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The Order of Disappearance | DARK WEEKends

What does mortality mean in an era where nothing truly disappears? Art collective playField, resident at GUM & Plantentuin, explores how our approach to death a...
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DARK Experience | Séance: (ont)binding / (dis)connection

Almost perfect, you or I, the reflection behind the mirror smiles mockingly at us. In the dark corners of existence, it overwhelms us, you and I, but people: pe...
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Museum Night 2025 | Beyond the dark

During Museum Night, you can immerse yourself in a night full of shadow plays, mystical makeovers, and objects with unfinished business.
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Book presentation Blinked Myself Awake by Bieke Depoorter

In Blinked Myself Awake, Magnum photographer Bieke Depoorter investigates the fragility of memory, photography's unreliability, the human desire for objectivit...
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Summer at GUM & Botanical Garden

Fancy a surprising summer’s day in Ghent? You’re in the right place at GUM and Botanical Garden. From tropical greenhouses and shady paths to surprising insight...
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DARK stories @DARK WEEKends

Grab your earphones or headphones and discover some of the 'dark' stories behind objects and plants, told by museum staff, guides and students.
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DARK Breakfast with Uus Knops, Evelien Jonckheere & playField

On the first Sunday of DARK WEEKends, we invite you to the DARK breakfast, a breakfast lecture (with breakfast) where three passionate speakers will take a clos...
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MuST chooses COMFORT objects

Some members of the Museum Student Team at GUM & Botanical Garden, MuST for short, selected objects that for them offer solace and hope in a situation of sadnes...
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