local nobility
HD video, 2’, without sound
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Emma van der Put (2025)
Courtesy tegenboschvanvreden, Amsterdam
The ‘Ommegang’ is an annual re-enactment of a medieval procession that takes place at the Grand Place in Brussels. Overlooking this spectacle from City Hall are a group of sculptures that derived from 19th-century fantasies, re-imagining the spectators present at the time the Ommegang commenced. During the restorations of the Brussels City Hall in 1841, a selection of renowned Belgian artists were commissioned to create life-size sculptures of historically influential Brussels citizens from the 15th century to be placed on the façade of building, extending their gaze from the past into the present.
