Practical
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Pilar invite you to visit Setting the Table.
The project explores the table and its non-Western counterpart, 𝘚𝘶𝘧𝘳𝘢, as spaces where food and stories are shared and where collective meaning is shaped. Here, the table functions as a curatorial framework: defining who gathers, how encounters take place, and what connections emerge. It becomes a tool for rethinking access and participation.
By inviting collectives, artists and communities who might never otherwise meet, to come together to inhabit and activate the exhibition space. The project opens up to horizontal forms of gatherings and exchanges. Through dinners, installations, performances and participatory workshops, the programme aims to initiate new encounters. In doing so, it challenges institutional norms, reframing art spaces as sites of negotiation, dialogue, and hospitality rather than exclusion or passive spectatorship.
The world needs you
This initiative is part of VUB's public programme, a programme for everyone who believes that scientific knowledge sharing, critical thinking and dialogue are an important first step to create impact in the world.
As an Urban Engaged University, VUB aims to be a driver of change in the world. With our academic edcuational programmes and innovative research, we contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations and to making a difference locally and globally.
