January 16 - March 7, 2026
"they built up the picture" / Caroline Reveillaud, solo show at Komplot, Brussels
Caroline Reveillaud
they built up the picture
Curated by Thibaud Leplat
In co-production with Gilbard
Opening
Thursday 15.01.2026 | 18:00 – 22:00
Exhibition
16.01 – 28.02.2026
Komplot (Brussels, Belgium) presents they built up the picture, Caroline Reveillaud's first solo exhibition in Belgium, from January 16 to February 28, 2026.
Extending her reflections on images and their modes of appearance, Caroline Reveillaud has been conducting research since 2022 on the animal figure of the freshwater bivalve (river mussel) and its interactions with humans. In this work, she explores the notion of a “sensible image,” which, at the heart of a network of exchanges, connects natural, human, and social histories and highlights an ecology of our relationship with the living world.
The exhibition they built up the picture takes as its starting point her ongoing film Biomimético-imago. Within Komplot's space, she unfolds a constellation of sculptural cabinets, drawings, texts, references, and a sound piece by Élodie Lecat, an ensemble that, when assembled, offers a fragmented version of the film, spanning from the research phase to its realization.
Drawing on the language of documentary and experimental cinema, Biomimético-imago. is built from scientific and philosophical sources. It first explores notions of the naturalist gaze, between museum, conservation, collection, specimen, and drawing; then the biological revolution and the emergence of new tools for understanding; and finally, the sensory and collective field experience, where observers, lookouts, and practices of participatory science open up new perspectives.
Biomimético-imago received research and production support from the Centre national des arts plastiques (CNAP) and research grant support from ADAGP for the continuation of her research on naturalism. In co-production with Gilbard. Komplot is generously supported by the FWB, COCOF, VGC, and the municipality of Anderlecht.
PUBLIC PROGRAMME
15.12.2026 – Opening
Conversation between Caroline Reveillaud and Thibaud Leplat
12:00-13:30
Amphi Horta – Arba ESA, Rue du Midi, 144, 1000 Bruxelles
Thibaud Leplat will be in conversation with artist Caroline Reveillaud about her practice and her exhibition they built up the picture at Komplot, which opens on the same day.
Live set by Élodie Lecat
18:45 (40mn)
Komplot, Brussels. Place du conseil, 4, Raadsplein, 1070.