ONCE AND TWICE UPON A CASTLE

Over Two Years Kasteel Van Gaasbeek, near Brussels, was the site for a series of transformations through installation, performance and music.
"Once upon a Castle is not a traditional exhibition, but
a project that is not very easy to describe, a multidiscipli- nary experiment, a combination of history, heritage, art and stories, interwoven by the hands of several sorcerers’ apprentices. The members of the British artists’ collective Wildworks created a route for Gaasbeek Castle in which memories play a central role. In the first place, those of the building itself, which can be viewed as an ancient stone memory. Almost a character, who remembers numerous events, but who also forgets, reinterprets or reconstructs them. The castle’s brain appears to function in an extremely human fashion, as soon as you are prepared to step into the scenario. Luc Vanackere Director of Gaasbeek Castle