Vroom is an art space dedicated
to experimental comics and contemporary drawing located at Dokter De Meersmanstraat 19, 1070 Anderlecht, Brussels.
poster by Maya Strobbe
Rehearsal Dinner
by Momo Gordon and Guillaume Jannes
exhibition
Rehearsal Dinner is the inaugural duo-exhibition of artists Momo Gordon (1992, USA) and Guillaume Jannes (2000, BE).
Ever since the global heatwave of August 2022 Gordon and Jannes have shared a digital life on the fringes of their respective realities. Spanning three years and one ocean, the artists’ correspondence uncovered echoes and commonalities - interweaving the very core of their practices.
Amalgamating shared auto-fictional motifs and theatrical rites of passage this exhibition marks the first physical node of their collaboration. In Rehearsal Dinner works on paper - drawings as portals - are staged alongside ritual gestures and sensory interventions, evoking moments of preparation and transition: the pause before an entrance, the breath before a sip, the quiet negative space in which two narratives meet and intertwine.
Momo Gordon is a self taught artist focused on the emotional landscape. Based in Portland, OR, working primarily with graphite and handmade paper their work explores sentient spaces, hostile architecture, and anthropomorphized objects. In sequential works or standalone pieces, characters often have four walls. You may have seen their work with Fisk Projects, Saint Heron, or Nieves Books.
Guillaume Jannes’ practice engages with queer auto-ethnography, navigating the intersections of memory, narrative structures, and suspended temporalities. Employing associative narration Jannes interrogates the knotting of queer histories through charcoal drawings, texts, and installations. Drawing upon their background in illustration as a methodology for artistic production, Jannes generates sequential, non-linear visual narratives that redefine the boundaries of the medium.
Alongside the exhibition, VROOM hosted a series of free events. Each gathering offered a different entry point into the world of the artists and their collaborative practice.
The artists gave an in-depth tour of the exhibition, followed by a conversation about their co-creation process. We held a hands-on ceramic plate decorating workshop and an afternoon tea party with endless cakes. And we finished the exhibition with a performance by Belgian accordionist and composer, Suzan Peeter who filled the thresholds, blinds, and negative zones with sound.
VROOM also held a joint evening with Tentoo: BLING BLING - funding and invoicing for upcoming artists. One of the exhibiting artists, Guillaume Jannes gave a talk with VROOM about funding and Kenny De Volgealëre, from Tentoo, held an info session on invoicing possibilities.