Visum Campus

The exhibition took place at l'Espace Arte-Fac (16 Rue Martin V, 1200 Woluwe-St-Lambert / metro Alma)
From 6 to 15 September 2013.

EN: Visum Campus explores the diversity of the campus and its occupants by presenting every day life as part of the site's medical and academic environment: its architectural styles, its adaption to the special role it plays in the community and its ever welcoming green spaces.  Revisit the known and discover the unknown as you explore the campus in a series of images depicting its place in today's modern world.

NL: "Visum Campus" verkent de diversiteit van de campus en zijn bewoners door het presenteren van de site in de context van het dagelijkse leven in het kader van haar medische en academische opdracht: de architecturale stijlen, de aanpassing aan haar speciale rol en haar immer welkom groene velden. Herbezoek het bekende om het onbekende te ontdekken door de campus te verkennen via een reeks beelden die een weerspiegeling geven van zijn plaats in de moderne wereld.

FR: "Visum Campus" explore la diversité du campus et de ses occupants en présentant la vie de tous les jours dans un environnement médical et académique: son style architectural, son adaptation au rôle spécifique qu'il joue dans la communauté et ses accueillants espaces verts. Revisitez le connu et découvrez l'inconnu en explorant le campus à travers une série d'images illustrant sa place dans le monde moderne d'aujourd'hui.

INTRODUCTION

Hello and welcome to our photography exhibition, VISUM CAMPUS! The inspiration for this exhibition, which is the latest of many already held by Viewfinders, the English-speaking photography club of Brussels, came largely from some of our members who work on the UCL Woluwe site as scientific researchers. Some of us had already visited exhibitions held here at the cosy little "Arte-Fac" gallery. Put the two together and - voila - the idea for a completely different sort of exhibition for Viewfinders was born.

Different? Whereas previous exhibitions, all highly successful in their own right, had a very broad thematic approach and large scale participation (often more than 100 images) in some very grand and prestigious galleries, the intimacy of the Arte-Fac gallery itself called for a completely different approach: Viewfinders members must now make a photographic expression of a very specific place, UCL Woluwe, in only one, maximum two images. We do not publish titles for the pictures, which enriches the interaction between the photographer and the viewer by channeling it purely through the image itself, using a language, not of the brain, but of the mind and the heart.

Through this, the exhibition becomes more than just an exhibition - it is a complete project for the participants, starting from visits to the site to capture completely new images, all the way through the technical aspects of image preparation to the final setting up of the exhibition space itself. Quite a journey - but an educational and fun journey it has been! The collaboration with Arte-Fac has allowed Viewfinders to branch out into a new direction, complementing its already wide range of photographic activities and for this we are very grateful to the Arte-Fac staff for their kind support.

Alun Foster
President, Viewfinders - the English-speaking photography club of Brussels

Acknowledgments

The committee and members of Viewfinders especially wish to thank the following people for their hard work and dedication that made this exhibition possible.

• Exhibition Coordinator: Richard Sylvester

• Facilitator, web and print coordinator: Alun Foster

• Artistic Coordinator: Constanze Veeh

• Publicity coordinator: Brendan Barnes

• Publicity producer: Patricia Sidarous

• Technical coordinator: Kenneth Carranza

• Treasurer: Ana Agundez Garcia

• Vernissage and facilities coordinator: Caroline Hendry

• Project coordinator at Arte-Fac: Sylvie Donkers

• Web programming by Alun Foster and Kenneth Carranza.

Special thanks to ArteFac ASBL (http://www.artefac.be)

Brochure printed in association with Facopy:  http://www.facopy.be 

Images printed and produced with the kind collaboration of Sadocolor Mounting: http://www.sadocolor-mounting.be