For a week, Ester Nadal, Doris and Nathalie Bokongo Nkumu engaged with Le Vide at Rataplan. In this contradictory study, filling Le Vide just by their research into it, they explored different forms and languages. They developed their own vocabulary, and Nathalie proved to be a master at dissecting Haiku. They searched for material to […]
#LeVide #residence henchmen in the void. Or perhaps rather accomplices of the void. Can you work with the void without filling it anyway? With pieces of yourself? Of each other? Of all of us? Photos: Victoriano Moreno LE VIDE. An artistic investigation by Les Mybalés, Ester Nadal and MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM (Fiëbre vzw) with […]
Out of nowhere, with no preconceived idea, working with the void in a balanced trio. Looking for a form to represent the void, dancers explore the word. Photos: Victoriano Moreno LE VIDE. An artistic investigation by Les Mybalés, Ester Nadal and MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM (Fiëbre vzw) with the support of the KVS and […]
During the residency of Ester Nadal, Nathalie and Doris Bokongo Nkumu, visual artist Younes Van den Broeck – paradoxically – will visualize Le Vide while drawing. LE VIDE. An artistic investigation by Les Mybalés, Ester Nadal and MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM (Fiëbre vzw) with the support of the KVS and the Brussels Capital Region, Rataplan, Nau […]
Movement driven by the rhythm of previously sought words to express emptiness. Ester, Nathalie and Doris each choose 2 photos daily from Victoriano Moreno’s photo report and share their reflections.
A first day around LE VIDE did not turn out to be empty at all. Finally in real time, after many online conversations since November 2019, it was a warm reunion and a first real meeting between MAP’s team, Ester Nadal, Nathalie and Doris Bokongo Nkumu. Photographer Victoriano Moreno documents this residency. Ester, Nathalie and […]
“Les États tombent, les rivières et les montagnes demeurent; le nouveau printemps recouvre d’herbe le château “ DU FU (712-770) Le Bide et le Vide, two sentiments as uncomfortable as they are topical. In November 2019, I participated in performance days at WIPCOOP – Work In Progress Cooperation – in Brussels, organized by MESTIZO ARTS […]
An (almost) one man show. With a man, a real one. One and a half men if we are sweet. A half if we are critical. Anyway, he steals the show. And fans love that. Some say he is hot. And fans love that. And the women? Do they like that? Doesn’t matter. Or is […]
WIPCOOP PLAN B = #BEHINDDOORS MAP is incubating alternative ideas with the artists and partners to still make the various Work In Progress visible and supportable. Photos © Karolina Maruszak In Arenberg, Mohanad Mukhtar Sinbad, Manu Moreau presented [kni’bo], Roxette Chikua Paradis and Hüseyin Umaysiz Q.B.X without an audience. Together with Paula Kopczyk, Junior Akwety […]
WIPCOOP PLAN B = #BEHINDDOORS MAP is incubating alternative ideas with the artists and partners to still make the various Work In Progress visible and supportable. Dec. 1, Tister Ikomo Nzela Na Ngai’ and Gloria Boateng & Jade Wheeler presented The Promised Boom at Campo Nieuwpoort without an audience. Together with Rabina Miya and Cigdem […]
For this year’s Altaar van Antwerpen, we created A PLAYLIST, a soundtrack of the city with music tracks that city residents choose and remind them of a specific moment, person or feeling. A PLAYLIST uses the power of music as a bridge to a world where chords transport us to other moments. During Dia de […]
WIPCOOP PLAN B = #BEHINDDOORS MAP is incubating alternative ideas with the artists and partners to still make the various Work In Progress visible and supportable. Oct. 28, Lila Magnin and Nina Muñoz presented AZAD and La Ave, respectively, at KVS without an audience. And captured filmmaker Hussein Shabeeb Artist Talks with Jihan Imago and […]
