Visit the art expo Zoek-Stadion at the Port House

Nadia Naveau experiments with shapes, materials and use of color. She draws inspiration from different contexts that merge into a quirky iconography. With her sculptures, she explores the boundaries between the figurative and the abstract, the baroque and the stylized, the contemporary and the classical. At the Port House, she exhibits her multiform sculptures. They range in scale from very small to life-size and are realized in a variety of materials: plaster, ceramic, polyester, concrete or plasticine.

With Vaast Colson leading the way, Extra Curriculum will assemble a group of "young" artists as an experiment. But what do you call such a collection? A collective? A team? A gang? A formation? Whatever name you choose, each "group" causes a tension between the individual acting and experiencing and the collective. Extra Curriculum will observe, think, act, debate, experience, dance and speak, thus seeking, challenging and capturing the tension between the individual and the collective.

How does a young aspirant develop into a full-fledged, enduring artist? The development and trajectory of young artists are influenced by a host of factors: gallerists, patrons, media. How can these forces be combined? And what role can art schools play? At the Port House, the Young Academy, together with gatekeepers from the Flemish arts sector, players from Flemish art education (from students to policy makers) and other stakeholders, is looking for layered answers to these questions.