The Shoes Have Names project exhibited as part of ‘Fitting In’ exhibition at Z33 Hasselt, Belgium.

Invited by artist Jo Cope, ten designers set to work with stories of people who are or were fighting homelessness. What are their hopes, which steps can they still take and which do they still want to take? Hense Cope chose shoes as a metaphor, functioning as symbolic instruments for social activism.

The Shoes Have Names project was created in colaboration with the Shelter charity and in celebration of their work fighting homeless issues.

ABOUT

The world turns increasingly pluriverse. How can we, without losing ourselves, become part of a larger entity? That question forms the starting point of the group exhibition Fitting In. Artists and designers show how lavish our context can be, if we are open to the many voices around us. They understand identities as multi-layered or fluid. In conversation with you they explore the boundaries between fashion, visual art, photography, design and the world.

Participating artists:

Christian Bakalov, Alia Ali, Lisa Konno & Sarah Blok, Mous Lamrabat, Berre Brans, Elisa Van Joolen, Das Leben am Haverkamp: Dewi Bekker, Anouk van Klaveren & Gino Anthonisse, The Fabricant & Teresa Manzo, CFGNY, Ines Alpha, Tom Van der Borght, Jo Cope & Boutique by Shelter, Marwan Bassiouni, Nazanin Fakoor, Helen Storey, Sanne Vaassen, ADIFF Angela Luna, Anais Hazo-Santorin, Elke Lutgerink, Lotje Heidingsfeld, Lucy & Jorge Orta, Mona Steinhaeusser, Sheltersuit, Thierry Geoffroy, Woman Cave Collective: Léticia Chanliau & Chloé Macary-Carney.

Curators: Annelies Thoelen, Branko Popovic and Marnix Rummens

(text taken from the Z33 website and exhibition flyer)