Poppositions
2012 - 2020 (8 editions)
Founding board member (together with Liv Vaisberg and Edouard Meier)
Poppositions was an annual alternative art fair based in Brussels, founded in 2012 as a nonprofit organization (vzw/asbl). Designed as a critical counterpart to mainstream fairs like Art Brussels, it presented site-specific, in situ exhibitions by emerging galleries, artist-run initiatives, and project spaces in shifting, often historically significant venues across the city.
Each edition featured artworks created especially for its unconventional setting—abandoned industrial halls, former breweries, or railway stations—providing a more immersive, experimental experience beyond the white‑cube model of traditional fairs.
Participants were selected by an international jury, and the event often included talks, performances, readings, and pop‑up happenings. Themes and locations changed yearly to foster fresh dialogues, low participation fees, and accessibility to emerging artists and initiatives. The event was discontinued in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.
With special thanks to the art fair directors: Rachelle Dufour, Amélie Quillet, Niekolaas Johannes Lekkerkerk and Nicolas de Ribou, and all the volunteers for realizing Poppositions together.