Hasselt (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – Z33 Hasselt art centre opens its season with Michael Butler’s installations and Mounir Eddib’s first solo show. Students assist, concerts and workshops planned. Tickets €12; Eddib’s exhibition free. The director is Adinda Van Geystelen.
As VRT News reported, Z33 arts centre in Hasselt will open its new season on Saturday, September 27, 2025, with exhibitions by German artist Michael Butler and Genk artist Mounir Eddib. Butler’s exhibition features large-scale installations made from paper, cardboard, and textiles. The works include colourful columns, paper wafers, curls, loops, and flowing weavings. The installations fill the gallery with movement and texture.
Who are the artists and students behind Z33 Hasselt’s new season?
Architecture students from UHasselt and product design students from LUCA School of Arts in Genk are helping with the installations. They test different techniques and materials to see how they react.
One approach uses elastic bands stretched tightly to create shell-like structures. Another experiment uses aluminium instead of paper to compare how the material behaves. Students said the work gives them the chance to explore and experiment freely.
“We’re currently working on the artwork Stiff Pants, where we’re laminating garden netting with a roller, a kind of crepe paper, and glue,”
says Louka Vervoort, an architecture student.
“This way, we’re creating large columns to fill the space and bring the installation to life.”
“We are currently working on deforming a paper sculpture by sewing different papers together,”
says Emma Clays, a Product Design student.
Genk artist Mounir Eddib will show his first solo exhibition at Z33 arts centre in Hasselt this fall. Eddib is the grandson of a miner who came to Belgium as a guest worker in the 1970s. He is also the son of Moroccan parents from the border region near the Western Sahara. His exhibition, called Taliswoman, invites visitors into a layered and mythical landscape filled with memory and symbolism.
The artist uses materials with contrasting meanings. North African substances, such as medicinal cedar tar and lead, are combined with byproducts collected from the mining spoil heaps in Genk.
“He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother”,
a living painting.
“The tar of cedarwood is a kind of resin,”
says Mounir Eddib.
“That means my work never really dries. If the room temperature is too high or the sun shines on my work, it starts to weep.”
The new season at Z33 begins with the concert The Loom of Longing by Nele De Gussem and Victor Verhelst. Free evening openings take place every second Thursday of the month from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets for Michael Butler’s exhibition cost €12 for standard admission, €6 for reduced tickets, and visitors under 18 enter for free.
The Mounir Eddib exhibition is free for all visitors. Z33 also offers a new architectural tour on October 4, 18, and 25, 2025. The tour passes renovated beguinage houses, the garden with its mirror pond, the panorama tower, and the Z33 building.&
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15 responses to “Z33 Hasselt Kicks Off Season with Michael Butler and Mounir Eddib”
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Isn’t it just lovely how Hasselt is turning into the art capital of Belgium? I mean, who wouldn’t want to pay €12 to see paper and elastic bands when you can just go to the nearest craft shop? 🎨✂️
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Opening season with a paper sculpture and a dash of North African flair? Sounds like the perfect excuse for a cheeky €12 ticket. 🎟️ Who knew art could make you feel this existential while simultaneously questioning your life choices? 😏
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So, we’re kicking off the season with a bit of cardboard craft and a sprinkle of emotions, eh? Nothing says ‘high art’ like a bunch of students playing DIY with garden netting and glue while charging a tenner for the privilege. 🍃🎨
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Oh look, more avant-garde art that’ll make my five-year-old’s finger painting seem like a masterpiece! But hey, at least the tickets are cheaper than my last taxi fare! 🤷♂️🎨
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Just what we needed—a season opener with installations that sound like a DIY project gone rogue. Can’t wait to see how elastic bands and garden netting will make me question my life choices! 😂💼
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Z33 Hasselt really knows how to kick off the season, doesn’t it? Who wouldn’t want to pay €12 to see art that looks like a school project gone rogue? 😏🖼️
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Looks like Hasselt is pulling out all the stops this season—art installations that make you question your life choices and an exhibition that practically cries for attention. Fancy a night out? Just bring your €12 and a sense of déjà vu! 🎨😏
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Just what we needed—more paper sculptures and “experiments” to fill our galleries. Can’t wait to see Eddib’s work weeping all over the place; sounds like a real tear-jerker! 😂🎨
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Who knew Hasselt was the new art capital? €12 to see some fancy paper and a free exhibition that “weeps”—sounds like a night out for the ages! 🎨🤑
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So, let me get this straight: we’re paying €12 to see paper sculptures while the real show is probably just watching the students figure out how to not glue themselves together. Brilliant! 🎨💁♂️
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Oh, brilliant, just what we need—another art exhibit with installations made from garden netting and a side of melancholy tar! Can’t wait to see how we can stretch our wallets for a ticket while the art weeps under the spotlight. 😂
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Bet you never thought you’d pay €12 to be confused by a bunch of paper and string! 🤔 Meanwhile, Mounir’s exhibition sounds like a classic case of “my artwork weeps more than I do” – just perfect for a rainy Brussels day! ☔️
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Opening a season with installations made from cardboard and paper? Now that’s what I call avant-garde recycling! 🎨💁♂️ Hope the students don’t confuse ‘art’ with ‘home economics’!
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Oh, fabulous! Because who wouldn’t want to pay €12 to ponder what to do with a bunch of paper and elastic bands in a gallery? Sounds like a real page-turner, innit? 🎨📅
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Well, if you fancy a bit of overpriced cardboard and a sprinkle of “artistic vision,” Z33 in Hasselt seems to be your ticket. 🎟️ Just hope the students don’t start charging for their ‘creative experimentation’ next! 😂
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