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Mette Ingvartsen

Lecture on The Red Pieces

conversation

Lecture on The Red Pieces
Lecture on The Red Pieces
Sat 28.04.18

Within the context of Dance Day, Mette Ingvartsen gives a lecture on the relationship between sexuality, pleasure, performance, and economy. She reflects upon the way borders between private and public space are dissolving and how this process is fueled by an increasing demand for self-performance and self-exposure.

Jone Salomonsen, Koen Van Synghel & Kristin Verellen

Mourning, Commemoration & New Rituals

debate conversation

Mourning, Commemoration & New Rituals
Mourning, Commemoration & New Rituals
Wed 21.03.18

On 21/03, spring promises a new beginning, but also the anniversary of the attacks on Brussels. On the eve of the second anniversary of the Brussels bombings, we’re bringing together three experts on mourning. After Anders Breivik’s bloodbath in Norway, Jone Salomonsen founded a research group on new rituals as a reaction to attacks. Kristin Verellen – who lost her partner in the Brussels attacks – talks about her circle gatherings that aim to foster a culture of togetherness and dialogue. And architect Koen Van Synghel discusses (temporary) mourning monuments. 

Brussels Studies Institute

Night of Knowledge on Brussels 2018

conversation debate

Night of Knowledge on Brussels 2018
Night of Knowledge on Brussels 2018
Fri 16.03.18

Is Brussels complex? Absolutely. Administratively, culturally, socially, economically, and demographically Brussels is anything but easy. But this complexity does not mean that you cannot understand or learn to understand Brussels. The sixth Night of Knowledge on Brussels will again explore this urban district and all its varied dimensions.

Joanna Macy

Active Hope: how to confront the chaos without going mad

conversation workshop

Active Hope: how to confront the chaos without going mad
Active Hope: how to confront the chaos without going mad
Thu 08.03.18

The world-renowned 89-year-old ecofeminist Joanna Macy wants more than passive hope. Why do we wait for impulses from outside to effect genuine change? In her latest book Active Hope, she offers concrete instruments for you to play an active role in the ‘Great Revolution’, geared towards a feasible and sustainable future for the environment, humanity, and society.

Gloria Wekker

White Innocence

conversation

White Innocence
White Innocence
Wed 07.03.18

Emeritus Professor Gloria Wekker is coming to talk about the profound paradox of places like the Netherlands, Belgium, and other countries with a colonial past: the emotion and aggression that race incites among the white population, while at the same time, race and racism seem to be denied. She explains concepts like white innocence, cultural archive, and intersectional feminism with reference to telling current examples.

#WeToo & ENGAGEMENT

conversation debate

#WeToo & ENGAGEMENT
#WeToo & ENGAGEMENT
Mon 05.03.18

In the wake of #MeToo, Ilse Ghekiere published the article #Wetoo: What Dancers Talk About When They Talk About Sexism. Her research into sexism in the Belgian dance sector developed into the anti-sexism campaign ENGAGEMENT. This evening will feature several artist-activists who are coming to talk about the steps that have been taken and the artistic strategies to tackle the abuse of power, discrimination, and inappropriate behaviour.

One Alarm Many Voices

conversation debate

One Alarm Many Voices
One Alarm Many Voices
Sat 17.02.18

On Friday 09/02, twenty officers of the federal police service raided Globe Aroma and arrested seven newcomer-artists. Two of them are now incarcerated in closed detention centres, four others have been ordered to leave Belgian soil. Where to go from here? On Saturday 17/02, we will make our voices heard.

Jeroen Peeters & David Weber-Krebs

On Enclosed Spaces and the Great Outdoors

performance conversation

On Enclosed Spaces and the Great Outdoors
On Enclosed Spaces and the Great Outdoors
Sat 10.02.18

We live in an age in which human activity has a profound impact on our physical and ecological surroundings. Nevertheless, these transformations often go unseen. How can we create stories, aesthetics, and spaces of experience to deal with this situation reflectively and critically? Looking for answers, David Weber-Krebs and Jeroen Peeters install a series of hybrid artistic and theoretical interventions in a performative setting.

Edel Maex & Henk Oosterling

Tussen Oost en West

conversation

Tussen Oost en West
Tussen Oost en West
Mon 05.02.18

Learning to think with your body, like in Japanese martial arts, is becoming increasingly popular in the West. Dutch philosopher Henk Oosterling explores the connection between this Buddhist-oriented body-thought and Western, critical rationality. He is joined by psychologist and zen teacher Edel Maex – one of the founders of Mindfulness Training in our regions.

Thomas Quartier

Performing Death. Rituals and Spirituality of Human Finitude

conversation

Performing Death. Rituals and Spirituality of Human Finitude
Performing Death. Rituals and Spirituality of Human Finitude
Fri 27.10.17

How can we deal with finitude? By living with death. How can that be real? By performing death. In this lecture Thomas Quartier – a Benedictine monk and professor for Ritual and Monastic Studies at KU Leuven – ritually links life and death by reflecting on music, embodiment and transcendence.

Ecopolis

Digital Together

conversation debate

Digital Together
Digital Together
Sun 08.10.17

Obtaining and sharing information, campaigning, making friends, dating, working, gaming… we are increasingly doing these things online. Hardware, apps and digital alter egos are giving new meanings to commitment, cooperation and connections between people. What are the implications of this digital reality for building a shared horizon?

Birthday Speech & Marianne Van Kerkhoven Lecture #1

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Birthday Speech & Marianne Van Kerkhoven Lecture #1
Birthday Speech & Marianne Van Kerkhoven Lecture #1
Thu 05.10.17

Flemish Minister of Culture Sven Gatz will deliver a birthday speech. Afterwards, theatre directors Pieter De Buysser, Kris Verdonck, and Sarah De Bosschere will deliver the first Marianne Van Kerkhoven Lecture – a lecture in the words of the playwright herself.

Richard Schechner

Theatre, Performance, and Ritual

conversation

Theatre, Performance, and Ritual
Theatre, Performance, and Ritual
Wed 04.10.17

Theatre and ritual are intertwined in the Ramlila of Ramnagar, India. The 31 day performance enacts the story of the warrior-king, Rama. Staged in many locations throughout the city, the Ramlila features gods, demons, royals, animals, and ordinary people. Richard Schechner – theatre director, professor at the Tisch School of the Arts, and founder of The Performance Group – has researched the event since the 1970s.

Peter Venmans

Over Hannah Arendt en Nataliteit

conversation

Over Hannah Arendt en Nataliteit
Over Hannah Arendt en Nataliteit
Thu 21.09.17

We are starting our season about rituals and ritual practice with a lecture about the idea of natality in Hannah Arendt – the human power to start again at certain points in life.