Stanza – On Proximity (Enrica Camporesi & Rona Kennedy)

On April 30, 2021, Rona Kennedy presented at Rataplan a collection of objects and curiosities that are part of The Unreliable Archives, a research project on “Textures of decomposition and regrowth. Rona: “In ‘The Unreliable Archives,’ I collect a quirky collection of autobiographical, scientific and historical materials. What can grow from the cross-pollinations between these […]

So, the story of the Oermoeder goes further. She followed the recepy of the Gods: she created a language and she gave form to de Gelijkaardigen (the Similars). But they were brutal and run away from her without learning her beautiful language. As she was angry at the Gods, she decided to make up her […]

My dad picks up a stone from the ground. He shows us the black squares and silver threads snaking through the pink granite. A second one. Lines, folded lines. Yes, well seen, he says and rubs through my hair. Sandstones. I walk forward to find more stones of sand, more stories of stone. How does […]

Stanza – On Proximity is a space for shared artistic inquiry. Unfolding the room. Charting a mess. Stacking a pile of ideas. Overlapping, assembling, bricolaging, playing, drawing, questioning, moving, breathing. Stanza – On Proximity. An artistic research project by Enrica Camporesi, Rona Kennedy and MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM (Fiëbre vzw) with the support of Rataplan, The […]

A sneak peek of the quirky collection of objects and curiosities that make up The Unreliable Archives by Rona Kennedy Textures of decomposition and regrowth. Material study. photos: Rona Kennedy Maker: Rona Kennedy / Current partners: Workspace Brussels, CAMPO, MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM, Rataplan, Voo?uit, ONBETAALBAAR / In artistic dialogue with Kopano Morago (Dramaturg & coach), […]

  We left! So, the story begins as follows: there is a normal girl receiving a task from the Gods: she will become an Oermoeder (a spectacular Dutch word meaning Madre Primordiale: Primal Mother). As a Primal Mother she will have to create mankind and a language to teach mankind how to behave, think, talk. […]

  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 […]