In-fusion was a project about cultural heritage and diversity. It travelled along ten different hospitals and their environments. It was initiated by the Minister of Culture who wanted to stimulate networks of intercultural exchange between organisations of minorities and the heritage sector.
In-fusion consisted of:
- A travelling exhibition in hospitals about 7 twin themes (beginning and end, children and illness, the elderly and health, pain and medicine, body and soul, seeing and understanding, day and night): exhibition of portraits, a booklet with interviews about the themes and a ‘listening box’ (to listen to the interviews). The exhbition stayed for a month in each hospital. Instead of holding the project in museum, the choice was made to exhibit in hospitals because of the possibility to reach visitors who are not regular participants of cultural events.
- During the span or the exhibition, organisations of minorities and heritage organisations were stimulated to joinlty set up an activity about the themes. This resulted in more than 100 activities: local exhibitions, meals, interviews about rituals and feasts, about medicine, migration, …
- The work around the Cosmogolem (a big wooden statue). In every city 1 primary school was involved. For a month the Cosmogolem resided on the playground as a ‘global citizen’ that needed to be stuffed with stories, words of hope a.s.o... The children worked around the 7 themes and left their material literally in the heart of the Cosmogolem. After 3 weeks, a local artist reinterpreted the material the children had made and together they created a new work of art based on their experiences.
The Cosmogolem itself was constructed with the help of a secondary school.