’ scholarship by the Flemish government.

At the core of Eblé’s work are questions about ownership of public spaces, the definition of their boundaries, and the factors that influence these rights. The artist explores these questions through a combination of studio work, on-site observation, and collaborative creative processes.

Julie Van Kerckhoven (she/her) is a visual artist, gardener and herbalist who lives and works in Brussels. Through photography, she engages in her direct surrounding environment. It is a process of zooming in and out, where her camera functions as a caretaker, a friend, a helping hand. The context, experience or history of non-private spaces are often at the core of her work. The last couple of years, she has been working in and around the worlds of ecology and agriculture, incorporating these in her artistic practice.

Julie studied at LUCA School of Arts in Ghent. She is a member of collectief het z.a.t and My friend’s house. She worked together with Kunstenplatform PLAN B, Kunst In Huis, Baya Collective, Het Bos, Zinnema, Konvooi and others.