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Shared Research, Shared Practices #3 Bike Tour

In February, our shared residency Shared Research, Shared Practices will kick off! During this third edition, Gökhan Kizilbuga, Rubin Ajlouni and Colette Goossens will delve into their research and share their experiments in three cultural houses: Monty, Rataplan and c o r s o. Each week they move on to a different house to continue […]

PROSPECTIEDAG 2025: A day of new discoveries

Every year (more or less ;-)) MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM and Thassos join forces for PROSPECTIEDAG for programmers – a day packed with showcases and pitches designed to further disseminate performances by artists from the WIPCOOP network. This edition took place at the cozy Borgerhout wpZimmer, with the following lineup: Showcases: Sefora “Sesa” Sam | Tamayo […]

Photo album WIPCOOP Brussels 2024

With pride and – already – a touch of nostalgia, we look back at our ninth edition WIPCOOP Brussels, @KVS – a pictorial report by the amazing Victoriano Moreno. On Oct. 16, Julia Färber Data, Kongi Milka Mbunga, Alphonse Eklou Uwantege, Souhaïla Amri and Nastasya Kharitonova each showed 30 minutes of their performances-in-progress. The KVS […]

Photo album: Pitch & Feedback Workshop

  The WIPCOOP 2024-artists, along with the Roel Verniers Prize candidates, attended the Pitch & Feedback workshop led by Aïcha Cissé. During the workshop, the artists were given valuable tools to engage with audiences and arts professionals both during the creative process and after a performance. How do you pitch a project? What makes your […]

Residence in Barcelona: Augusto Pedraza

Augusto Pedraza presented 30 minutes from his work in progress: Hello Schatje, Adios Amour, during WIPCOOP 2023 in STUK and KVS. In Brussels, he met WIPCOOP partners from Barcelona, including the colleagues of Nau Ivanow. This acquaintance developed into one of the opportunities to take further steps in the development of the work. This was […]

Residency: Rubin Ajlouni artist in residence at hetpaleis

So, what about the further development of Rubin Ajlouni’s monologue Jasser? Rubin Ajlouni shared at WIPCOOP 2023 in Kambala* a preview of the first stages of his very first creation of his own, and gave the monologue Jasser, to a text by Abdelkader Benali, a breath of fresh air. During the follow-up discussion with some […]

Photo album: Shared Practices & Research Residency #2

3 artists, 3 locations, 3 weeks. During the Shared Practices & Research Residency, Marios Bellas, Pablo Correa (via MAP) and Tibau Beirnaert (via detheatermaker) each delved into their research from Feb. 19 to March 8. Research and knowledge sharing took center stage. They met weekly on Mondays to exchange about their research and artistic practice. […]

Residency Ping Hsiang-Wang and Kang-Hua Chang

We are happy to host a residency of Ping-Hsiang Wang and Artistic Consultant Kang-Hua Chang at wpZimmer from March 4 to 16. Through partner Tatwerk in Berlin, Ping showed a Work In Progress of his Retina Maneuver at KVS, Brussels in WIPCOOP 2023. This led to more collaboration. In these 2 weeks he will work […]

Kick Off Shared Practices & Research Residency #2

3 artists, 3 locations, 3 weeks. During the Shared Practices Research Residency, Marios Bellas, Pablo Correa (via MAP) and Tibau Beirnaert (via detheatermaker) each delve into their research from Feb. 19 to March 8. Research and knowledge sharing are central. They meet weekly on Mondays to exchange about their research and artistic practice. Each week, […]

Dossierschrijfdagen Antwerpen

Are you submitting a project dossier or grant to the Flemish Government on March 15? Then come to the dossierschrijfdagen! Are you staring at the format, wondering how to fill out that complicated Excel? Would you like to exchange views with fellow artists? Or do you especially need a concentrated coworking vibe? Artists and some […]

Photo album WIPCOOP 2023 // Work In Progress Ghent

A look back at 4 x Work In Progress in Campo Victoria! With an image report by photographer Karolina Maruszak. Dec. 13, Marios Bellas, Omar Cortegana, Lilieth Manjarres Acuña, Rodrigo Batista & Mariana Senne showed what new stage creation they are brooding on. During the breaks, Manu Moreau moderated the Artist Talks with the artists […]

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