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it’s the . time to waste some time.

slug is a rebellion quiet as moss. slow as dusk. standing (sitting, sprawling, simply there) against the gleam of want-more, need-more.

we know the world won’t pause, the system won’t stutter for us.  there’s always more to know, to do, to grasp at.

here is a silver trace of slowness. a gentle nudge to fall out of step. 
waste time. drift into the soft hollow of boredom, of freedom.

stay here. waste a while.

slug digital residency


every month, slug frees up a quiet corner for an artist in the form of a digital exhibition. 

aurike quintelier (1992°) is an architect and artist based in belgium. her work consists of drawings, site-specific installations, research and architecture, with which she searches for the connection between people and places. 
the focus is on making evident existing symbiotic relations and stories, often working in close collaboration with community, other artists and clients. in her architectural projects, the language between outside and inside, past and present is key - creating spaces that are deeply rooted in their surroundings. where possible using vernacular materials, or with a clear link to the site's past. 

quintelier was trained as an architect at ku leuven, and since 2023 teaches architecture and architectural drawing at luca school of arts in ghent.

read about her relationship to boredom & stillness here.



©2024


writer & poet ilona lodewijckx found herself bound to the steady drip drip drip of dopamine coming from curated feeds & algorithms. her attention frayed thin. she decided to reacquaint herself with a lost art: the art of being bored.

slug is the result of this search. a way to carve out space. physical. mental. temporal. space for what doesn’t demand. doesn’t insist. unproductivity. purposelessness. soothing unconcentration. slug is a gentle rebellion against our system of hyper-speed & hyper-sell. of every second filled & filled. it celebrates time well wasted. knowing only in open space can new things find shape.

slug isn’t a way of looking away. or disconnecting just to disappear. we stand firm with palestine. lebanon. sudan. congo. & all who resist oppression.