Hantrax Dolls is an artistic project by Antwerp-based composer, musician and performer Han Swolfs, better-known as Hantrax. A key protagonist of the Antwerp underground, Hantrax’s live performances of electronic music in particular create atmospheres of vitality and hypnotism. His life of creativity is so unbridled to extent that that he is equally embraced by Antwerp’s creative community, including its visual artists and designers as much as the music scene.
Hantrax Dolls is an ongoing project by the artist in which making a doll is part of his daily ritual. For Hantrax, these everyday dolls are 'non-intentional' creation, without a predetermined form, so intuition is the key. The exhibition shows a selection of his growing doll community with references from music, literature and the internet. During each exhibition, Hantrax organizes a workshop
where he invites both artists and the public to give free rein to the creation of unique dolls, made from every conceivable material, no matter how ephemeral. Hantrax invited artist and designer friends to participate, the workshop dolls are all labeled "Hantrax Dolls by ..." and are added to the exhibition. Renowned names such as Ann Demeulemeester, Luc Tuymans, Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen, Vedran Kopljar, Kati Heck and many others all created their own Hantrax Doll. Each of these dolls has its own
name and story, and together they form a growing family of symbols for free expression, fantasy, non-normativity and joy
performance with Ria Pacquée, Messieurs, Elko Blijweert and Hantrax
A doll made by talking-hantraxdolls-expo-m hka-inbox
picture: Christine Clincx (c)
Current expo M HKA
M HKA
“A doll made by talking”
Workshop:
dge
Previous expo’s:
CASSTL is proud to present Hantrax Dolls AFTER X-MAS
CASSTL is proud to present Hantrax Dolls AFTER X-MAS
On Sunday, February 27, CASSTL presents the first solo Hantrax Dolls exhibition.
“Hantrax Dolls is a visual project by Antwerp based composer, performer, and pianist Han Swolfs (1984). Renowned for his live electronic performances and imaginative piano stage productions, his shows are kinetic, atmospheric, hypnotic, and cinematic. A multi-faceted musician who is both enigmatic and kind, Hantrax traverses music categories with whimsical ease from classical to jazz to sharp electronic music.
Dubbed ‘The Illustrious Prince of the Antwerp Underground’, Hantrax creates transformative music championed by connoisseurs and barbarians alike.”
Hantrax Dolls AFTER X-MAS
27/02/22 – 18/03/22
Opening: Sunday, February 27 from 2 - 10pm
Visiting hours: Monday-Friday, 2 - 6pm
Closed on Saturday and Sunday
Picture Pieter Huybrechts (c)
SPLASH!
summer in the city
Babette Cooijmans, Johannes Elebaut,
Fiona Koene, Johan Van Oeckel,
Hantraxdolls, Axelle Vertommen
25 June - 17 July 2021
Press:
Vice
