BASE-ALPHA GALLERY

LIEVEN SEGERS — SOUVENIRS FROM WHIMSICAL TRAVELS

11.05.2024 – 22.06.2024

Souvenirs from whimsical travels is a processing of the photo archive of the last three years in the life of Bernadette Sochacki, the mother of artist Lieven Segers. During this period, when life showed itself at its most merciless, mother and son made a remarkable number of short journeys to celebrate life and seek enlightenment.

For Lieven Segers, these physical and mental journeys have become the subject for a series of psychedelic collages, which form fragmentary and non-linear memories of the last intense contacts with his mother. The collages were then handed over to professionals to turn them into a “whimsical” souvenir.

Lieven Segers consciously chooses to approach this sensitive subject artistically and at the same time playfully. Through his own tragicomic way, he strikes a subtle balance between releasing very personal images and an open, cheerful view of life.

Souvenirs from whimsical travels is an experience, a journey through different dimensions, within the completely transformed Base-Alpha Gallery.