︎ SB34 concorde

DWELLING HOUSE

Émile Hermans

16.5 - 27.6.2026

︎ EXHIBITION TEXT

    In the article "W. B. Yeats: Poet and Astrologer", published in the journal "Culture and Cosmos" (vol. 2, no. 1, 1998), Elizabeth Heine writes about the significance of astrology in both the life and work of Yeats. From his initiation into the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn to the publication of the enigmatic work "A Vision"—the edited transcript of the automatic writing performed by his wife, Georgie Hyde Lees—astrological principles appear to have exercised a structuring influence throughout his life. These principles also informed Yeats's conception of history, which he articulated as a system of "gyres"—interpenetrating spiralling cones—thereby synthesising linear and circular temporal models.

According to commonly cited sources, Yeats was born on June 13, 1865, at 10:40 pm. However, Heine records his date of birth as July 13, 1865, at the same hour. While the origin of this discrepancy remains unclear, it generates a productive ambiguity and invites speculation on its consequences at both the human and celestial scales.

The exhibition's title also operates on those two scales, with "dwelling house" referring both to the legal designation of a residential property and to the astrological organisation of different areas of life.

Opening on Friday 15.05.2026, 18:00—21:00
︎ Saturday, 13.06.2026, 18:00—19:30 - 'Amplifications' Screening and Conversation (ENG) at SB34 The Pool




︎ SB34 The Pool

AMPLICIFICATIONS SCREENING + CONVERSATION

Émile Hermans
in dialogue with Daphné Charitos

13.6.2026, 18:00-19:30

Amplification is a part of Jung's method of dream interpretation "using mythic, historical, and cultural parallels in order to clarify, make ampler and, so to speak, turn up the volume on material that may be obscure, thin, and difficult to attend to."

The screening will be followed by a conversation between Daphné Charitos and Émile Hermans.

︎ ABOUT

ÉMILE HERMANS (1988) lives and works between Maastricht, the Netherlands, and Brussels, Belgium Solo exhibitions include A Defense at Greylight Project (Heerlen, NL) in 2022 and Primetime at De Meldkame (Maastricht, NL) in 2017. He has taken part in group exhibitions at Museum De Domijnen (Sittard, NL), Jester — formally known as CIAP — (Hasselt–Genk, BE), B32 artspace (Maastricht, NL), W139 (Amsterdam, NL), and Etablissement d’en face (Brussels, BE). Together with four others he runs CAS (center for artistic sensibilities) a micro artspace in Maastricht, NL.

DAPHNÉ CHARITOS (1996, Barcelona) is a French-Greek curator and art worker based in Brussels. She is currently Project Coordinator of Contour Biennale 11 (Mechelen). In 2025, she completed the postgraduate programme in Curatorial Studies at KASK & Conservatorium (Ghent) and assisted WIELS’ curatorial team in the preparation of the exhibition Magical Realism: Imagining Natural Dis/order. Prior to this, she worked for three years at the gallery Jan Mot. This experience, combined with her personal research, deepened her interest in conceptual art and its legacies, as well as her affinity for film and research-based practices. Recent curatorial projects include For some time I’ve been standing (Kunsthal Gent), She Must Establish Herself – Disrupted Repetitions (DE SINGEL, Antwerp) and Eye becomes water (Het Paviljoen, Ghent).

Cette exposition est présentée avec le soutien de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles et s’inscrit dans la programmation du Offestival.