“Zoë Chungong makes us think, provokes discussion, and forces us to look: at her, at each other, at ourselves. That in itself is an accomplishment.”(Aïcha Mouhamou, Pzazz) A solo performance for dancer Zoë Chungong: “You rarely get opportunities if you don’t ask for them” (Hit & Run, The Standard) “I am more than a set […]
Some articles did appear on This is (not) the evolutionary theory of comfort. We are happy to list some of them for you. e-tcetera – What remains after This is (not) the evolutionary theory of comfort review by Maliqa Faye. The Standard –Aya Sabi and Dounia Mahammed create a monologue about healing: “If pain […]
Meet the artists currently in residence with us, detheatermaker, c o r s o, Monty and Rataplan! Read more about the residency 𝓢𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓬𝓱, 𝓢𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓟𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓮𝓼 here. Meet Sesa 👋 artist in residence: 𝓢𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓬𝓱, 𝓢𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓟𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓮𝓼 Sesa (short for Sefora Sam) is a poet and writer turned performer —because her poems simply demand to […]
Last Friday, we kicked off the fourth edition of our annual residency Shared Research, Shared Practices! 🗯️ 3 weeks – 3 artists – 3 houses 🗯️ For three weeks, Nata Mandaria, Sesa and Mira Maria Studer dive into their projects: writing, playing, dancing, singing, interviewing… Every Friday they meet to share insights and ideas. They […]
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 […]
This was WIPCOOP Ghent 2025 ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Last week, the time had come… the very last WIPCOOP of the season(sad!). This closing edition took place at CAMPO victoria, where Shivadas De Schrijver, Hannah Jamin Zaouad, Aday Morales and Aminata Soumaré shared their works in progress with us. The works were very diverse–poetic, vulnerable, theatrical, powerful–but they […]
