Z33 in Hasselt opens new exhibition Before Our Eyes

The act of looking is never neutral. What we choose to see, and what we avert our eyes from, says something about us. The exhibition Before Our Eyes explores how ten (inter)national artists question and navigate this responsibility. Their work responds to the political events of our time, with particular attention to the genocidal violence in Palestine, through images that take a stand or call for reflection. For how can artists address the violence? Not by simply showing it again, but by carefully choosing what to make visible—and what to withhold. The first work in the exhibition—a silent film by Angharad Williams—shows a close-up of the artist’s face. Her eyes rest beside the camera; what she sees remains out of frame. Her lips move, but her words are inaudible. The film reflects on the relationship between seeing and speaking: can we speak about what we see, and do our words not fall short? Rabih Mroué also questions