Komplot

𝑠̶𝑢̶𝑗̶𝑒̶𝑡̶ by The LetterS̷ pace Department

French and Dutch & public programme below

Komplot is happy to be back from its summer break and presents: 𝑠̶𝑢̶𝑗̶𝑒̶𝑡̶ , a solo exhibition by The LetterS̷ pace Department.

With Achilles Mussche, Alicja Melzacka, Antoinette Jattiot, Damiano Curschellas, Dieter Ravyts, gerlach en koop, Louis Garrido, Lukas Stallaert, Maxime Melis, Michiel Ceulers, Pierre Leguillon, Reinier Vrancken, Sophie Nys, Thibaud Leplat, Yann Chateigné Tytelman, Yue Yuan

Rather than presenting a singular authorial position, at Komplot The LetterS̷ pace Department operates as guest and host at once, re-membering the works of close friends and kindred spirits in order to compose its first solo exhibition as one body of work.At the start of 𝑠̶𝑢̶𝑗̶𝑒̶𝑡̶  lies the discovery of foundling tokens preserved in the archives of the CPAS/OCMW of Brussels. Left with infants placed in foundling drawers between the eighteenth and early twentieth centuries, cards, devotional prints and pieces of cloth were often divided in two. One half remained with the child, the other with the parent, each irregular edge preserving the possibility of a future reunion. 

Subjectivity emerges in this space: not as a unified whole, but as something split, addressed and assembled through relations, voices and acts of enunciation. 𝑠̶𝑢̶𝑗̶𝑒̶𝑡̶ takes this split and the bar as a working principle, to make visible what the division puts into relation. A word transforms into an image when barred and a line becomes a signature once it’s crossed out by another. 

Founded in 2022, The LetterS̷ pace Department (TLSD) is an artistic entity working across a variety of spaces, with language as a matter of failure and a particular interest in the interstices, lapses and ellipses. It develops minor models of resistance through parasitic strategies and by exploring the conditions and environments in which it operates. For 𝑠̶𝑢̶𝑗̶𝑒̶𝑡̶,  these strategies take the form of an exhibition, a publication and a public programme.

𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴

Friday 11.09.2026 18:00-22:00 

Preview at 16:00 

As part of Rendez-Vous Brussels and Art Anderlecht

𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

12.09-24.10.2026

Thur. – Sat. | 14:00 – 18:00 or by appointment

The exhibition is supported by the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, de Vlaamse Gemeenchapscommissie, and the municipality of Anderlecht. 

FR

Komplot est heureux de faire son retour après la pause estivale et présente 𝑠̶𝑢̶𝑗̶𝑒̶𝑡̶, une exposition personnelle de The LetterS pace Department.

Avec Achilles Mussche, Alicja Melzacka, Antoinette Jattiot, Damiano Curschellas, Dieter Ravyts, gerlach en koop, Louis Garrido, Lukas Stallaert, Maxime Melis, Michiel Ceulers, Pierre Leguillon, Reiner Vrancken, Sophie Nys, Thibaud Leplat, Yann Chateigné Tytelman et Yue Yuan.

Plutôt que de présenter une position d’auteur singulière, The LetterS pace Department agit à la fois comme invité et comme hôte à Komplot, réunissant les œuvres d’ami·es proches et de personnes avec lesquelles il partage des affinités, afin de composer sa première exposition personnelle en un seul corps d’œuvre.

À l’origine de 𝑠̶𝑢̶𝑗̶𝑒̶𝑡̶ se trouve la découverte de signes de reconnaissance conservés dans les archives du CPAS/OCMW de Bruxelles. Laissés auprès des nourrissons déposés dans les tours d’abandon entre le XVIIIe et le début du XXe siècle, des cartes, des images pieuses et des morceaux de tissu étaient souvent divisés en deux. Une moitié restait avec l’enfant, l’autre avec le parent, chaque bord irrégulier préservant la possibilité d’une future réunion.

La subjectivité émerge dans cet espace : non pas comme un tout unifié, mais comme quelque chose de divisé, adressé et assemblé à travers des relations, des voix et des actes d’énonciation. 𝑠̶𝑢̶𝑗̶𝑒̶𝑡̶ fait de cette division et de la barre un principe de travail, afin de rendre visible ce que la séparation met en relation. Un mot se transforme en image lorsqu’il est barré, et une ligne devient une signature lorsqu’elle est traversée par une autre.

Fondé en 2022, The LetterS pace Department (TLSD) est une entité artistique qui travaille à travers une variété d’espaces, avec le langage comme matière de l’échec et un intérêt particulier pour les interstices, les lapsus et les ellipses. Il développe des modèles mineurs de résistance à travers des stratégies parasitaires et en explorant les conditions et les environnements dans lesquels il opère. Pour 𝑠̶𝑢̶𝑗̶𝑒̶𝑡̶, ces stratégies prennent la forme d’une exposition, d’une publication et d’un programme public.

Vernissage
vendredi 11.09.2026 | 18h00–22h00
Préouverture à 16h00

Dans le cadre de @rendezvousbrussels et d’Art Anderlecht

Exposition
12.09–24.10.2026
Jeu.–sam. | 14h00–18h00 ou sur rendez-vous

L’exposition bénéficie du soutien de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, de la Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie et de la commune d’Anderlecht.

NL

Komplot is terug van de zomerstop en presenteert met veel plezier: 𝑠̶𝑢̶𝑗̶𝑒̶𝑡̶, een solotentoonstelling van The LetterS pace Department.

Met Achilles Mussche, Alicja Melzacka, Antoinette Jattiot, Damiano Curschellas, Dieter Ravyts, gerlach en koop, Louis Garrido, Lukas Stallaert, Maxime Melis, Michiel Ceulers, Pierre Leguillon, Reiner Vrancken, Sophie Nys, Thibaud Leplat, Yann Chateigné Tytelman, Yue Yuan

In plaats van één enkele auteurspositie te presenteren, treedt The LetterS pace Department bij Komplot tegelijk op als gast en gastheer. Het re-membering van werk van goede vrienden en verwante geesten om zo zijn eerste solotentoonstelling als één geheel samen te stellen.

Aan de basis van 𝑠̶𝑢̶𝑗̶𝑒̶𝑡̶ ligt de ontdekking van vondelingentekens die bewaard worden in de archieven van het OCMW/CPAS van Brussel. Deze kaarten, devotieprentjes en stukken stof werden achtergelaten bij kinderen die tussen de achttiende en het begin van de twintigste eeuw in vondelingenschuiven werden geplaatst en vaak in tweeën werden gedeeld. De ene helft bleef bij het kind, de andere bij de ouder, waarbij elke onregelmatige rand de mogelijkheid van een toekomstige hereniging behield.

Subjectiviteit ontstaat in deze ruimte: niet als een eenduidig geheel, maar als iets dat wordt gesplitst, aangesproken en samengesteld door relaties, stemmen en handelingen van enunciatie. 𝑠̶𝑢̶𝑗̶𝑒̶𝑡̶ neemt deze splitsing en de doorhaling als werkprincipe, om zichtbaar te maken wat door de scheiding met elkaar in relatie wordt gebracht. Een woord verandert in een beeld wanneer het wordt doorgestreept, en een lijn wordt een handtekening zodra een andere lijn haar doorkruist.

The LetterS pace Department (TLSD), opgericht in 2022, is een artistieke entiteit die in uiteenlopende ruimtes werkt, met taal als een kwestie van falen en met een bijzondere interesse in tussenruimtes, haperingen en ellipsen. Het ontwikkelt kleine modellen van verzet via parasitaire strategieën en door de omstandigheden en omgevingen waarin het opereert te onderzoeken. Voor 𝑠̶𝑢̶𝑗̶𝑒̶𝑡̶ nemen deze strategieën de vorm aan van een tentoonstelling, een publicatie en een publiek programma.

Opening
Vrijdag 11.09.2026 | 18:00–22:00
Preview om 16:00

Als onderdeel van @rendezvousbrussels en Art Anderlecht

Tentoonstelling
12.09–24.10.2026
Do. – za. | 14:00–18:00 of op afspraak

De tentoonstelling wordt ondersteund door de Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, de Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie en de gemeente Anderlecht.

Opening day 11.09 I 16:00 Preview : registration here I 18:00-22:00 : Opening

13.09.2026 I 14:30 : Alicja Melzacka  Variations on the Body (after Michel Serres) reading for two voices in collaboration with Stine Sampers.

15:00 : Lukas Stallaert & Wim De Pauw, Why Knot Psychoanalysis?. Open table conversation on art and psychoanalysis. 

10.10.2026 I 14:30 : The LetterS̷ pace Department. Too Halve Have To. Booklaunch. The artist book Too Halve Have Too brings together 52 foundling tokens from the CPAS/OCMW Bruxelles/Brussel archive. 

Yue Yuan, Disparition, the oral introduction of words removed from the 9th edition Dictionnaire de l’Académie française (2024) in everyday conversations by Yue Yuan and The LetterS pace Department. 2026 

Michiel Ceulers, Der Charme einer vorbeigehenden Frau steht in Regel in direktem, Verhältnis zu dem Tempo ihres Ganges I, Oil on stitched canvas, wooden clothes hanger, Size of an adult person 2026 and Der Charme einer vorbeigehenden Frau steht in Regel in direktem, Verhältnis zu dem Tempo ihres Ganges II, Oil on stitched canvas, wooden clothes hanger, Size of an adult person, 2026. Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Pierre Leguillon, Poster by Herbert Leupin for the Mustermesse Basel [Basel fair] Color litography, impression Wolfsberg, Zürich. 90,5 x 128 cm, 1943, Collection Musée des Erreurs, Brussels (BE). Damiano Curschellas, ON LOAN Digital print, call number, 84,1 x 59,4 cm 2026, On loan from Fundaziun Nairs library, Scuol (CH). Michiel Ceulers, Lady and The Vagabond Oil on canvas, wood, cardboard, staples, glue, caulk, 72 x 40 x 65cm, 2026. Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider.
Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Dieter Ravyts, SNAKE (JCCCJ), Gouache on cardboard, staples, 10 x 24 cm, 2025. Maxime Melis ft. Bernard Jattiot & Franck Grandmaire, Untitled, Oil paint on canvas, photograph, 40 x 50 cm, 10 x 15 cm, 2023, A recomposed work, on loan from a living room. Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider.
Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Yann Chateigné Tytelman, I imagine/Time, Pencil, Dimensions variable, 2026. Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Sophie Nys, Für Damen, Painted, polycarbonate, 12,5 x 60 x 1,2 cm 2019. Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot
Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot
Reinier Vrancken, a hornet tests my sculptured skin, Embalming formula, composed to give the appearance of marble Dimensions variable, 2021. Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetteS̷S pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Pierre Leguillon, Oracles, Facsimile artists’ calling cards, 188,5 cm, 2017. Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Sophie Nys, Adieu, Cotton, Dimensions variable, 2021. Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Reinier Vrancken, come to, gone from Triangular picture futons, 6 x 13 cm each 2026. Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Details of gerlach en koop, A Third Volume, Acrylic glass, copy of the very rare first edition of Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, the only edition printed in two separate volumes, found in a charity shop in Brussels—held together by a rubber band, 825.250.000 cm3, 2026. Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Achilles Mussche, Geven Oefenen [Exercising Giving], Watercolor copies on paper, framed, 38,5 x 58 cm each since 2024, Collection The LetterS̷ pace Department, Brussels (BE). Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Reinier Vrancken, are crickets’ air, Cricket cages arranged in a closed contour, Dimensions variable, 2026. Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Details of gerlach en koop, Portrait of a Man, 2012, watch, pencil, 195,6 x 1,9 cm, Portrait of Another Man, 2012, watch, pencil, 194,4 x 1,7 cm, Portrait of a Third Man, 2012, watch, pencil, 183,1 x 1,9 cm, Portrait of a Fourth Man, 2015, watch, pencil, 203,6 x 2,0 cm, Portrait of a Fifth Man, 2015, watch, pencil, 188,1 x 1,8 cm, Portrait of a Sixth Man, 2015, watch, pencil, 172,8 x 1,7 cm, Portrait of a Seventh Man, 2015, watch, pencil, 230,6 x 1,8 cm, Portrait of an Eighth Man, 2015, watch, pencil, 175,4 x 1,8 cm, Portrait of an Old Man, 2015, watch, pencil, 215,1 x 1,9 cm Portrait of a Tenth Man, 2015, watch, pencil, 183,5 x 1,7 cm, Portrait of an Eleventh Man, 2015, watch, pencil, 189 x 1,8 cm Portrait of a Twelfth Man, 2015, watch, pencil, 188,6 x 2,0 cm. Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
 Details of gerlach en koop, A Third Volume, Acrylic glass, copy of the very rare first edition of Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, the only edition printed in two separate volumes, found in a charity shop in Brussels—held together by a rubber band, 825.250.000 cm3, 2026. Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.
Exhibition view of s̶u̶j̶e̶t̶ by The LetterS̷ pace department, 12.09-24.10.2026, at Komplot. Image Fabrice Schneider. Courtesy of the artist and Komplot.