What a day! WIPCOOP Ghent was a day full of smart, enchanting, energetic, urgent, humorous, moving, melancholic, mysterious and poetic #workinprogress at NTGent Minnemeers. Enjoy this visual report by photographer Victoriano Moreno. And remember the names of the artists who shared their Work In Progress with the audience: Işıl Derya Bıçakçı, Anne Kuit, David Labi […]
Quickly click through and read the review on THE CHANCE TO FIND YOURSELF, the performance in which playwrights Benno Steinegger and Jovial Mbenga give a playful insight into a theatrical friendship with many ups and downs. Already some quotes from the review: What matters in “The Chance to Find Yourself” is not what there is […]
The project originated in Benno’s mind. But the performance itself is the result of our meeting. An encounter between two artists, from different worlds, one black and the other white. One Congolese and the other Italian, both living in Brussels. We both wanted to work together and face our differences. What inspires you as an […]
WIPCOOP landed in Antwerp for the 14th time ! Enjoy this visual report by photographer Karolina Maruszak. And remember in advance the names of the artists you dra sure to hear more from: Ivan Rodrigues Farinha & Denzel Bruckenburg, Louai Hashem, Saif Salloomi & Mustafa Aldoujaily, Paula Paulowska, Basim Akasha & Nasser Mardnly, Alex Deijman […]
WIPCOOP started with a BANG at KVS ! Enjoy this visual report by photographer Victoriano Moreno. And remember the names of the artists who did not leave the audience unmoved with their Work In Progress: Alex Masgutov, Emiliano Cedillo, Naïm Belhaloumi, Lorena Spindler, Eli Mathieu Bustos & Désirée Cerocién. During the breaks, the audience could […]
In October, Nina Plantefève Castryck & Sandra Delgadillo gave audiences at Rataplan a unique look at the performances they are in the process of developing. This Wipcoop Sessions we traveled to a utopian world populated only with silhouettes in BEING HUMAN ISN’T THAT ENOUGH and Sandra immersed us in a bath of Latin American heritage […]
Every form of expression shares something so rich and universal: the desire to get through it, forge a bond or simply express ourselves and thus enter a heightened state of consciousness. That’s what I call Moving Meditation. What inspires you as an artist? Philosophy inspires me. Those universal questions and concepts that we constantly ask […]
I also want to show that it is normal to feel like you don’t belong anywhere sometimes, but that there is always hope. What inspires you as an artist? Stories, my own or others’. The beauty and strength of human beings in general intrigues me and makes me write. I also enjoy writing about our […]
This fall, Sept. 14 promises to be an exciting day for Nela Deleu, Rachid Laachir Loucka Fiagan. Starting at 1 p.m., they will present their plans for a new performance in front of a jury and an audience. In the evening, the winner of the Roel Verniers Prijs 2022 will be announced. Het TheaterFestival together […]
This fall you will discover what new stage creations about: migration, transformation, integration, stereotypes about masculinity, the human psyché to experiments with image, sound and the body … 6 artists(collectives) from Antwerp want to develop. In short, save the dates for a look at what is brewing and developing in terms of new artistic stage […]
This fall, expect a mix of theater, mime and multidisciplinary work during WIPCOOP at NTGent Minnemeers! Then, artists from Ghent will each show a Work In Progress and you will get to know new stories about: identity, gender, spiritual awakening, inequality, solidarity…. In short, save the dates for a look at what is brewing and […]
This was #wipcoop2021 hosted by Kaaistudio’s, Arenberg, NTGent Minnemeers & De Maan. This edition the artists shared their passion for Hip Hop, Krumping, Stepping, Salsa, House, Kpop, Latin Jazz & poetry, dance, theater, multidisciplinary and experimental work. An exceptional and varied trip with WORK IN PROGRESS about drarism, la société des ambianceurs et des personnes […]
