The Balcony
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07/03/2025 • 25/05/2025
Extractive Imagination(s) - Pied-à-Terre. Harnessing Energy
Featuring the work of Elsa Brès, Adele Dipasquale, and Pedro A.H. Paixão.
Exhibition cycle: Extractive Imagination(s)
Since the advent of sedentary Western civilizations, communities have transformed matter into assets through systems of extraction—harvesting crops, sifting soil, and distilling water. The speed and visibility of extraction contrast with the slowness and subtlety of its exhaust — that which is left behind, consumed and deemed useless within productive logics. The upcoming exhibitions explore extraction and consumption as intertwined processes.
Chapter 1, Pied-à-Terre. Harnessing Energy
How does the harnessing of energy relate to cultural production? How to produce without extracting? The inaugural chapter, Pied-à-Terre, Harnessing Energy, features major works by Elsa Brès, Adele Dipasquale, and Pedro A.H. Paixão. We look forward to Elsa Brès’ and Pedro A.H. Paixão very first exhibition in The Netherlands ! The Balcony is also excited and pleased to present new work by Adele Dipasquale.
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About The Balcony
The Balcony is an exhibition and curatorial platform based in The Hague, founded in 2018 by Arthur Cordier & Valentino Russo. The Balcony curates exhibitions supporting the presentation of upcoming practices with a focus on alternative formats of display, keen on collaborations and often unconventional locations. Starting 2023 The Balcony is initiated by Arthur Cordier (BE), Valentino Russo (IT), Abril Cisneros (ES/MX), Mari Kolcheva (BG) and Ariane Toussaint (FR/ES).
