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Slow Looking Saturday is a museum series taking place during the temporary exhibition ‘Presence of the Past – a Photo Album’. Every first Saturday of the month at 14:30, come and delve into a topic of the exhibition through specific photographs for an hour. A facilitator will accompany you and the group to look at a photograph at a different pace and take the time to reflect on it. Collectively the sessions will cover all the rooms in the exhibition, through the slow looking practice and learning of historical facts based on the group’s observations and reflections.
Please register in advance for the session you want to attend, to secure your spot and get a reminder before the event. Registered visitors will have priority, but you can also drop by the museum and see if spots are available on the day. To ensure a pleasant experience, the ideal group size is about 15 people . If not registered in advance, the “first come, first served” rule will be applied.
Slow Looking Saturday calendar
5 July – Destination: History
Focus on ‘Mediterranean. The Continuity of Man’ by Nick Hannes – a look to the - sometimes troubling - tourist behaviours in heritage sites.
2 August – De-commemoration
Focus on ‘Washing Away the Past’ by Ria Pacquée – which traces the cleaning of a monument of Leopold II in Oostende, Belgium, that activists had doused with red paint.
6 September – Re-enactments
Focus on ‘Nostalgia for Mud’ by Hugo Passarello Luna – a contemporary look through a World War One camera at re-enactment events.
4 October – The past as landscape
Focus on ‘The Last Stand’ by Marc Wilson – a highlight on the physical remnants of the war in nature.
1 November - Museum closed, no Slow Looking Saturday taking place.
6 December – Let’s make history!
Focus on the sets of pictures available in the “Let’s make history!” exhibition interactive – this session draws links with the rest of the exhibition and records details that could vanish soon!
Practical information
- Meet the guide at 14:30 in the Fables Room, just before the entrance of the temporary exhibition.
- Please be aware that to enter the museum, you would pass through security checks which can take some time.
- Please arrive 10 minutes in advance. The activity will be held in English.
- The activity is suitable for people aged 16 years old and over.
- Registration is recommended in advance.