Artists

Every WIPCOOP edition there are new artists who participate. Here you will find an overview of all artists who have participated since 2009. Since 2019, each of them gets a page. On it you will find information about who they are and which performance they presented as a work in progress (and possibly further realized or will realize later), as well as photos of this. Do you want to know more about an artist, or do you need their contact information? Send us an email.

 

Gokhan Kizilbuga

Gökhan Kizilbuga

Es Kamen Menschen An intimately and visually explores the lives of guest workers. With personal stories, historical facts and projections, Gökhan Kizilbuga portrays the harsh reality of this existence far from home: loneliness, bleakness and isolation. The performance is not only an artistic representation, but also a social document that highlights the valuable contribution of […]

Alphonse Eklou Uwantege

Alphonse Eklou Uwantege presents restes, a danced, spoken and whispered reflection in which it dialogues with the ghosts that haunt us. It is a ritual tribute to their uncle Alphonse Kanimba, who was killed during the Tutsi genocide in April 1994. restes is about transmission, about an inheritance that we did not choose for ourselves […]

Nastasya Kharitonova

With monologue of angerNastasya Kharitonova presents a monologue of pain and anger, horror that her eyes saw. Every word counts. The performance consists of one text that she reads twice. In English and Ukrainian. Concept, text and performance: Nastasya Kharitonova – With the support of Globe Aroma and MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM/WIPCOOP. Nastasya Kharitonova (she/her) is […]

Francisco Libobu-Hilair

In a world where everyone has to keep up and everything is supposed to be perfect, it becomes increasingly difficult to be vulnerable. People struggling with mental challenges often go unheard or experience a high barrier to talking about them. Hilair’s World breaks this silence with a personal monologue on mental well-being, based on the […]

Maria Dafneros & Purni Morell

Maria (Australia/Leuven) and Purni (UK/Antwerp) explore what is and is not allowed on stage. Can a woman say what she really thinks? Or only what the public likes to hear? In this loose adaptation of Lorca’s Yerma, they play with the idea of unsympathetic characters, outdated ideas and uncomfortable silences in the theater. This is […]

Saloua Hassani

How much can you continue to give as a mother? Is it even possible to love a child unconditionally, or do you ask/expect something in return as a mother? Ga je weg. (Working title) is about the unconditional love between a mother and her child. The performance highlights the difficult situations between the two but […]

Nata Mandaria

In moederwittevrouwen თეთრი დედა ქალები, Nata Mandaria plays with the social image of women. The moederwittevrouw is a pure young housewife who serves her husband and raises her child. She is everything the patriarchy expects of her, and nothing more than that. The condescending Georgian term: ‘დედა ქალი’ refers to young girls who serve the […]

Anastassya Savitsky

Anastassya Savitsky (she/her) graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. Since then she worked mainly as a dancer and creator in the children’s and youth circuit (Theater FroeFroe, HETPALEIS, solo Dinska Bronska MartHa!tentatief – selected for the Theater Festival 2014).

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OUT LOUD is a musical theater performance based on processes that reflect on vibration as the source of creation and creation. The performance starts from a soundscape with a recognizable rhythm. Each individual member of the crew adds his own sound and embodies this sound together with his fellow players. Through this transformation, the crew […]

Aya Sabi

Is one life enough to be whole again? is an interdisciplinary performance by Aya Sabi that transcends theater walls. The narratological conflict is the paradox between rationality and irrationality. An ode to irrationality, this performance becomes a sensory experience. Sense is emphasized through cooking. Shams (main character) chooses cooking because cooking is the language of […]

Augusto Pedraza

Augusto Pedraza is a theater and filmmaker, performer and historian living in Mechelen.
In 2020, he graduated from RITCS as a director.
His first short film Violence premiered in 2021 and was selected for several festivals.
Through dance, theater, film, visual art and music, he speaks about themes of origin, identity, love, pessimism, violence and hope.

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