This installation can be visited continuously in Het Loket in Podium Explore at the following times:
Friday, November 21 – 16:30 – 00:00
Saturday, November 22 – 13:00 – 20:30
Sunday, November 23 – 13:15 – 23:00
Hot witches putting a spell on you
At Het Loket in Podium Explore, dive into the forgotten language of adult cinema with The Pornographic Archive of Clothed Dialogue by Magdalena Collective.
In this video installation, porn dialogues before and after sex are lifted from their original context and woven into a found-footage montage. What usually serves as filler or foreplay becomes the main story. From sultry 1970s softcore films to contemporary “hot witches putting a spell on you,” the work examines what these spoken moments — before, after, and between desire — reveal about our relationship with sex, lust, and pornography in an age when everything is within reach.
About Magdalena Collective
The feminist thinking-and-making Magdalena Collective consists of Musia Mwankumi, Abigail Gypens, Madonna Lenaert, and Maria Magdalena de Cort. They graduated together from KASK Drama in 2023 with the performance Do you love her? Earlier, they joined forces for their bachelor project ZOUT (2021), whose soundtrack was released in 2022 by Hoffman as Salt for Magdalene. That same year, they launched Pubic Property — a playful yet sharp call for men to donate their pubic hair, which became a visual artwork. In 2024, they created The Pornographic Archive of Clothed Dialogue, a found-footage video installation built from conversations before and after sex in pornography, accompanied by an essay on the paradox of pornography. It was shown at SNOBS #9 (Ghent) and Ensornacht (Antwerp). They also host Reading Feminism, monthly open reading circles centered on feminist texts, followed by accessible discussions with audiences. As a collective, they seek solidarity through feminism, ecology, queerness, and anti-racism. Their artistic practice is nourished by academia, mythology, and an underlying activist drive. They are currently laying the groundwork for a new performance exploring sexism and transphobia in medicine — from the witch hunt to today’s waiting room.