Opening
On 8 October, VAi at DE SINGEL will host Ways of Seeing, an installation where you can explore three photographic collections by Georges Baines, Christian Kieckens, and Lou Jansen from the VAi collection in new ways. On opening night, five contemporary designers will share their own visual archives. Come and see how our ways of looking are always influenced by perspective.
Designers on their photographic collections
On the opening night of ‘Ways of Seeing’, five architects will join us. They use photography in their work to see, connect, and explore spaces differently. For this special event, they will share their photographic collections with the public in real time.
These live archive readings reflect the three photographic collections by Georges Baines, Christian Kieckens, and Lou Jansen, which are at the heart of the exhibition. How do architects view the world today? How does photography shape their work? What images do they choose to collect? What catches their eye in their environment?
8.00 pm: Welcome and introduction by Tine Poot (VAi): Ways of Seeing: Three photographic collections, three ways of seeing.
8.10 pm: Live Archive Reading #1 by Malgorzata Maria Olchowska + York Bing Oh (Atelier Maria York)
8.20 pm: Live Archive Reading #2 by Lidewij Deroo
8.30 pm: Live Archive Reading #3 by Tim Peeters
8.40 pm: Live Archive Reading #4 by Jasper Ponjee
8.40 pm: Visit to the installation and drinks
exhibition
Ways of Seeing is an experiential installation that invites you to reflect on how we see the world today. What is the impact of artificial intelligence and of hidden assumptions in classifications, and how do technology and imagination influence one another?
From 08.10.2026 until 31.01.2027
DE SINGEL, Antwerpe
open to the public during opening hours
8 October 2026 at 8.00 pm
DE SINGEL, main entrance stairwell
Desguinlei 25
2018 Antwerp
Free, subject to registration in advance
Guy Anthoni, Jessie Bervoet, Ellen Bresseleers, Dieter Daniëls, Floriske van Gennip, Nino Goyvaerts, Tars Hoeykens, Anna Lazou, Janno Martens, Rosan Meijer, Tine Poot, Camille Reynders, Julie Somers, Zindzi Tillot Owusu, Ann Van Loon, Ellis Van Miert, Egon Verleye, and Anke Verschueren.
Flanders Architecture Institute and DE SINGEL
the Government of Flanders
This opening will take place on the steps at the main entrance to DE SINGEL. Anyone who finds it difficult to sit on steps or would prefer a chair is welcome to contact us at ellis.vanmiert@vai.be. We will be happy to provide a comfortable seat.
The main address of the Flanders Architecture Institute is located in De Singel International Arts Campus, next to the R1. From the main entrance on the Desguinlei follow the signs to Beel Laag (± 3 minutes on foot).
There are spaces reserved for wheelchair users in all halls of DE SINGEL. Please contact us in advance at tickets@desingel.be so that we can reserve a space for you. You can use an elevator to reach the halls. Enter through the main entrance of DE SINGEL and make your way down the ramp to the left of the stairs to take the lift. Read more about the accessibility
You can store your coat, handbag or backpack in the free lockers available at DE SINGEL. These are located in two places: in the locker area under the stairs at the main entrance via Desguinlei, and at the Theatre Square in Beel Laag. Instructions on how to use the lockers can be found on the side of the locker column.
