SHIFT Entity is a Brussels-based artistic duo made up of Axelle Devaux (alumni de Pratiques éditoriales) and Pierre-Clément Malet (alumni de Pratiques de l'exposition). Basing their work on the notion of shifting realities, where one projects their consciousness to an alternate realm, they create immersive installations inspired by their fascination for natural and counter-intuitive phenomena such as the mirages of Fata Morgana or pyrophytic plants. Through their work, they explore these themes by adopting spatial strategies, integrating collaborations with other artists and developing narratives that flirt with science fiction.

More Women on Volcanoes by SHIFT Entity is presented in two parts: the first chapter taking place at 019 in Ghent in December 2024 and the second at KOMPLOT in Brussels in June 2025. 

The project extends the research they began with First Blossoming of a Lava-Fueled Consciousness, exhibited at the SAFFCA Foundation (Abbaye de La Cambre Brussels) as part of the OFF programme for Art Brussels 2024. This exhibition centered around the characters K and M, based on the real-life French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft. They spent their lives studying volcanic eruptions, with one ultimately bringing them to their end. There are many records of the Kraffts stating it was their destiny to die close to what they loved most. In the exhibition, two wooden modules were animated by a sound composition by Émilie Lachaume, capturing vocal interferences to evoke the rebirth of their consciousness. 

For More Woman on Volcanoes, SHIFT Entity collaborates with Max Denis and Tatiana Vejic (alumni de Peinture) to enrich their narrative around K, the now central character whose scientific hybridisation continues to evolve. This new chapter at 019 allows for sculpture and scent to adopt an original form inspired by cryptobiosis, a biological state of ‘near death’ in which an organism suspends its metabolism in order to survive in hostile conditions, revealing a new dimension of resilience and transformation. Like the tardigrade, K’s hybridisation causes it to dry out almost completely.

Commissariat d'exposition : Thibaud Leplat & Camille Van Meenen  

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