Friday March 10th: 2X KWP at bits of dance!
Leading up to its premiere on 31 March, Milø Slayers will perform a work-in-progress showing of DEMONstratio next Friday at 17:00 at the bits of dance festival in Bruges, presented by Dans in Brugge.
Later that evening, at 20:00 Lisa Vereertbrugghen is going to perform Disquiet — sensational aesthetics of a technokin.
Both performances can be perfectly combined. Don’t miss out on them!
More info on the festival and tickets via Dans in Brugge.
Onassis AiR Open Call 2023⁄24
Like any living organism, Onassis AiR constantly evolves in order to support the needs of its artistic community. Onassis AiR, invites artists, curators, designers, dancers, chefs, gardeners, activists, writers, educators, legal advocates, performers, economists, architects, filmmakers and other practitioners from any medium of expression or discipline, from anywhere in the world, to apply for a Tailor-made Residency running between September 2023 and July 2024 in Athens, Greece.
Submission deadline: 20.03.23
For more information about the application:
visit Onassis AiR
Accompany Class (morning training)
Accompany Class is a morning training offered for the freelance dance community in Brussels, between
30th of Jan until 3rd of March 2023. This round of training is a pilot proposal of this system.
We are a group of freelance dance artists coming together to do this thing called ‘morning class’. We are not quite sure what this is anymore… We no longer work through companies and we no longer have a clear idea of what to train. From this place of not knowing, we have come together and organized a rotational-system in which we will all facilitate ‘class/training’ for and with each other.
As the space was donated to us for this pilot proposal, attendance is free of charge. Registration is recommended and appreciated but not necessary. Help us to keep track of the amount of participants by sending an email to accompanyclass@gmail.com
When: 20.02.2023 — 24.02.2023 from 10am ‑12am
Where: Gemeenschapscentrum Pianofabriek vzw
Fortstraat 35
1060 Sint-Gillis
Tonight February 10th try-out Ezra Weill & Marie De Broeck — Boombox
Friday February 10th Ezra Weill and Marie De Broeck are showing “Boombox”, an homage to cassette tapes and the way that they changed the world, through their endearing, indestructible outer shells to their delicate spools of polyester plastic film. Everybody is welcome at 17h at De Pianofabriek!
Open studio presentation: The Ferris wheel turns when the wind blows — Sana Ghobbeh 17 & 18 November
Work in progress: The Ferris wheel turns when the wind blows — Sana Ghobbeh
Sana Ghobbeh is an Iranian-born artist and art researcher based in Brussels. Her work focuses on the relationships between urban infrastructure and the sociopolitical history they carry within them. She draws from archives, old photos of the city, blue prints, maps, local testimonies, etc. to then allow this data to be transformed by the ongoing flow passing through the infrastructure’s space in everyday life. The result is a story-telling performance that transmits the discoveries of small poetic counter-actions that nevertheless can shake the stability of architectural elements favouring oppression.
In ‘The Ferris wheel turns when the wind blows’ Sana introduces us to the private property of a historical figure. This particular plot of land is located in the Evin neighborhood that stretches from the northwest of Tehran to the foot of the Alborz mountains.
Thursday 17 November at 14h
Friday 18 November at 17h30
@KWP Kunstenwerkplaats in GC De Pianofabriek, Fortstraat 35, 1060 Brussel
Workshop: “conversing with masculinity” by Kevin Fay
With images and poetry from previous ‘conversing with masculinity’ circles, this workshop opens a safe space for experimentation. Together, we will practice pranayama, and we will explore scores for improvised partner dancing. In these, we’ll sustain intimate forms of contact while moving with specific qualities and breath coordinations (e.g. ‘persistent pressing’, ‘precarious pushing’, ‘softly sinking’, ‘staying power’). Also, we will extend a practice called ‘Questions Dance’ while reflecting on notions of physical comfort and care.
Workshop description:
To acknowledge, examine, and deconstruct heterocolonial, Europatriarchal filters in words, the performative reading circle, ‘conversing with masculinity’, proposes an open sharing of techniques and strategies to look at how language* feels.
In the circle, we will read, listen, create, and move in collective attempts to loosen up and imagine sensuous language(s).
We will listen to excerpts of texts** by others, and we’ll frame our experience by writing down specific words or sounds ourselves. With personal language lexicons, we will then explore how individual, intuitive notions are organized in poems and images. To move, we will practice pranayama and improvise partnered dancing.
The circle strives to provide safe time and space. We will prioritize and address questions, ideas, and concerns together as they arise.
*The working language is English, but translators are available. Please reach out if you know that you would like this support.
**Source materials are available upon request. Please feel free to suggest texts.
The workshop will take place from Monday 21 November to Friday 25 November at studio Magnolia in GC Elzenhof, Kroonlaan 12, 1050 Ixelles.
Those who would like more info or want to participate may send an email to: kevin.m.fay@gmail.com
Donderdag 8 september publiek toonmoment van Mirte Bogaert — REtransLATE
Donderdag 8 september toont Mirte Bogaert enkele scenes uit haar voorstelling REtransLATE. Het toonmoment start om 11u in studio Elsenor in De Pianofabriek. Wees welkom!
‘Mannahatta’ spiegelt ons een knotsgekke, maar angstaanjagende wereld voor ★★★★☆ (De Morgen)
Vorig weekend stond de voorstelling MANNAHATTA van Renée Goethijn die keer op Theater aan Zee in Oostende. Lees hier de mooie recensie van Evelyne Coussens voor De Morgen.
KWP residenten op Night Shift in Oostende
Tijdens Night Shift op TAZ#2022 is Lisa Vereertbrugghen te zien met haar Techno meditations en kan je een eerste try-out van German Staat Theater zien.
Gedurende drie dagen, 26, 27 en 28 juli, presenteren kunstenaars hun werk in en rond het jeugdcentrum OHK. Voorafgaand aan de publieke momenten, zullen intensieve onderzoeksperiodes op locatie de kunstenaars toelaten om zich te verbinden met elkaar en hun omgeving. Ieder brengt hun eigen praktijk, interesses, vragen en visies mee. Buiten de comfortzone van het reguliere seizoen en de gebruikelijke infrastructuren, zullen de kunstenaars op zoek gaan naar andere manieren van werken en delen. Als onderdeel van een steeds veranderend gedeeld platform, zullen kunstenaars vele ruimtes in en rond OHK activeren.
Vier de Vlaamse feestdag in Brussel met ‘Collaborative Contaminations’
Op Maandag 11 juli staat Rosa Omarsdottir met haar interactieve installatie/performance ‘Collaborative Contaminations’ in het Huis van de Raad. De installatie staat er doorheen de hele dag, de performance start om 14u30.
Waar: Huis van de Raad, Lombardstraat 61 – 67, 1000 Brussel
Wanneer: maandag 11 juli 2022 om 14u30
Meer info over de rest van het programma op Brussel danst.
Lees hier de recensie over Water, l’atterrée des eaux vives — Castélie Yalombo
Lees hier de recensie.
Tips voor TAZ#2022
Kan je niet kiezen uit het overvloedige aanbod van TAZ#2022? Zet MANNAHATTA van Renée Goethijn en The Good Life van Sébastien Hendrickx alvast op je lijstje. Nog niet helemaal overtuigd?
Lees hier de recensie van Natalie Gielen over MANNAHATTA voor e‑tcetera.
The Good Life staat op 29 en 30 juli op TAZ. MANNAHATTA kan je op 5 en 6 augustus gaan bekijken.
Khadija El Kharraz Alami te gast bij KLARA
Khadija El Kharraz Alami is op woensdag 1 juni te gast bij Pompidou, het cultuurprogramma van KLARA. Ze heeft het over haar nieuwe project ‘The Waves’. De uitzending is nog 2 weken lang te herbeluisteren via de site en de app.
Silvia Bottiroli having an aftertalk with Milo Slayers at Plat(e)form(e)
Silvia Bottiroli having an aftertalk with Milo Slayers and 2 of his performers after a work-in-progress @Plat(e)form(e) @KFDA @les Brigittines
The Waves: Een wervelwind van energie en symboliek (recensie e‑tcetera)
The Waves van Khadija El Kharraz Alami toont de kracht in zowel het samenkomen als het individuele beleven van de eigen vrouwelijkheid zonder schaamte. In zijn sterkte durft het echter ook een overprikkelende storm te worden, schrijft Lena Vercauteren. Lees hier de volledige recensie van The Waves voor e‑tcetera.
Resident Aurélie Di Marino performing at opening of ‘This is what you came for’
On Wednesday, Aurélie Di Marino performed in one of the performances at the opening night of the exhibition of Els Dietvorst and The BARRA MOVEMENT in the CENTRALE for contemporary art. ‘This is what you came for’ takes place simultaneously at two venues in Brussels. At the Centrale you can visit the expo until September 18, 2022. At Bozar until July 21, 2022.
Stijn Demeulenaere nominated for the Sound of the Year Awards
Stijn Demeulenaere’s installation, Zijlijn / Linea Lateralis, has been nominated for the Sound Of the Year awards, in the “Composed with Sound” category. Zijlijn is a research into the underwater soundscape of the North Sea. The murky water of the North Sea makes for very low visibility, so many animals depend on sound and smell to live and exist underwater. But the North Sea is also one of the busiest and the loudest seas in the world, making the relationship between man-made noise and natural sound a very difficult one. The installation was commissioned by Concertgebouw Brugge. You can see Zijlijn at the upcoming Hear Here Festival. Other dates TBA.
Try-out Castélie Yalombo during Dag van de dans
Try-out Water, l’atterée des eaux vives (Castélie Yalombo)
April 23 @ KWP (in Pianofabriek) in the context of Dag van de dans (15h)
Water… explores the underlying friction of our perceptions of the racialised female body. Crossing/traversing a continuum of forms, figures linked to representations of Black History and her own imaginings of the Black body, the body of Water is a dangling, lost object, suspended between ‘how to be perceived’ and ‘how to express oneself’.
After graduating from ISAC and working as an interpreter for Louise Vanneste, Water, l’atterrée des eaux vives marks Castélie Yalombo’s debut as a choreographer. It is an ode to ambiguity from a rising voice in Belgian choreography. The piece will have its première at Kunstenfestivaldesarts: 15 – 20 May.
The try-out is free, but please reserve your spot via kunstenwerkplaats@pianofabriek.be
Inzamelactie voor Oekraïense vluchtelingen
Breng je kleding naar een gemeenschapscentrum, een sportantenne of het VGC-onthaal aan Rogier. Check de locaties en tijdstippen op N22.Brussels. Meer info: https://www.n22.brussels/nieuws/inzamelingsactie-voor-vluchtelingen
Edurne Rubio creates an in situ work for GC Elzenhof
TIJD GATEN is an artistic project commissioned by the Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie and realized in the context of the renovation works in the Elzenhof community centre. Edurne Rubio immerses visitors in the history of three houses built to accommodate three families. Today they make up a single building, having become a cultural, social and educational space open to an entire neighbourhood. More info about TIJDGATEN can be found here.
The public is welcome for a free tour on Thursday March 24 at 7 and 8 PM, followed by a reception with Brussels MP Els Rochette.
Entrance is free, but registration is mandatory: kunsten@vgc.be
Interview: Sébastien Hendrickx over de worsteling tussen het goede leven en de klimaatcrisis
Het goede leven was een begrip dat de oude Griekse filosofen al bezighield. Maar wat betekent het in deze snel veranderende samenleving waarin de mensheid en de planeet bedreigd worden in hun voortbestaan? Sébastien Hendrickx maakte er de voorstelling The Good Life over en vertelt over zijn zoektocht en debuut als theatermaker in het magazine van GC De Lijsterbes.
Open call kunst in co-creatie
Wat als buurtbewoners samen kunst creëren? Pianofabriek is op zoek naar een kunstenaar die samen met de buurtbewoners een artistiek project realiseert in de publieke ruimte dat het samenleven tussen individuen en/of groepen stimuleert. Deadline voor inschrijvingen: 21 maart. Werkperiode: augustus > november ‘22. Budget: € 19.500
Meer info: https://www.n22.brussels/nieuws/open-call-kunstparticipatieve-residentie-gc-pianofabriek
Sophia Rodriguez in Smells like Peaches
The Canadian musician, producer, director, visual artist, and performance artist Peaches lands in Belgium with her powerful songs and queer energy. Designed together with local circus and performance artists — Joshua Serafin, Luke Horley, Valentina Toth, Mario Barrantes Espinoza, Laura Murphy, Suzon Gheur, Amaury Vanderborght, Sophia Rodriguez & Electra- Smells like Peaches is a unique project, a mix of music, performance, circus and queer acts.
More info on the website of Voo?uit.
First open call for iMAL PROJECTS OFFICE
iMAL is a space of encounter between the creator and society. A space for participation and dialogue with the aim of stimulating the exchange of knowledge, creativity and critical reflection.
iMAL conceives interdisciplinary creative practice as an open process that generates knowledge and shall put its efforts to promote, support and produce individual and collective research and production projects. This is why they are launching iMAL’s Projects Office (hereinafter iPO), as a source of opportunities and support for creation and professionalization of the artistic scene in Belgium. Through two open calls per year, rotating leading local experts together with iMAL’s team will conform a jury that will select the projects to be produced, based on a transparent and inclusive procedure and paying special attention to diversity.
Deadline: 01⁄03
More info here.
Catch some work of Stijn Demeulenaere at In-Sonora Festival in Madrid (March 3 – 20)
Stijn Demeulenaere is presenting his films Murmur (a collaboration with Jan Locus) and Nothing’s going to happen to us at the 12th edition of the International Exhibition of Sound and Interactive Art in Madrid, Spain. The festival runs from March 3 – 20.
https://in-sonora.org/festival/in-sonora-12/
De studenten van de KUL (cultural policy) bezoeken het atelier van Samah Hijawi.
KWP maakt haar werking ook toegankelijk voor de mensen die in de toekomst als dramaturg en producent in het veld zullen instromen. Zo werken enkele studenten van de opleiding Culturele Studies (KUL) bij ons een ‘cultural policy project’ uit. Dit jaar gaat één groepje gaat aan de slag met het onderzoek Kitchen Table van Samah Hijawi.