Last Friday, we kicked off 𝓢𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓬𝓱 𝓢𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓟𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓮𝓼 – a co-organized and co-hosted residency – at Rataplan. The three residents welcomed us into the first steps of their creative processes… how do they begin their working day? (With a strong cup of coffee ✋) Colette records herself speaking freely and then transcribes every word […]
In February, our shared residency Shared Research, Shared Practices will kick off! During this third edition, Gökhan Kizilbuga, Rubin Ajlouni and Colette Goossens will delve into their research and share their experiments in three cultural houses: Monty, Rataplan and c o r s o. Each week they move on to a different house to continue […]
Every year (more or less ;-)) MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM and Thassos join forces for PROSPECTIEDAG for programmers – a day packed with showcases and pitches designed to further disseminate performances by artists from the WIPCOOP network. This edition took place at the cozy Borgerhout wpZimmer, with the following lineup: Showcases: Sefora “Sesa” Sam | Tamayo […]
The last stop of this season… This was WIPCOOP Ghent 2024 ⚡️ @ De Kazematten with NTGent – a beautiful photo essay by Victoriano Moreno. On Dec. 5, Gökhan Kizilbuga, Hilair Libobu Francisco, Valeria Saija & Nicolas Vladyslav and Purni Morell & Maria Dafneros each presented 30 minutes of their works-in-progress. Between these – […]
Wohooow! This was WIPCOOP Antwerp 2024 ⚡️@ Kambala (Toneelhuis) – a beautiful visual report by Victoriano Moreno. During this two (!) day WIPCOOP-edition, Aya Sabi, Joana Rossi, Ayoub Sadik, reinier, Anastassya Savitsky and Zoë Chungong were each given 30 minutes to present their performances-in-formation. .We kicked off WIPCOOP Antwerp as usual – with coffee, tea […]
What an incredible week it was again at KVS during Proximamente Festival ⚡️ Proximamente celebrates Latin American culture and brings emerging talent and new voices with infectious energy to Belgium. On Thursday, Nov. 21, we hosted a WIPCOOP-day there! Ana Luz Ormazábal, Lucia Giannoni and Rodrigo Batista & Mariana Senne each presented 30 minutes of […]
There are a lot of familiar faces at our next WIPCOOP: WIPCOOP Brussels 2024 x Proximamente! A WIPCOOP-day will take place on Nov. 21 during the Proximamente Festival. The program includes works in progress and conversations with Lucía Giannoni, Ana Luz Ormazábal, Rodrigo Batista & Mariana Senne, Désirée 0100 & Luis Miguel Ramirez Muñoz and […]
With pride and – already – a touch of nostalgia, we look back at our ninth edition WIPCOOP Brussels, @KVS – a pictorial report by the amazing Victoriano Moreno. On Oct. 16, Julia Färber Data, Kongi Milka Mbunga, Alphonse Eklou Uwantege, Souhaïla Amri and Nastasya Kharitonova each showed 30 minutes of their performances-in-progress. The KVS […]
MOVING TOGETHER was a shared experience and reflection developed by Mestizx Collective for WIPCOOP 2023: artists, producers and cultural managers wereand invited to share both expertise and concerns around horizontal collaborative dynamics. It also also stems from the need to recognize the vulnerability in which mosthe artists and cultural managers find themselvesn. It highlights and […]
The WIPCOOP 2024-artists, along with the Roel Verniers Prize candidates, attended the Pitch & Feedback workshop led by Aïcha Cissé. During the workshop, the artists were given valuable tools to engage with audiences and arts professionals both during the creative process and after a performance. How do you pitch a project? What makes your […]
Augusto Pedraza presented 30 minutes from his work in progress: Hello Schatje, Adios Amour, during WIPCOOP 2023 in STUK and KVS. In Brussels, he met WIPCOOP partners from Barcelona, including the colleagues of Nau Ivanow. This acquaintance developed into one of the opportunities to take further steps in the development of the work. This was […]
So, what about the further development of Rubin Ajlouni’s monologue Jasser? Rubin Ajlouni shared at WIPCOOP 2023 in Kambala* a preview of the first stages of his very first creation of his own, and gave the monologue Jasser, to a text by Abdelkader Benali, a breath of fresh air. During the follow-up discussion with some […]
