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 […]
WIPCOOP MECHELEN PLAN B(ehinddoors) April 20-22, 2021 WIPCOOP lands for a first edition at CC Mechelen with Work In Progress by Vianney Adriaens, Caja Manga Collectief and Anke Somers & Mélissa Diarra. They are showing up to 30 minutes of their Work In Progress during WIPCOOP Mechelen. This edition – originally scheduled for December 2020 […]
Visual artist Younes Van den Broeck adapted Victoriano Moreno’s photographs. A plural dissection of the void. 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 Ivanow, The Community of Flanders and the City of Antwerp.
Since 2012, MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM has been maintaining and renewing, The Altar of Antwerp: a participatory installation that invites us to reflect on the meaning of “what we lose” in the city. Since 2017, it has been part of the MAS’s permanent collection. From the beginning, the installation is in a relationship of dialogue and […]
In October during WIPCOOP 2020 #behinddoors, Lila Magnin & Nina Muñoz presented their Work In Progress at KVS without an audience. Meanwhile, both continued to work on their creation. March 26, 2021 they showed where they are now – still #behinddoors and in compliance with Corona measures – to a small group of professionals. WIPCOOP […]
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.
