#68: Once in a while we need to get out of utopia and get something done.|#89: Build-in impurity within the organisation.|#6: Demand that visitors are active.|#81: Things come alive when there is friction.|#16: Kunsthal Gent will always be a construction site.|#91: Embrace doubt.|#117: Consider design, organisational structures and architecture as programme.|#94: No objections? Just do it.|#17: An exhibition is never finished.|#53: Immaterial support for artists is important.|#59: Always protect the floor when painting (or pouring concrete)|#57: Volunteers must be: cared for / hands on / ready to learn / willing to share / in it to win it / show new or old tricks.|#24: We invest long-term in individual artists’ careers, working over time in different contexts. This also applies to designers / web-developers / photographers / volunteers /…|#84: The White Cube is a lie.|#40: Follow the artist|#35: The artist fee should be good.|#56: Take a lunch break.|#25: Never ask the artist to just present their work, ask them to co-create and co-organise the space.|#111: Do it together.|#87: Always keep in mind there is something really special about being in a room that is 19 meters tall.|#82: Clean and sterile looks professional, but really boring.|#44: No name tags at dinner.|#28: Make Contracts.|#2: Bring something new to the city of Ghent.|#64: Arrange a distribution of forces.|#68: Once in a while we need to get out of utopia and get something done.|#89: Build-in impurity within the organisation.|#6: Demand that visitors are active.|#81: Things come alive when there is friction.|#16: Kunsthal Gent will always be a construction site.|#91: Embrace doubt.|#117: Consider design, organisational structures and architecture as programme.|#94: No objections? Just do it.|#17: An exhibition is never finished.|#53: Immaterial support for artists is important.|#59: Always protect the floor when painting (or pouring concrete)|#57: Volunteers must be: cared for / hands on / ready to learn / willing to share / in it to win it / show new or old tricks.|#24: We invest long-term in individual artists’ careers, working over time in different contexts. This also applies to designers / web-developers / photographers / volunteers /…|#84: The White Cube is a lie.|#40: Follow the artist|#35: The artist fee should be good.|#56: Take a lunch break.|#25: Never ask the artist to just present their work, ask them to co-create and co-organise the space.|#111: Do it together.|#87: Always keep in mind there is something really special about being in a room that is 19 meters tall.|#82: Clean and sterile looks professional, but really boring.|#44: No name tags at dinner.|#28: Make Contracts.|#2: Bring something new to the city of Ghent.|#64: Arrange a distribution of forces.|
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This is draft #1.2 of the user’s manual for Kunsthal Gent.

It explains what the organisation is made of, how it is set up, whom it is for, how it can be used and what it can offer. This document is made for the users (this includes the public) as well as the staff and the artists. As would be the case for operating a machine or learning a subject, the manual may be necessary for getting the full use out of Kunsthal Gent.

Content in this manual was gathered from User’s Manual draft #1, personal notes, team and board meetings, interviews, artist talks, publications and specific artist contributions.

User's Manual: Draft #1