The last week at wpZimmer is officially over! And so is our time with Enrica Camporesi, who kept us and the artists in residence company throughout January. We also organized WIPCOOP x Pro x Pro, our day for programmers ánd artists. Read everything and more below 🙂 🫧 wpZimmer x MAP x Enrica Camporesi We […]
The call for artists for WIPCOOP 2026 has officially open! Before you apply, read a little more about WIPCOOP here. And be sure to check out our mini-documentary WIPCOOP 2020 for a nice overview of how we work :-). HOW WE SELECT For whom? WIPCOOP focuses primarily on performing artists based in Brussels and Flanders […]
Our third week at wpZimmer is over! It was a very busy week, but also a very fun and inspiring one. We welcomed Emiliano Cedillo & Olga Groppo, Nela Deleu and Israel Ngashi with Pippa and Kelcey. We also organized a sharing moment with all the artists who were part of this residency. Read all […]
Week 2 at wpZimmer is over! This week we were joined by Melisa Diktaş and Vianney Adriaens. About Melisa We will remember the second week of our residency at wpZimmer by the beating drums in the background. Melisa Diktaş (WIPCOOP 2023) joined us with her dahul (drums) to immerse herself into her research on the […]
Week 1 in wpZimmer is over! In the first week, Rubin Ajlouni (two days) and Nazanin Bahrami with Aria Baghestani (a full week) joined us in the cozy wpZimmer. It was a great week, a productive week, with good food, snow and lots of familiar faces. With the heaviness of these times, a welcome moment […]
After an amazing WIPCOOP series, we feel the party mood starting to take over. But not before looking back on the past year – and sharing with you the first steps towards 2026. Because January and February are all about residencies: MaPZimmer and Shared Research, Shared Practices. Retrospective: 2025 2025 was another top-notch edition, with […]
During the past WIPCOOP days, we drew a red line through four cities. Brussels, Leuven, Antwerp and Ghent colored equally red. We invited the audience to literally help draw the red line. Each city built on what the previous one had started, growing the line from one meter to dozens of meters. The red line […]
A day full of encounters, new perspectives and deepening exchange. During Pro meets Pro , discover showcases of new work ready to be seen. Creators share a word about their artistic journey and give an insight into their trajectory. We lunch together, exchange and get to know each other in an open and collegial atmosphere. […]
This was WIPCOOP Antwerp 2025! WIPCOOP landed in Arenberg again this year, where three Antwerp artists (/collectives) took the stage. Kaspy Ndia, Yvette Poumpalova and Gwendalyne van Erp & Deniz Polatoğlu each shared 30 minutes of their Work in Progress. They gave everything – they moved, surprised and made audiences laugh out loud more than […]
4 x work in progress on care, identity and connection – WIPCOOP Antwerp Thursday, Nov. 20, during WIPCOOP in Arenberg, Gwendalyne van Erp and Deniz Polatoğlu, Kaspy Ndia, Yvette Poumpalova, Zilan Nergiz Arsu, Bora Nura & Eden Anastasia Emlek will each present a Work in Progress of up to 30 minutes, followed by a conversation […]
Aya Sabi & Alphonse Eklou Uwantege ON #LAFS10 And an Honorable Mention for Işıl Biçakçi in Amsterdam. This fall you will meet Aya Sabi and Dounia Mahammed with their research on intergenational comfort as well as Alphonse Eklou Uwantege’s poetic reste(s) during Love at First Sight. Shown last year as a Work in Progress, soon […]
Na een passage op WIPCOOP 2023 in Campo Victoria voerden we gesprekken met Omar Cortegana over: Peke, alles waait beter met una cancion, een muzikale theatervoorstelling voor kinderen (én hun ouders).* In 2024, we saw the OPEN CALL of Op Visite pass and Omar was obviously one of the artists to whom the open call […]
