The Agprognostic Temple
Courtyard: 2020 to 2023
The Agprognostic Temple, co-founded by the artist Dome Wood and the art critic/curator Sam Steverlynck, was as a nomadic art space with its intention grounded in the overall desire of the artist to express a better ontology through art. The particular importance of the temple was to bring this desire forward through a curatorial program that can show and narrate the multi-perspective views of artists on spiritual, mystical and metaphysical issues.
The name Agprognostic is a neologism invented by the artist, to express an ontological position, that knowing (gnostic) and not-knowing (agnostic) are inseparable and brought only together in being by the ability to know (prognosis).
Shifting the phenomenological ground from the known to the unknown, as the essence of life to every great artwork, The Cube of the Unknown became the central piece of every exhibition; inside the cube was an artwork that would be revealed on the last day. A ritual that symbolised the unknown becoming the known from the known that had become unknown.
The Agprognostic Temple curated nine exhibitions in total with six different locations. For every location, a different scenography was created, emphasising the philosophy of the Temple while providing a mystical viewing experience.
Chapter 1: Scripted truths
Group Show with: Ricardo Brey, Fia Cielen, Benjamin Husson, Felix Kindermann, Philippe Koeune, Shana Moulton, Isabel Tesfazghi, Lou Touchard, Filip Vervaet.Installation view, from left to right:Fia Cielen, Filip Vervaet, Ricardo Brey, Isabel Tesfazghi, Shana Moulton, Benjamin HussonInstallation view, from left to right: Filip Vervaet , Philippe Koeune, Fia Cielen, Filip Vervaet, Ricardo Brey. Middle: Cube of the Unknown with Ricardo Brey.Sound piece by Lou TouchardInstallation view, from left to right: Filip Vervaet, Ricardo Brey, Isabel Tesfazghi, Shana Moulton, Benjamin Husson, Felix KindermannInstallation view, from left to right: Benjamin Husson, Philippe Koeune, Filip Vervaet
Chapter 2: Nicolas Provost - The Warning
Chapter 3: Mirrored Infinities
Group Show with: Serene Blumenthal, James Lee Byars, Laurie Charles, Eric Croes, Sanam Khatibi, Joris Van de Moortel, Oraura, Julien Saudubray, Antoine Waterkeyn, McCloud Zicmuse.
Chapter 4: Leonard Pongo -Primordial Earth
Chapter 5: Destruction of the Temple
A performance by Joris Van de Moortel and his Ur Gerausch Kammer Ensemble, featuring Mauro Pawlowski and Thomas de Prins (Master of Ceremonies).
Chapter 6: Zeebeedee Armstrong
Vitrine Exhibition at NICC Brussels
Chapter 7: Aomame.space - Doing Time
Online Exhibition
Chapter8: Visions From The Underworld
Group Show with: Danai Anesiadou, Lysandre Begijn, Serene Blumenthal, Joris Van de Moortel, Shana Moulton, Kim Sooja, Panos Tsgaris, Filip Veraet, McCloud Zicmuse, Theodoros.
Chapter 9: Cult / Stone / Image / Projection
Group Show with: Jonas Locht, Xavier Mary, Alexandra Mein, Gerard Meurant, Panos Profitis, Cleo Totti.