The installation refers to the silver paper — used to wrap chocolate bars — that Flemish children collected during the first half of the twentieth century. It was gathered to support missionaries in the Congo.
What actually happened to this silver paper remains unclear. It is said to have been sold to scrap dealers. No trace has ever been found of factories melting down the silver paper. Collecting silver paper was most likely an awareness-raising campaign, through which Belgians were encouraged to feel involved in the colony — much like the nodding Black child into which children could insert a coin.
Despite the warm memories many Flemish people associate with these collection campaigns, this missionary work was primarily part of the colonization of the Congo.
— Source: FAAM Flanders —
Try-out at SLAC Leuven — November 2025: installation, video and participatory performance
Within the framework of the group exhibition Carte Blanche — Gravity