Waaaaa, what an edition ♥️ Once again, we were completely blown away by the sheer talent and crazy energy of the Brussels scene! A total of six WIPs were presented. Wednesday, September 30 ⚡️ Izo Pinay — Thank God I’m Not Straight ⚡️ Ivan Kevork Azazian, Marios Bellas & Gökhan Kizilbuga — Secret Songs ⚡️ […]
Waaaaa, we’re so excited to announce our latest project…………………. WIPCOOP Talks *Scenic Routes or New Narratives* — A podcast by Aminata Soumaré & MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM Sooo, a podcast! MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM invited Aminata Soumaré to interview artists who had preceded her at WIPCOOP. They talk about roots and journeys, inspirations and detours, trial and […]
MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM was invited to join“Do You Speak Dance?” This interview series by dancehousebrussels explores the following questions: How do artistic practices shape Brussels? And what do artists need to grow and make a difference in the city? MAP brought together Doris Bokongo Nkumu, Julia Färber Data, and Lila Magnin to discuss their dance […]
After (Out)Growing Pains, Sesa is ready for a second creation. In February 2026, she participated in the “Shared Research, Shared Practices” residency (in collaboration with MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM, Monty, Rataplan, c o r s o, and detheatermaker). Over the course of three weeks, three artists conducted individual research into their own artistic practices as […]
WIPCOOP BXL presents six “Work In Progress” presentations. On the menu: ** Izo Pinay shifts the religious discourse into a space of radical, inclusive, and embodied love. In *Thank God I’m Not Straight*, seemingly irreconcilable identities as a queer person and a Catholic, reconcile, when Izo reappropriates biblical texts. ** With *Secret Songs*, Ivan Kevork […]
“Hi Paulien, remember this?” my iPhone asks me. Today, 25,325 photos and 3,118 videos are floating around in my cloud. (Yeah, I know. I could pretend that this number has only gone up since I started working at MAP — and started taking a gazillion pictures of every WIP and sharing session; the biggest share […]
Lois Lumonga Brochez was nominated by the TheaterFestival jury in the category “Most Acclaimed Acting Performance” for their role in “Vier Muren” (Marios Bellas) In “Vier Muren” (Marios Bellas), her voice—full of pain and incantation—is one of the driving forces behind this poetic hip-hop ritual. Watch the interview with Lois here. The Aura Gala is […]
Tuesday we welcomed Benedetta Parisi —all the way from Turin— in (hot hot hot) Antwerp to share some snippets of her WIP project. We got to know this enthusiastic artist at Proximamente. When she told us she wanted to do a residency in Belgium, we felt it was very meaningful and so we were happy […]
Last week we were invited to spend a lovely day at Metarage in Brussels. We were joined by the whole Metarage team, Karen from Ultima Vez, Thomas from le BAMP and a cool bunch of artists associated with Metarage… We talked about “collaboration” in the performing arts field: our needs & desires, as artists, as […]
Woooohoow! It’s that time of year again…. Last month, we met with the artists who will present their Work in Progress during WIPCOOP 2026. We explained what the next few months will look like and what they can expect from us. So quite a chunk of information… Fortunately, there were snacks & prrrrima vibes 🙂 […]
Last year we worked around the theme of the Tussenruimte or the In-Between. Because what happens in those less defined moments – when we go to the bathroom after seeing a performance; when we go for a smoke between rehearsals; when we fry a fried egg for lunch during a shared residency? What (types of) […]
One month ago the 𝓢𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓬𝓱, 𝓢𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓟𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓮𝓼 entourage came together one last time 💕 This year, we did things a little bit differently… Instead of organising the final sharing session as an open event, we now kept it closed, only inviting the three artists & a couple of team members of the organising partners: MAP, detheatermaker, […]
