Stuck with a valuable friend Presentation by LUCA Photography students

LUCA Photography students present work developed within an open, process-based trajectory - an amble through KADOC’s archive.
Without a predetermined endpoint, they explore images, stories, and forms that surface along the way.

They work with a selection from KADOC’s rich collections, including paper, photos, and film from the histories of their university college, mutualities, religious institutions, as well as artists and architects. They treat these sources not as closed documents but as material that can speak anew—through shift, re-contextualisation, and interpretation.

The project embraces wandering, chance, and the power of not-knowing. By letting go of control and making room for the unforeseen, an artistic practice emerges where failure is not avoided but used as an engine for imagination. This attitude reflects a contemporary view of artistic and academic research within the broader framework of the celebration of KU Leuven’s 600th anniversary.

Supervising lecturers: Sarah Van Marcke and Melanie Matthieu.