MApZimmer: 1 month MAP @ wpZimmer

In January, MAP will move to wpZimmer for one month. Together with artists from the WIPCOOP network – Rubin Ajlouni, Nazanin Bahrami, Enrica Camporesi, Vianney Adriaens, Melisa Diktaş, Nela Deleu, Emiliano Cedillo & Olga Groppo, One Look: Fanny Van Geel, Claire Deniau & Xavier Bascho-George; Israel Ngashi and Judith Pujol – we, as an organization, will go into residency. To work, to brainstorm, to commemorate, to puzzle, to take a real break from our routine.

We will also be paying extra attention to the in between spaces again this period. We are literally trying to map out how the space we are in – the physical space, but also the mental space, affects our work. We will share more about this soon.

Keep an eye on our website for news and updates on the artists in residence and the steps they are taking. And to the programmers: mark January 28 in your calendars because that’s when we will organize WIPCOOP x Pro x Pro, our prospection day where new work will be presented. Of course, also in our temporary home: wpZimmer. See you there!

Artist(s)

Rubin Ajlouni

As a palestinian actor in the role of Shylock, the Jewish merchant, Ajlouni wonders what it is like to play this role after 20 years. What did the death of Yasser Arafat mean for the Palestinian cause and how does he now view this leader who was supposed to liberate Palestine?

Nazanin Bahrami

Speech Lapse: Exhibition No. 4 was created in response to the “Woman – Life – Freedom” uprising that began in Iran in September 2022. The project tracks the written aftershocks of protest: diary excerpts, coded chat logs, notes at the edge of receipts, time-coded transcripts of spoken texts. Every document carries risk and offers resistance […]

Melisa Diktas

Melisa Diktas is a mover of Kurdish/Indonesian descent. After graduation, she began working as a dancer on the commercial circuit 7 years ago. Meanwhile, she danced for various events and productions, choreographed TV shows and music videos, and worked in theaters.

Emiliano Cedillo

Emiliano Cedillo is a juggler, acrobat and cabaret performer who grows up in a town in Mexico.
There he discovers that crime is daily bread and that being humble is one of the most beautiful things about being human.

Fanny Van Geel, Xavier Bascho-George & Claire Deniau

One Look is a multidisciplinary performance where dance (hip-hop, krump, tricking ánd flamenco influences), voice and classical piano enter into dialogue. The gaze is central: as the interface between people, as a window into each other’s worlds, as a mirror of what we sometimes prefer to hide … In a playful exchange of each other’s […]

Nela Deleu

Nela Deleu reveals a specifically intimate and recognizable love story with VLAMINGO, her path to becoming a Fleming.
Nela moved 5 years ago from Bosnia-Herzegovina – where she was an actress (film & theater) – to Belgium for love.

Vianney Adriaens

Vianney Adriaens mixes the last words of these three iconic African men together into a raw, intense monologue about society and power, ambitions and illusions, love and hate.
The lost African dream takes center stage, and Adriaens masterfully switches between three charismatic characters.

Israël Ngashi

Welcome to Ksaarland: The Kingdom of Party is an energetic performance that celebrates party as a way of life. Ksaar, originating in Darija, was reinvented by Brussels youth as a way to name – AND claim – pleasure and relaxation. Israël uses the concept as an engine for a shared experience: one that centers on […]