Despite gra­du­a­ting in visu­al arts, Diederik Peeters somehow drif­ted off into the per­for­ming arts, whe­re he’s been spot­ted in the work of fel­low artists, snea­ki­ly dis­gui­sed as actor, per­for­mer, or even advi­sor. Most of the time, though, he pre­fers coo­king up his own artis­tic brews — often in col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with care­ful­ly selec­ted part­ners in cri­me. Over the years, he has com­mit­ted a num­ber of shows and per­for­man­ces, inclu­ding Chuck Norris doesn’t sleep, he waits, Red Herring, and Apparitions. His artis­tic prac­ti­ce is dri­ven by a chro­nic fond­ness for con­fu­si­on: solid, uns­ha­ke­a­ble rea­li­ties are gleeful­ly sabo­ta­ged, whi­le absur­di­ties and con­tra­dic­ti­ons pile up. They reve­al worlds in con­stant muta­ti­on, whe­re nothing is ever qui­te what it see­ms. In his visu­al shows, he delights in pus­hing the limits of the­a­tri­cal machi­ne­ry, and often pla­ces ele­ments like sce­no­grap­hy, sound and light at the heart of their dra­ma­tur­gy. With Confabulations, Peeters’ latest pro­ject, he extends his inves­ti­ga­ti­on of illu­si­on, per­cep­ti­on, and the invi­si­ble. This time, an inte­rest in the his­to­ry and pos­si­ble futu­res of psy­chi­a­try and our rela­ti­ons­hip with men­tal health in gene­ral pro­vi­des the path­way into his artis­tic maze… Together with Kate McIntosh and Hans Bryssinck, he co-foun­ded SPIN, a Brussels-based plat­form for artis­tic sup­port and reflec­ti­on. Alongside Anna Czapski, he was affi­li­a­ted with KASK / School of Arts in Ghent (BE) for the research pro­ject Futurology of Cooperation. He also occa­si­o­nal­ly pops up in various edu­ca­ti­o­nal con­texts of art schools and universities.