Kunsthal Extra City
In Remembrance of the Earldom of Watou
With Guillaume Bijl
Curated by Guillaume Bijl Estate (Nadia Bijl and Ulrike Lindmayr) & Antony Hudek
24/10/2026 – 27/12/2026
Kunsthal Extra City presents In Remembrance of the Earldom of Watou, an exceptional project by Guillaume Bijl that was shown only once before, during the Watou Arts Festival in 2002.
Twenty-four years later, this unique work is being reconstructed for the first time in the former Dominican church of Kunsthal Extra City. The installation combines a fictional-historical museum, theatrical scenery and live performances of The Early Years of the Earldom of Watou, the only stage play in Bijl’s oeuvre. For this new presentation, the play is directed by artist Aline Bouvy and performed by amateur actors from Antwerp.
