Guided tour of the exhibition Christophe Gevers, the architecture of the detail with the curator, Giovanna Massoni, and Thierry Belenger, collector and expert on 20^th-century Belgian design.

Giovanna Massoni (born in Milan, lives in Brussels) is an independent curator and consultant working in the fields of design and visual arts. Since 2006, she has collaborated with Belgian federal institutions to organize, communicate and curate exhibitions during Milan Design Week under the label Belgium is Design. Between 2012 and 2018, she was artistic director of RECIPROCITY, the International Design Triennial for Social Innovation in Liège (BE). Recently, she curated Au charbon ! Pour un design post-carbonean international exhibition presented at CID Grand Hornu from 25.09.2022 to 08.01.2023

Thierry Belenger is a collector and expert on 20th-century Belgian design. While working on the exhibition Le bon et le mauvais goût at the Fondation pour l’architecture in 2002, he met Christophe Gevers. This meeting let to the idea of producing an exhibition on him (Inventaire d’un inventeur, Fondation pour l’architecture, 2008). Following Gevers’ death in 2007, and in agreement with the family, Thierry Belenger received his archives in order to preserve them and ensure the visibility of this major figure in Belgian design. In 2007, he founded Archives Design Projects. The aim of the association is to showcase the wok of Belgian designers and architects with a strong human approach, where the small personal stories enhance the big story.

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Where: Design Museum Brussels

When: 18.02.2024 at 2pm

Duration: 1h

Language: FR & NL

Price: The visit is included in the entrance ticket (to buy on site)