Nothing For Free At PI

Nothing For Free
Pleasure Island, Ostend
26/27.09.2020 - 3/4.10.2020
Nieuwpoorstesteenweg 133

Note to the exhibition

The Shelf can only be used for group exhibitions.
The Shelf is an extension of the architectural space.
The Shelf has a scenographic function.
The Shelf can hold things or can just be a thing in itself.
The Shelf is a tool to curate with.
The Shelf connects the different exhibition spaces.
The Shelf mediates a uniform presentation.
The Shelf cannot be merely linear, it can however direct the observer’s movements.
The Shelf allows a sequential reading of the relationship between the artworks.
The Shelf provides space for the presented artworks.
The Shelf is shaped in such a way that it underlines the absence of certain works.
The Shelf replaces all the non-permanent presentation modules.
The Shelf consists of one material.
The Shelf is not mobile.
The Shelf runs perpendicular on its support.
The Shelf can be adapted according to the demands of the participating artists as long as they are conform with the script/manifest.

^{Left to right; Juan Pablo Plazas, Aaron Daem, Juan Pablo Plazas}

^{Left to right; Pommelien Koolen, Aaron Daem}

^{Aaron Daem}

^{Left to right; Juan Pablo Plazas, Pommelien Koolen, Juan Pablo Plazas, Pommelien Koolen}

^{Left to right: Juan Pablo Plazas, Aaron Daem, Juan Pablo Plazas, Pommelien Koolen}

^{Deveny Faruque}

^{Emile Van Helleputte}

^{Undisplayed work}

^{All photos by Rémie Vanderhaegen}

Introduction: the exhibition Nothing For Free is the first eponymous event of the curatorial project that took place at the non-profit space Pleasure Island in Ostend.With: Aaron Daem, Nikolaas Demoen, Noureddine Ezarraf, Deveny Faruque, Pommelien Koolen, Juan Pablo Plazas, RémieVanderhaegen, Emile Van Helleput.