Base-Alpha Gallery
Kattenberg 12, 2140 Antwerpen, Belgium
‘Souvenirs From Whimsical Travels' is a processing of the photo archive of the last 3 years in the life of Bernadette Sochacki, the mother of artist Lieven Segers. During this period, when life showed itself at its most merciless, mother and son made a remarkable number of short journeys to celebrate life and seek enlightenment.
For Lieven Segers, these physical and mental journeys have become the subject for a series of psychedelic collages, which form fragmentary and non-linear memories of the last intense contacts with his mother. The collages were then handed over to professionals to turn them into a “whimsical” souvenir.
Lieven Segers consciously chooses to approach this sensitive subject artistically and at the same time playfully. Through his own tragicomic method, he strikes a subtle balance between releasing very personal images and an open, cheerful view of life.
