Invited to take over the space of Casino Luxembourg — Forum d’art contemporain, Aline Bouvy offers a fresh perspective on issues of control and gaze, as well as on the bodily and social norms that underpin her artistic practice. Tools of labor, subjects of revolt or protest, objects of desire and pleasure, but also of suffering or deprivation—for the multidisciplinary Belgian-Luxembourgish artist bodies represent a vast field of study, experimentation, and subversion. Aline Bouvy doesn’t favor a medium in particular. The exhibition itself emerges as her medium of choice.

With Hot flashes, Aline Bouvy examines the experience of childhood as a stage in social and political construction.

Hot flashes opens with a large-scale mural, whose motifs, drawn from the aesthetic of the 1970s, evoke the familiar colors of childhood wall decorations. Disassociated and enlarged to the scale of Casino Luxembourg, the artist’s painted elements create an uncanny sense of familiarity.

On their journey through the exhibition, the visitors find themselves confronted with a both visual and architectural device/piece that splits up the large hall of the art center, transforming it into a closed set. Composed of a long, tall one-way mirror, this sculpture reveals the space and the bodies moving through it in a disquieting play of asymmetries. By manipulating scale, Aline Bouvy explores the tangible proportional relationships between body and space, inviting visitors to experience them directly. The exhibition thus creates a silent, tense, stage-like environment, where one is reflected and observed —without always knowing they might be seen themselves. Specially conceived for the exhibition, a series of new works invites each viewer to question their own perception.

With Hot flashes, Aline Bouvy reflects on the stages of our lives, including childhood—a time of growth, observation, experimentation, and confrontation with others. The exhibition evokes the notion of childhood confined within structures, caught between the gaze of others and an often-curtailed imaginary freedom. It invites us all to critically examine our own past.

This project, initiated by Casino Luxembourg — Forum d’art contemporain, is part of a long-term collaboration and reaffirms the institution’s commitment to supporting artistic creation on an international scale. The collaboration will continue at the Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art and at the Salzburger Kunstverein in 2026.