Performance
Sammy Baloji
Missa Utica
29/05/2024
30/05/2024
31/05/2024
01/06/2024
The first Black bishop to be appointed by the Catholic Church was supposed to settle in Utica, Tunisia but never reached his final destination. His story was the inspiration for Sammy Baloji’s new performance. Missa Utica retraces the priest’s journey and explores the history of the Kongo Kingdom in the 15th century and the evangelisation of Africa. We witness the initial contact and first diplomatic exchanges, alliances built and broken.
TalkPerformance
Dream City: A different festival
07/04/2024
In this panel discussion, we invite the founders of the festival, along with some participating artists to reflect on the raison d'être and methodology of this unique festival.
This panel discussion can be combined with the performances of Filipe Lourenço and Jozef Wouters.
Performance
Jozef Wouters
The Soft Layer
07/04/2024
Can renovation also add layers rather than just remove them?
PerformanceReading
Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Daght Jawi
06/04/2024
Listening to a soundtrack of violence on a daily basis.
PerformanceScreening
Paula Almiron and Wouter De Raeve
Swamp Sacrifices
24/02/2024
Since 2021, artists Paula Almiron and Wouter De Raeve have been working in Brussels’ Northern Quarter to investigate the impact of urban planning on local communities. The neighbourhood, like many others in the city, is located in a large swampy area, which was drained to provide space for the growing city. The swamp buried under the asphalt streets of Brussels serves as a starting point of Swamp Sacrifices, a two-day programme of performances, a concert, screenings, and talks.
Performance
SIRENS
09/09/2023
The performance is the result of participatory workshops conducted in summer 2023 by the artist Younes Baba-Ali with an eclectic group of engaged citizens brought together by the platform Forsiti’A in collaboration with KANAL-Centre Pompidou. Exploring the sounds present in the public space of Brussels, the Sirens interrogate the mechanisms of power and authority to which we are exposed.
Performance
Studio Dries Verhoeven
The NarcoSexuals
07/09/2023 — 11/09/2023
Dries Verhoeven examines the growing popularity of chemsex—the combination of drugs and sex—and what he calls the "narco-sexual revolution", decades after gay liberation. In the frame of het TheaterFestival.
Performance
Kunstenfestivaldesarts & newpolyphonies
NOCTURNES FOR A SOCIETY: SESSIONS
26/04/2023 — 12/05/2023
Myriam Van Imschoot and Lucas van Haesbroek invite you to participate in a series of open sessions leading up to the performance Nocturnes for a Society.