In the 1980s, the generators of the city's power station were turned off cold in Ham. Nowadays you will find De Centrale, a warm and vibrant haven that focuses on the power of diversity. And there, hidden behind the concert hall, lurks the old Turbine Hall. Two floors with gigantic generators and an infinite network of pipes: this is where we and a lot of other painters took out the brushes for one evening.

As with every edition of Painting Nights, it is not about the result, but about the pleasure of painting somewhere inspiring. Painter Bart Spitaels took our painters along in his fascination for industrial pearls. He finds inspiration in pipe systems, machinery (whether working or not) or electricity plans.