Finissage expo The Foragers

To mark the final evening of the exhibition, The Foragers invites you to a finissage in which the works and questions of the exhibition are activated once more through voice, sound, storytelling and shared gestures. Between 19:00 and 21:30, several artists will present short performances throughout the exhibition, each offering a different way of engaging with what has been gathered, remembered, tasted, spoken or passed on.

Like the exhibition itself, the performances begin from attentiveness to what is already present: materials, stories, traces, bodies and environments. Some artists work with music or their voice, others read texts, tell stories, offer something to taste, or share small objects with the audience. 

Visitors are welcome to stay for the full programme or move through the evening at their own pace. Those who wish can also head downstairs for something small to eat at Bar Pilar during the evening.

Between18:00 - 22:00: Final chance to visit the exhibtion
From 19:00 until 21:30: Short performances by participating artists Chloé Clément, Elli Vassalou, Federico Protto, Ernst Maréchal, Pedro Riofrio, Camille Dufour and Amber Vanluffelen

The Foragers: Engagements Beyond The Human is an interdisciplinary art and science project that reimagines foraging (the gathering of edible or useful materials in one’s immediate surroundings) as a creative and ecological practice. Between October 2025 and December 2027, a series of activities invites you to rediscover your connection with the environment, not only in nature but also in unexpected places across the city and its edges.

The series is co-curated by artistic researcher Gosie Vervloessem, historian Benoît Henriet (VUB) and VUB Crosstalks, and supported by ERC FORAGENCY and the Chair Casterman-Hamers: History and Philosophy of Sciences. This event is organised in collaboration with Pilar.