Faith No More. Rituals for Uncertain Times is curated by Sarah Keymeulen and Klara Rowaert in collaboration with co-curator Kendell Geers.
We are living in uncertain times. Climate change, wars, tensions between countries, rapid technological shifts and social unrest leave many feeling lost. At times, it seems as though we are sliding into an apocalyptic vision of the future. This echoes the late Middle Ages, when people saw their world as chaotic, threatening and unstable — and surrendered to higher powers in search of guidance.
For centuries, religion offered a framework to understand life. It provided direction and comfort, but also imposed dogmas and exclusion. Faith was the way to create order in an often incomprehensible reality. Today, that self-evident role of religion has largely disappeared. We live in a secular and fragmented society. Where do we now find new forms of grounding, connection and hope? How do we give our fears and desires a place?
This exhibition departs from that search. It shows how artists, past and present, grapple with uncertainty and fear, how they shape grand narratives and intimate rituals, and how art can offer new perspectives for collective grounding. Perhaps the key to our time lies not in ready-made answers, but in searching, experiencing, and imagining together what it means to be human in a world full of change.
