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With Untitled (plot for dialogue), Kunsthal Gent adds a new artwork to the Endless Exhibition, beginning as a solo exhibition in which artist Asad Raza (b. 1974) transforms the church into a tennis court. The church — traditionally a place of one-way communication and higher authority — becomes a space for reciprocity, play and relaxation, in which coaches invite visitors to hit the ball together as a form of meditation. The resulting wordless dialogue between coach and visitor has a spiritual dimension and serves as a rejoinder to hierarchical forms of religious practice. Following the initial show, the piece remains as part of Kunsthal Gent’s Endless Exhibition and will reappear in new configurations.
‘Untitled (plot for dialogue)’ functions as a living system. The elements of the show--tennis court, rackets, balls, coaches, a custom-made scent and iced jasmine iced tea--are not a static backdrop, but a framework for social interaction. Raza imagines the tennis rally as a valuable…
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With Untitled (plot for dialogue), Kunsthal Gent adds a new artwork to the Endless Exhibition, beginning as a solo exhibition in which artist Asad Raza (b. 1974) transforms the church into a tennis court. The church — traditionally a place of one-way communication and higher authority — becomes a space for reciprocity, play and relaxation, in which coaches invite visitors to hit the ball together as a form of meditation. The resulting wordless dialogue between coach and visitor has a spiritual dimension and serves as a rejoinder to hierarchical forms of religious practice. Following the initial show, the piece remains as part of Kunsthal Gent’s Endless Exhibition and will reappear in new configurations.
‘Untitled (plot for dialogue)’ functions as a living system. The elements of the show--tennis court, rackets, balls, coaches, a custom-made scent and iced jasmine iced tea--are not a static backdrop, but a framework for social interaction. Raza imagines the tennis rally as a valuable…
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