Kunstenwerk­plaats vzw (KWP) is an expe­ri­men­tal spa­ce and devel­op­ment plat­form for artis­tic research, in the lap of 2 com­mu­ni­ty cen­ters Pianofabriek and Elzenhof, in a net­work of 22 Brussels GCs.

KWP is com­mit­ted to devel­op­ment with pro­fes­si­o­nal­ly fra­med resi­den­cies and pro­duc­ti­on sup­port for ini­ti­al research and new cre­a­ti­ons. We devel­op tai­lor-made mul­ti-year tra­jec­to­ry sup­port for some 15 artists/​collectives: from the first artis­tic con­ver­sa­ti­on and intro­duc­to­ry resi­d­en­cy, through (non-results-based) research and the rea­li­za­ti­on of first pro­duc­ti­ons, to orga­ni­zing the flow to lar­ger hou­ses and set­ting up their own structures. 

Currently, our tra­jec­to­ry artists are Anne-Laure Vandeputte, Audrey Apers, Aurélie Di Marino, Edurne Rubio, Lydia McGlinchey, Marieke Schraepen & Sophia Bauer, Micha Goldberg & Rosie Sommers, Milo Slayers, Mustaf Ahmeti, Parvin Saljoughi, Renée Goethijn, Roel Heremans, Samah Hijawi, Sana Ghobbeh, Sébastien Hendrickx, Simon Van Schuylenbergh, Sophia Rodriguez and Stijn Demeulenaere. 

KWP is com­mit­ted to sup­por­ting artists who push the boun­da­ries of their dis­ci­pli­ne. We go for a ​“stretch” within the per­for­ming arts, com­bi­ning the­a­ter, dan­ce, per­for­man­ce and hybrid, mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­na­ry forms. This cre­a­tes inno­va­ti­ve cross-pollinations.

KWP opts for a broad influx of pro­mi­s­ing artists/​collectives. Both art school gra­du­a­tes and talent from the infor­mal cir­cuits find their way to KWP. We focus on artists who do not yet have a clear dis­ci­pli­ne, sta­tus, pla­ce in the field or struc­tu­re. They are artists with aty­pi­cal prac­ti­ces, sepa­ra­te pre­li­mi­na­ry tra­jec­to­ries and/​or dif­fe­rent pro­fi­les, but always with a strong sig­na­tu­re of their own.

KWP cre­a­tes a micro­cosm whe­re inter­na­ti­o­nal and local meet and new aes­the­tics and ide­as inter­sect. We con­nect both Brussels and Flemish artists with the inter­na­ti­o­nal sce­ne, and inter­na­ti­o­nal artists with local artis­tic dynamics.

KWP Kunstenwerkplaats

Fortstraat 35 — 1060 Sint-Gillis

02 541 01 70