Meet the artists currently in residence with us, detheatermaker, c o r s o, Monty and Rataplan! Read more about the residency ๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ฌ๐ฑ, ๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ป๐ช๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ผ here.
Meet Sesa ๐ artist in residence: ๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ฌ๐ฑ, ๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ป๐ช๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ผ
Sesa (short for Sefora Sam) is a poet and writer turned performer โbecause her poems simply demand to be performed. We got to know Sesa in 2023 when she participated in WIPCOOP with her project (out)Growing Pains: a poetic and music piece about the residual energy that lingers in your body after going through trauma. After premiering, (out)Growing Pains has had multiple showings and โdue to successโ will be shown again (check MAPโs online calendar!).
Sesaโs work is rooted in womanhood, spirituality, (collective) trauma and healing. Resulting in her founding Breakfreebabes: a sisterhood community that creates space for collective healing. In order to dive deeper into her artistic practice, Sesa will use the following three weeks to interview the women in her life, her mothers; and to connect with artists who have experience and expertise in her fields of interest, like Junior Akwety who has been researching rumba.
We are very happy to have Sesa here with us and are excited to see her take new steps โค๏ธ
Image by ยฉMellunman edited by MAP
Meet Mira Maria Studer ๐ artist in residence: ๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ฌ๐ฑ, ๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ป๐ช๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ผ
Mira (she/they) is a Brussels based artist from Switzerland, with Peruvian roots & a resident of detheatermaker (& who loves karaoke).
They are currently intrigued by the chanting of sport fans in stadiums; and how it relates to (and juxtaposes) naturjodel, a swiss yodel style without lyrics. With ๐๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ, Mira explores this chanting and yodelling, as well as the phenomenon of yearning to belong, through these sounds. A phenomenon that can be heard in the roar of the masses on the stadiumโs terrace, in a nationalist cultural practice in the mountains, but also in the streets during protest.
Being both trained in dance and music, Miraโs research results in work in which choreography and music are like chiasmatic partners. We are very excited and curious to see where Miraโsย research takes them (and us!) โค๏ธ
Image by Gรฉraldine Haas edited by MAP
Meet Nata Mandaria ๐ artist in residence: ๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ฌ๐ฑ, ๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ป๐ช๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ผ
Nata (she/her) is a writer, theatre maker, performer and socio-cultural worker. She grew up in Belgium, in a family of Georgian Orthodox, first-generation immigrants โLittle Georgia. Her work is rooted in womanhood, motherhood, migration, identity; and finds inspiration in traditional lore as well as pop culture.
In her work, she loves using the image of glass jars filled with pickled vegetables; a typical attribute in the Georgian kitchen/the Georgian woman. As it makes her wonder; what is worth pickling? What do we preserve?
We got to know Nata during WIPCOOP 2024 in Leuven, where she performed ๐ ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป / แแแแ แ แแแแ แฅแแแแแ. Her WIP led to another work ๐ด๐ผ๐ด๐ผ, ๐ด๐ผ๐ด๐ผ, ๐ด๐ผ๐ด๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ, which she performed on multiple occasions (like last week at Bodies in Space :โ).
Last week Nata focused on sound together with sound artist and friend Mira Grolus; and the following two weeks Nata will experiment with scenography and on deepening her artistic practice, bringing all of her material together, with other artists like Rodrigo Batista.
Itโs so great to have you here with us, Nata! We are excited to see how your sharp words and graphic visual language will take you next โค๏ธ
Image by Kayin Luys edited by MAP
