Archief

Boris Groys

on Antiphilosophy

talk debate

talk

Mon 20.01.20

Under the title Hyperpresent, five contemporary thinkers will give a talk on a new idea that they introduced themselves. Afterwards, they will engage in a conversation with philosopher Laurent De Sutter – who curated this series. Boris Groys is an art critic, media theorist and philosopher. He is professor at New York University. His work is dedicated to the exploration of the link between socialism, modernism, contemporary art and media and technology.

Boyzie Cekwana & Danya Hammoud

Bootlegged

dance

Tue 21.01 - Wed 22.01.20

In the American Midwest of the 1880s, men would conceal illegal bottles of alcohol in their boots. The term ‘Bootlegging’ – meaning to smuggle (liquor) – was born. Now there is Bootlegged: an encounter between Boyzie Cekwana and Danya Hammoud. Two bodies, two stories and two histories collide to create a third, shared story.

Alexandra Bachzetsis

Escape Act

dance performance

dance

Fri 06.03 - Sat 07.03.20

Does gender have a voice, does skin have a race? Using drag, vogueing, striptease, YouTube tutorials as well as the triadic ballet by Oskar Schlemmer, seven bodies and many more objects try out new constellations, like surrealist ready-mades. With a great sense of irony, Escape Act presents hyper-stereotyped gender identities, only to deconstruct them completely.

Graham Harman

on Immaterialism

talk debate

talk

Mon 23.03.20

Under the title Hyperpresent, five contemporary thinkers will give a talk on a new idea that they introduced themselves. Afterwards, they will engage in a conversation with philosopher Laurent De Sutter – who curated this series. Graham Harman is professor of philosophy at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles. His work on the metaphysics of object led to the development of Object-Oriented Ontology. He is a central figure in the Speculative Realism movement in contemporary philosophy.

KAOS & Sarah & Charles

In the Hands of Puppets

talk debate

talk

Wed 22.04.20

KAOS develops artistic projects with a link to psychiatry. In late 2018, the artistic duo had a residency there, resulting in three interviews about psychosis. Sarah & Charles and KAOS are now sitting down for a conversation.

Rosi Braidotti

on Posthumanism

talk debate

talk

Mon 27.04.20

Under the title Hyperpresent, five contemporary thinkers will give a talk on a new idea that they introduced themselves. Afterwards, they will engage in a conversation with philosopher Laurent De Sutter – who curated this series. Rosi Braidotti is a philosopher and feminist theorist. Her work explores the transformation of the subjective induced by the technical and political shifts of the present.

Radouan Mriziga

Tafukt

dance

Fri 08.05 - Mon 11.05.20

Tafukt/The Sun/Athena is a dance solo and the first part of a trilogy focused on epistemologies and mythologies of the Tamazigh – the indigenous population of Northern Africa. How can we challenge the current canon? Can performance function as a tool of resistance? Radouan Mriziga seeks to create a space for reflections on the past in order to strive for a more inclusive future.

Meg Stuart & Tim Etchells

Shown and Told

dance performance

dance

Thu 21.11 - Sat 23.11.19

Shown and Told is a dynamic performance-collage founded on structured improvisation and associative leaps. It is an encounter between choreographer and dancer Meg Stuart and writer/performance artist Tim Etchells (Forced Entertainment). Together, they explore the relationship between movement, images and the body as a performance instrument.

Ecopolis 2019

#GenerationHope

talk debate

talk

Sun 10.11.19

The massive protest of young people against the climate impasse holds up a mirror to politicians and has catapulted the climate crisis to the centre of our social debate. Ecopolis 2019 is an edition for but especially with #GenerationHope. Theatre makers Anoek Nuyens and Rebekka De Wit start the day with two monologues: one for the government, one for the citizen.

Michiel Vandevelde

Paradise Now (1968-2018)

performance dance

performance

Fri 25.10.19

Michiel Vandevelde goes in search of traces of the legacy of May ’68, along with a new generation of young people. Will they open new perspectives on the future when they research half a century of history in a wild choreography of iconic images?

Keller Easterling

On Extrastatecraft

talk debate

talk

Mon 14.10.19

Under the title Hyperpresent, five contemporary thinkers will give a talk on a new idea that they introduced themselves. Afterwards, they will engage in a conversation with philosopher Laurent De Sutter – who curated this series. American architect, urbanist, writer, and professor at Yale University Keller Easterling will talk this evening about the Extrastatecraft.

Anne Teresa & Jolente De Keersmaeker/PARTS

SOMNIA

dance

Wed 29.05 - Sat 29.06.19

Anne Teresa and Jolente De Keersmaeker and 44 young dancers take you into the woods. Put on your walking boots for this durational performance that navigates around fragments of Midsummer Night's Dream and Johannes Kepler’s astronomical novella Somnium (1608). Turn your back on the black box and let the wood and the night sky define the stage.

Kris Verdonck/A two dogs company & ICK

SOMETHING (out of nothing)

dance

Wed 22.05 - Thu 23.05.19

The unrelenting logic of profit and technological development have reduced human beings to disposable objects. The next step is making our environment completely uninhabitable. The new production by Kris Verdonk explores our physical and psychological state of being in light of an imminent extinction. The dancers are often not more than shadows in a landscape of blow-up sculptures, cello-noise, and a robotic drum.

Pichet Klunchun & Chen Wu-kang

Behalf

dance

Fri 03.05 - Sat 04.05.19

In this danced dialogue, Thai dancer Pichet Klunchun and Taiwanese dancer Chen Wu-kang reveal themselves to one another and to the audience. With compact portraits of pure movement, they alternately treat themes such as fatherhood, cultural heritage, and self-reliance. In the meantime, percussionist Lazara Rosell Albear adds a third voice.

The Political Party

Alternative Election Show

debate

Tue 30.04.19

On the eve of the European, federal and regional elections, The Political Party is organizing an alternative election show to offer a stage to the opinionmakers of tomorrow. Europe, access to justice, labour and precarity, ecology, democracy, decolonization, education, public health: nine young, progressive will explore these eight themes. How will we face and tackle the challenges of today and tomorrow together?

Daniel Linehan / Hiatus

Body of Work

dance

Thu 25.04 - Sat 27.04.19

Dance and choreography leaves traces on your body, and they are often physical and concrete: growing muscles or the trauma of injuries. But the repetition and memory of movements also leave traces. The choreographies of the past continue to dwell in the dancer’s body. In the solo Body of Work, Daniel Linehan explores these traces in his own body.

Night of Knowledge on Brussels 2019

talk debate

talk

Fri 29.03.19

For the seventh edition of the Night of Knowledge on Brussels, researchers and experts from Brussels are joining forces to draw up a polyphonic overview of the major challenges facing Brussels today and to question both citizens and politicians about possible solutions and alternatives. This rich encounter alternates between varied scientific syntheses, debates, quizzes and musical interludes.

Salon: Performance Art & Art Fairs

talk debate

talk

Sat 23.03.19

A discussion on performance art and art fairs with Ellen de Bruijne, Liv Vaisberg, Julie Vandenbroucke, and Sarah & Charles. Moderated by Emmanuel Lambion.

Salon: From Stage to Gallery/Gallery to Stage

talk debate

talk

Fri 22.03.19

Exploring cross disciplinary practices that draw upon conventions of the visual and the performing arts with Ula Sickle, Alexis Blake, and Noé Soulier. Moderated by Zoë Gray.

Salon: The Heritage of Bauhaus

talk debate

talk

Wed 20.03.19

A discussion on the heritage of Bauhaus with Alex Arteaga, Vladimir Miller, An Fonteyne, Radouan Mriziga and Ula Sickle. Pieter T'Jonck moderates the conversation. To start off, Veronique Boone offers an introduction on the Bauhaus movement.

Salon: Death, Mourning, Rituals & Performativity

talk debate

talk

Sun 17.03.19

A discussion on death, mourning, rituals and performativity, with Lotte van den Berg, Barbara Raes, Pieter van Bogaert, Michel Yang (Oracle).

Jimmy Robert

Joie Noire

performance dance

performance

Thu 14.03 - Fri 15.03.19

In this tribute to Ian White (1971-2013), Jimmy Robert investigates the worlds of disco and death. Expect a critical meditation on the legacy of the 1980s with a specific focus on AIDS, activism, gender and race.

Extended Salon: Indisciplinary Measures

talk debate

talk

Fri 15.03.19

How do artists let the story they want to tell determine if their work will become a film, a sculpture, a painting, an installation, a choreography or performance? What negotiations take place when they appropriate different disciplinary specialisms? How do they play with their spatial and temporal parameters? What is the politics of indisciplinary practices?

Salon: Art, Representation, Gender & Race

debate

Fri 15.03.19

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Location

Language

Season

Labels

Boris Groys

on Antiphilosophy

talk debate

Boyzie Cekwana & Danya Hammoud

Bootlegged

dance

Alexandra Bachzetsis

Escape Act

dance performance

Graham Harman

on Immaterialism

talk debate

KAOS & Sarah & Charles

In the Hands of Puppets

talk debate

Rosi Braidotti

on Posthumanism

talk debate

Radouan Mriziga

Tafukt

dance

Meg Stuart & Tim Etchells

Shown and Told

dance performance

Ecopolis 2019

#GenerationHope

talk debate

Michiel Vandevelde

Paradise Now (1968-2018)

performance dance

Keller Easterling

On Extrastatecraft

talk debate

Anne Teresa & Jolente De Keersmaeker/PARTS

SOMNIA

dance

Kris Verdonck/A two dogs company & ICK

SOMETHING (out of nothing)

dance

Pichet Klunchun & Chen Wu-kang

Behalf

dance

The Political Party

Alternative Election Show

debate

Daniel Linehan / Hiatus

Body of Work

dance

Night of Knowledge on Brussels 2019

talk debate

Salon: Performance Art & Art Fairs

talk debate

Salon: From Stage to Gallery/Gallery to Stage

talk debate

Salon: The Heritage of Bauhaus

talk debate

Salon: Death, Mourning, Rituals & Performativity

talk debate

Jimmy Robert

Joie Noire

performance dance

Extended Salon: Indisciplinary Measures

talk debate

Salon: Art, Representation, Gender & Race

debate