Memories are unreliable, ask my mother In “The Unreliable Archives,” I collect a quirky collection of autobiographical, scientific and historical materials. What can grow from the cross-pollinations between these materials? From interviews with family members and people from (post-)Apartheid South Africa combined with insights from botany and geology, I distill polyphonic texts, artifacts, sounds, […]
In “Oertaal: Oefeningen” I want to experiment with drawings, short text fragments and other multidisciplinary miniatures to explore how we make things with words. Enrica Camporesi. In “Oertaal: Oefeningen,” I seek the form of a myth that can capture the dual creation of language and humanity. Within the framework of this myth, there is already […]
We exist in relationship with. (So does this artistic residency.) From this shared assumption and from our bibliographical, documentary and (auto)biographical collections, we – Enrica Camporesi and Rona Kennedy – view dialogues as a form of resistance and as a search for form. During our parallel residencies at Rataplan (April 19-30, 2021), we will occupy […]
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 […]
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 […]
Roxette Chikua worked as a performer at artZ, Mouving Ground, …
She also gives workshops/coaching to children and adults, including at artZ, Mouving Ground, Hakuna Fitness, …
WIPCOOP ANTWERPEN Paula Kopczyk, Manu Moreau, Prince K. Appiah, Mohanad Mukhtar, Hüseyin Umaysiz, Roxette Chikua, Junior Akwety and artist collective e-c-h-e-l-o-n are showing up to 30 minutes of their Work In Progress at Arenberg during WIPCOOP Antwerp. Afterwards, they will enter into a dialogue with about 10 professionals about the further development of their work. […]
