From 5 February 2026 to 30 April 2026, the exhibition space on the ground floor is dedicated to human rights. Studio mo man tai presents the guest exhibition Re-campaign – Human Rights. With this exhibition, they aim to bring human rights to the forefront of public attention.
The monumental XXL advertising banners that colour our streets usually have a short life: one campaign, one message, and then they disappear into the recycling circuit. However, the designers at studio mo man tai asked themselves a simple but powerful question: can we give these materials a longer voice? By creatively reusing the backgrounds of previous campaigns, the material not only gains a second life—the message changes too.
For this iteration of the Re-campaign project, studio mo man tai worked with enormous PET banners that once covered entire multi-storey buildings. By experimenting with the robust mono-material—cutting, restructuring, and playing with existing colours and pixel-like details—they created unique panels with unexpected visual layers. In the installation, these large textile forms are combined into colourful, layered, almost abstract portraits that visitors can walk through. Light, colour contrasts, volumes, and laser-cut graphics come together to create a sensory experience that is both aesthetic and reflective.
The commercial message is no longer central; instead, the focus shifts to a subject that deserves our full attention: universal human rights, as established by the United Nations shortly after World War II. The reused banners now serve as silent witnesses to a shared responsibility: the protection of dignity, equality, and justice. The installation invites visitors to reflect on how these universal rights are visible or invisible in daily life and how they may sometimes come under pressure.
It is no coincidence that this installation is presented at Kazerne Dossin. This special place reminds us of what happens when people are systematically reduced to categories, numbers, and objects—when rights disappear and dehumanization becomes normalized. Universal human rights emerged directly from that history. By making them visible again here, they are not merely commemorated but actively questioned: as a living framework that demands constant attention and defence.