Somalia Williamson received a bachelor’s degree in performing arts from the American Musical & Dramatic Academy, College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts NY/LA, and came to live in Antwerp in 2016.
Since then, she has collaborated on projects by kunstZ, Froefroe, Amaj Productions and Rooftoptiger’s Babelbühne, among others.
Together with partners and artists, MAP switched to WIPCOOP PLAN B in 2020 & 2021. Behind doors, artists continued to work. This spring, Junior Akwety, Prince K. Appiah and Roxette Chikua resided at hetPALEIS. Friday, June 18, Prince and Roxette showed where they are now with the development of their work. Prince K. Appiah wrote […]
Make a note of these dates & JOIN US for Work In Progress from Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent! Meet the artists who will take you through their process, give you a taste of and dialogue about the new stage creations they are working on. BRUSSELS >> 27 & 28.10 6 x WORK IN PROGRESS @ […]
The multidisciplinary collective e-c-h-e-l-o-n presented May 20, 2021 at Rataplan behind doors the Work In Progress BLISS, a journey within which the storyteller questions time and its limits. WIPCOOP PLAN B = #BEHINDDOORS MAP is incubating alternative ideas with the artists and partners to make the various Work In Progress still visible and supportable.
Junior Akwety is a singer, songwriter and actor.
His music has taken him halfway around the world, from Los Angeles to Cape Town.
In recent years, he has also appeared in KVS productions Malcolm X and L’Homme de La Mancha.
With My House, he brings together his various passions in a first directorial effort.
Junior Akwety presented May 14, 2021 at HETPALEIS behind doors the Work In Progress My House, a performance starting from dance and house music. WIPCOOP PLAN B = #BEHINDDOORS MAP, together with the artists and partners, is incubating alternative ideas to make the various Work In Progress still visible and supportable. With the support of […]
On April 30, 2021, Rona Kennedy presented at Rataplan a collection of objects and curiosities that are part of The Unreliable Archives, a research project on “Textures of decomposition and regrowth. Rona: “In ‘The Unreliable Archives,’ I collect a quirky collection of autobiographical, scientific and historical materials. What can grow from the cross-pollinations between these […]
So, the story of the Oermoeder goes further. She followed the recepy of the Gods: she created a language and she gave form to de Gelijkaardigen (the Similars). But they were brutal and run away from her without learning her beautiful language. As she was angry at the Gods, she decided to make up her […]
My dad picks up a stone from the ground. He shows us the black squares and silver threads snaking through the pink granite. A second one. Lines, folded lines. Yes, well seen, he says and rubs through my hair. Sandstones. I walk forward to find more stones of sand, more stories of stone. How does […]
Stanza – On Proximity is a space for shared artistic inquiry. Unfolding the room. Charting a mess. Stacking a pile of ideas. Overlapping, assembling, bricolaging, playing, drawing, questioning, moving, breathing. Stanza – On Proximity. An artistic research project by Enrica Camporesi, Rona Kennedy and MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM (Fiëbre vzw) with the support of Rataplan, The […]
A sneak peek of the quirky collection of objects and curiosities that make up The Unreliable Archives by Rona Kennedy Textures of decomposition and regrowth. Material study. photos: Rona Kennedy Maker: Rona Kennedy / Current partners: Workspace Brussels, CAMPO, MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM, Rataplan, Voo?uit, ONBETAALBAAR / In artistic dialogue with Kopano Morago (Dramaturg & coach), […]
We left! So, the story begins as follows: there is a normal girl receiving a task from the Gods: she will become an Oermoeder (a spectacular Dutch word meaning Madre Primordiale: Primal Mother). As a Primal Mother she will have to create mankind and a language to teach mankind how to behave, think, talk. […]
