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Cloud Seven

"Cloud Seven is a place where different audiences can come together in a supportive, unassuming atmosphere to share ideas, be stimulated, and feel at home."

Tomás Saraceno, Hybrid Dark Semi-Social Choreography HD186791 Built by: a solo Cyrtophora citricola – one week, 2018, ©Studio Tomás Saraceno
Tomás Saraceno, Hybrid Dark Semi-Social Choreography HD186791 Built by: a solo Cyrtophora citricola – one week, 2018, ©Studio Tomás Saraceno

Cloud Seven is a hybrid art center in the heart of Brussels. The building is home to an exhibition space presenting a selection of the collection of Frédéric de Goldschmidt, a French art collector based in Brussels, but also includes a co-working space, apartments, and a wellness center.

“Cloud Seven is a place where different audiences can come together in a supportive, unassuming atmosphere to share ideas, be stimulated, and feel at home. It is the realization of my dream to embed the ideas and questions that artists raise into the lives of the city’s workforce as they shape the future of our cultural landscape, thoughtfully connecting art with life, and making art more accessible to the public.”

Frédéric de Goldschmidt

Benedicte Goesaert, Frédéric de Goldschmidt and Chantal Pattyn at the Opening of Rooms of Resonance © Killian Jouffroy
Benedicte Goesaert, Frédéric de Goldschmidt and Chantal Pattyn at the Opening of Rooms of Resonance © Killian Jouffroy

Rooms of Resonance

„All humans have a different way to weave and vibrate the cord that binds them to the world. Artists feel and express theselinks more intensely and make them resonate in us. This exhibition is a tribute to life, with its fragility, its imperfections and its finitude.

Frédéric de Goldschmidt

For the second exhibition since the launch of Cloud Seven, and third exhibition in the building, private collector Frédéric de Goldschmidt presents Rooms of Resonance, curated by Benedicte Goesaert and Chantal Pattyn.

In order to conceive the show, the curators travelled through the collection with the ambition to present works that hadn't been part of an earlier presentation. This was the start of a journey about connecting with specific pieces of artists known to them and investigating the work of emerging and less familiar artists. The concept unfolded during different stages of editing the selection and interacting in conversations with the collector about relationships between the works. This process resulted in the selection of 62 artworks by 56 artists on view.

Rooms of Resonance examines how to connect with the self, the other and the world in these disruptive times. The journey unfolds through four different stages, from the sensuality of earthly matters to the exploration of metaphysical energies.

The title Rooms of Resonance highlights the intimate and semi-private spatial context of CloudSeven. Every room brings together a selection of artworks that are curated following a connecting theme.

Installation view © Hugard & Vanoverschelde
Installation view © Hugard & Vanoverschelde
Installation view © Hugard & Vanoverschelde
Installation view © Hugard & Vanoverschelde
Installation view © Hugard & Vanoverschelde
Installation view © Hugard & Vanoverschelde
Installation view © Hugard & Vanoverschelde
Installation view © Hugard & Vanoverschelde
Installation view © Hugard & Vanoverschelde
Installation view © Hugard & Vanoverschelde
Installation view © Hugard & Vanoverschelde
Installation view © Hugard & Vanoverschelde
Installation view © Killian Jouffroy
Installation view © Killian Jouffroy
Installation view © Hugard & Vanoverschelde
Installation view © Hugard & Vanoverschelde
Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Mirror Study, 2018, courtesy of the artist and DOCUMENT, Chicago
Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Mirror Study, 2018, courtesy of the artist and DOCUMENT, Chicago
Margo Wolowiec, Spring Fever, 2015, Courtesy Jessica Silverman Gallery
Margo Wolowiec, Spring Fever, 2015, Courtesy Jessica Silverman Gallery

Artists included:

Adriano Amaral, Joël Andrianomearisoa, Gabriele Beveridge, Cecilia Bjartmar Hylta, Mohamed Bourouissa, Lucia Bru, Giorgio Andreotta Calò, James Castle,Mathew Cerletty, Julian Charrière, Clément Cogitore, Laurent Da Sylva, N.Dash, Jacqueline De Jong, Michael Dean, Svenja Deininger, Edith Dekyndt, Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel, Fernanda Fragateiro, João Gabriel, AlexisGautier & Max Pinckers, Dimitar Genchev, Nadia Guerroui, Camille Henrot, Hudinilson Jr., Krištof Kintera, Maria Kley, Ícaro Lira, Ella Littwitz, George HenryLongly, Luciana Magno, Gohar Martirosyan, Rachel Monosov, Michèle Morgan,Musa N. Nxumalo, Gabriel Orozco, Richard Prince, Laure Prouvost, Louis-Cyprien Rials, Ry Rocklen, Ed Ruscha, Anri Sala, Tomás Saraceno, Raja Babu Sharma, Lucie Stahl, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, Hiroshi Sugimoto, AyeshaSultana, Jirō Takamatsu, Wolfgang Tillmans, Cléo Totti, Margo Wolowiec, TrevorYeung and Yunyao Zhang.

Brussels (19)

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Not Really Really

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Many Suns & Worlds

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Break Out!

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Warhol & Subsequent Effects

Located in a charmingly remodelled former industrial building in the Dansaert district in the heart of Brussels, the Walter Vanhaerents contemporary art collection is presented in biannual exhibitions on three floors.