Once a month during openoffice we throw open the doors or our workings, each time at a different cultural location in Brussels. Everyone who is looking for advice on projects in the performing arts, or who would like to exchange experiences, is welcome. We discuss specific themes during an information session/workshop and then organise a moment for all possible questions. Keep an eye on our agenda or facebook page for new dates!
With the support of cultuurculture.be
Spoken languages Dutch, English, French, a.o
Spine Of Desire: Wounds without tears, out of one skin in diamonds and shit is a performance that draws from individual and collective narratives to create an experience with sonic, visual, spatial and dancing elements.
Stanley Ollivier’s new work takes as a starting point the community building power of POC belonging spaces in order to reformulate familiar choreographic approaches. Together with performers Lily Brieu Nguyen and Mamadou Wagué, they explore everyday reality and social changes through a danced language that reflects the interrelations between the intimate, the body and the creation of a guarded, safe space.
These audio traces are an attempt at cultivating new artistic languages, shaping and offering another space of creation inside the conception of an
As part of our plan to join forces with other smaller organisations to reach programmers in an efficient and sustainable way, we devised Filling the Gaps in 2025 in collaboration with AnAku. An evening where programmers and artists from both Hiros and AnAku come together around a table full of food. The focus is on an informal and relaxed get-together, rather than pitches, showings or official panels. The first edition took place on 28 January 2026.
Once a month during openoffice we throw open the doors or our workings, each time at a different cultural location in Brussels. Everyone who is looking for advice on projects in the performing arts, or who would like to exchange experiences, is welcome. We discuss specific themes during an information session/workshop and then organise a moment for all possible questions. Keep an eye on our agenda or facebook page for new dates!
With the support of cultuurculture.be
Spoken languages Dutch, English, French, a.o
Basically is an ongoing live project. It utilizes the exhibition space as a hybrid production space and playground; a context to practice and perform within. Basically is structured as a choreographic game in which multiple performers hold the rules of the game constant, incorporating visitors in visible and invisible ways. The work is governed by the formal rules as well as by the subjective interpretations that occur in interactions with and between the participating artists and visitors. The creation and re-creation of the
In the midst of a genocidal present and an uncertain future, Stephanie Kayal and Abed Kobeissy revisit their failed crime-fighting power couple from their recent work Galactic Crush Part 1. After completely botching their Don Quixotic mission, the two protagonists face total despair and decide to flee their homeland. They build a DIY intergalactic spaceship and take off in search of hope in another galaxy.
Confronting their protagonists with a harsh gaze, Kayal and Kobeissy question the ethics surrounding such a decision at a
Once a month during openoffice we throw open the doors or our workings, each time at a different cultural location in Brussels. Everyone who is looking for advice on projects in the performing arts, or who would like to exchange experiences, is welcome. We discuss specific themes during an information session/workshop and then organise a moment for all possible questions. Keep an eye on our agenda or facebook page for new dates!
With the support of cultuurculture.be
Spoken languages Dutch, English, French, a.o
The words provider will lend you a listening ear. words service is happy to help you with matters of head, heart and soul for which you need words. Communication is precious. Various writings are created with care and precision, in consultation, within a discreet, poetic setting. words service can be visited weekly at a fixed location in the city, for several months. The service is free and publicly accessible, with or without an appointment. Multiple languages are available.
At the end of each writing
STILL HERE: Living Preamble is a new phase of the alliance of care for the SZenne River. In this next chapter, Natural Contract Lab envisions to embed a deeply felt sense of responsibility as Szenne stewards into a creative legal framework that can contribute to contemporary legal practices.
The Living Preamble is an embodied process emerging from the river and its kin — a proposal for an embodied law that transforms the concept from a static legal document into a layered and hybrid experience,
STILL HERE: Living Preamble is a new phase of the alliance of care for the SZenne River. In this next chapter, Natural Contract Lab envisions to embed a deeply felt sense of responsibility as Szenne stewards into a creative legal framework that can contribute to contemporary legal practices.
The Living Preamble is an embodied process emerging from the river and its kin — a proposal for an embodied law that transforms the concept from a static legal document into a layered and hybrid experience,
The River and The Devil invites the audience into the ruins of a disappearing river.
During colonial times in the Bolivian Andean Plateau, the river Desaguadero and its uncontrollable forces were demonized as ‘the Devil’ by colonial settlers. Since then, centuries of extraction have dried up the river, transforming it from water to salt. In The River and The Devil, Paula Almiron reimagines the Devil not as a destructive force but as the guardian of the river, exploring resilience and the remnants of fragmented histories. The river has turned into broken pieces, hiding and moving towards us unannounced.
Combining dance, fiction and collective storytelling, The River
Basically is an ongoing live project. It utilizes the exhibition space as a hybrid production space and playground; a context to practice and perform within. Basically is structured as a choreographic game in which multiple performers hold the rules of the game constant, incorporating visitors in visible and invisible ways. The work is governed by the formal rules as well as by the subjective interpretations that occur in interactions with and between the participating artists and visitors. The creation and re-creation of the
Once a month during openoffice we throw open the doors or our workings, each time at a different cultural location in Brussels. Everyone who is looking for advice on projects in the performing arts, or who would like to exchange experiences, is welcome. We discuss specific themes during an information session/workshop and then organise a moment for all possible questions. Keep an eye on our agenda or facebook page for new dates!
With the support of cultuurculture.be
Spoken languages Dutch, English, French, a.o
STILL HERE: Living Preamble is a new phase of the alliance of care for the SZenne River. In this next chapter, Natural Contract Lab envisions to embed a deeply felt sense of responsibility as Szenne stewards into a creative legal framework that can contribute to contemporary legal practices.
The Living Preamble is an embodied process emerging from the river and its kin — a proposal for an embodied law that transforms the concept from a static legal document into a layered and hybrid experience,
Basically is an ongoing live project. It utilizes the exhibition space as a hybrid production space and playground; a context to practice and perform within. Basically is structured as a choreographic game in which multiple performers hold the rules of the game constant, incorporating visitors in visible and invisible ways. The work is governed by the formal rules as well as by the subjective interpretations that occur in interactions with and between the participating artists and visitors. The creation and re-creation of the
“… you going… b-back alon’????? Thr… not!!! . by the banana planntations????!”
[voices bending, twisting]
“Ahh
hhAH HAHAHA jn ht… Maxhete!… cau-s !
m- Maxhete!”
kjjdn kol? .. .?
mmm…
¡¿¿¿¿MAXHETE!
The name hung in the air like smoke.
I ccan’t even stand straigght. leakkking. Piss, beeer, old sweat ..– People were howwlin g. can’t even stand straight,, soaked in my worse decisionz. —shirt half-open, eyes glassy, puke crusted on my chin. The bouncer… already thrown me offf like trash.. [music distorting] hit the paavement hard, limbs ss like a broken dolll. The air thick with heat and hummiliation.. … .
¡¡¡¡that’s the moment when Maxhete takes advantage!
Ask the wrong tree in those swamps, you
STILL HERE: Living Preamble is a new phase of the alliance of care for the SZenne River. In this next chapter, Natural Contract Lab envisions to embed a deeply felt sense of responsibility as Szenne stewards into a creative legal framework that can contribute to contemporary legal practices.
The Living Preamble is an embodied process emerging from the river and its kin — a proposal for an embodied law that transforms the concept from a static legal document into a layered and hybrid experience,
STILL HERE: Living Preamble is a new phase of the alliance of care for the SZenne River. In this next chapter, Natural Contract Lab envisions to embed a deeply felt sense of responsibility as Szenne stewards into a creative legal framework that can contribute to contemporary legal practices.
The Living Preamble is an embodied process emerging from the river and its kin — a proposal for an embodied law that transforms the concept from a static legal document into a layered and hybrid experience,
Once a month during openoffice we throw open the doors or our workings, each time at a different cultural location in Brussels. Everyone who is looking for advice on projects in the performing arts, or who would like to exchange experiences, is welcome. We discuss specific themes during an information session/workshop and then organise a moment for all possible questions. Keep an eye on our agenda or facebook page for new dates!
With the support of cultuurculture.be
Spoken languages Dutch, English, French, a.o
Like is an experimental video game merging documentary live footage and a playable, digital environment. The installation includes an embroidered couch, keyboard, and gamepad. Its narrative world emerges from Basically, focusing on the “coming-of-age” years and the educational institution; the ecstasy of exercising our agency and the horrors of self-consciousness, self-criticality, and navigating social expectations.
The game touches on a shared, yet unromanticized nostalgia, the grit and the mania; the desperate acts of teen survival; an assertion of self through play, both mean
“… you going… b-back alon’????? Thr… not!!! . by the banana planntations????!”
[voices bending, twisting]
“Ahh
hhAH HAHAHA jn ht… Maxhete!… cau-s !
m- Maxhete!”
kjjdn kol? .. .?
mmm…
¡¿¿¿¿MAXHETE!
The name hung in the air like smoke.
I ccan’t even stand straigght. leakkking. Piss, beeer, old sweat ..– People were howwlin g. can’t even stand straight,, soaked in my worse decisionz. —shirt half-open, eyes glassy, puke crusted on my chin. The bouncer… already thrown me offf like trash.. [music distorting] hit the paavement hard, limbs ss like a broken dolll. The air thick with heat and hummiliation.. … .
¡¡¡¡that’s the moment when Maxhete takes advantage!
Ask the wrong tree in those swamps, you
Imagine a sci-fi world shaped by the musical genre of reggaeton, the urban dance perreo, the linguistic experience of everyday life through a limited understanding of English, and the historical connection of Central America with the export of exotic fruits.
This is the world that Flesh can’t can’ t not’t ‘tis flesh h… invokes, a multisensory performance that mixes live music, projection of text, dance and sculpture. Two burning bodies guide us through the landscapes of a foreign world, to explore the bittersweet ventures of the Global South-Global North migration, and to trace part of the histories found in the Central American region.
Listen to Mario’s playlist here!
In campfire, Bosse Provoost & Ezra Veldhuis take us onto the stage, where we find ourselves immersed in a bath of sound and light.
We listen in on a conversation taking place beneath a strange constellation, and traverse various environments – or is it always the same space, yet experienced differently each time?
Between the field of vision of a shrimp, the wandering arms of an octopus and the interior of a womb, a field of perspectives opens up. Ancient animal paintings, firing synapses and
In campfire, Bosse Provoost & Ezra Veldhuis take us onto the stage, where we find ourselves immersed in a bath of sound and light.
We listen in on a conversation taking place beneath a strange constellation, and traverse various environments – or is it always the same space, yet experienced differently each time?
Between the field of vision of a shrimp, the wandering arms of an octopus and the interior of a womb, a field of perspectives opens up. Ancient animal paintings, firing synapses and
Once a month during openoffice we throw open the doors or our workings, each time at a different cultural location in Brussels. Everyone who is looking for advice on projects in the performing arts, or who would like to exchange experiences, is welcome. We discuss specific themes during an information session/workshop and then organise a moment for all possible questions. Keep an eye on our agenda or facebook page for new dates!
With the support of cultuurculture.be
Spoken languages Dutch, English, French, a.o
“… you going… b-back alon’????? Thr… not!!! . by the banana planntations????!”
[voices bending, twisting]
“Ahh
hhAH HAHAHA jn ht… Maxhete!… cau-s !
m- Maxhete!”
kjjdn kol? .. .?
mmm…
¡¿¿¿¿MAXHETE!
The name hung in the air like smoke.
I ccan’t even stand straigght. leakkking. Piss, beeer, old sweat ..– People were howwlin g. can’t even stand straight,, soaked in my worse decisionz. —shirt half-open, eyes glassy, puke crusted on my chin. The bouncer… already thrown me offf like trash.. [music distorting] hit the paavement hard, limbs ss like a broken dolll. The air thick with heat and hummiliation.. … .
¡¡¡¡that’s the moment when Maxhete takes advantage!
Ask the wrong tree in those swamps, you
In the midst of a genocidal present and an uncertain future, Stephanie Kayal and Abed Kobeissy revisit their failed crime-fighting power couple from their recent work Galactic Crush Part 1. After completely botching their Don Quixotic mission, the two protagonists face total despair and decide to flee their homeland. They build a DIY intergalactic spaceship and take off in search of hope in another galaxy.
Confronting their protagonists with a harsh gaze, Kayal and Kobeissy question the ethics surrounding such a decision at a
The words provider will lend you a listening ear. words service is happy to help you with matters of head, heart and soul for which you need words. Communication is precious. Various writings are created with care and precision, in consultation, within a discreet, poetic setting. words service can be visited weekly at a fixed location in the city, for several months. The service is free and publicly accessible, with or without an appointment. Multiple languages are available.
At the end of each writing
The words provider will lend you a listening ear. words service is happy to help you with matters of head, heart and soul for which you need words. Communication is precious. Various writings are created with care and precision, in consultation, within a discreet, poetic setting. words service can be visited weekly at a fixed location in the city, for several months. The service is free and publicly accessible, with or without an appointment. Multiple languages are available.
At the end of each writing
STILL HERE: Living Preamble is a new phase of the alliance of care for the SZenne River. In this next chapter, Natural Contract Lab envisions to embed a deeply felt sense of responsibility as Szenne stewards into a creative legal framework that can contribute to contemporary legal practices.
The Living Preamble is an embodied process emerging from the river and its kin — a proposal for an embodied law that transforms the concept from a static legal document into a layered and hybrid experience,
In campfire, Bosse Provoost & Ezra Veldhuis take us onto the stage, where we find ourselves immersed in a bath of sound and light.
We listen in on a conversation taking place beneath a strange constellation, and traverse various environments – or is it always the same space, yet experienced differently each time?
Between the field of vision of a shrimp, the wandering arms of an octopus and the interior of a womb, a field of perspectives opens up. Ancient animal paintings, firing synapses and
STILL HERE: Living Preamble is a new phase of the alliance of care for the SZenne River. In this next chapter, Natural Contract Lab envisions to embed a deeply felt sense of responsibility as Szenne stewards into a creative legal framework that can contribute to contemporary legal practices.
The Living Preamble is an embodied process emerging from the river and its kin — a proposal for an embodied law that transforms the concept from a static legal document into a layered and hybrid experience,
In campfire, Bosse Provoost & Ezra Veldhuis take us onto the stage, where we find ourselves immersed in a bath of sound and light.
We listen in on a conversation taking place beneath a strange constellation, and traverse various environments – or is it always the same space, yet experienced differently each time?
Between the field of vision of a shrimp, the wandering arms of an octopus and the interior of a womb, a field of perspectives opens up. Ancient animal paintings, firing synapses and
STILL HERE: Living Preamble is a new phase of the alliance of care for the SZenne River. In this next chapter, Natural Contract Lab envisions to embed a deeply felt sense of responsibility as Szenne stewards into a creative legal framework that can contribute to contemporary legal practices.
The Living Preamble is an embodied process emerging from the river and its kin — a proposal for an embodied law that transforms the concept from a static legal document into a layered and hybrid experience,
In campfire, Bosse Provoost & Ezra Veldhuis take us onto the stage, where we find ourselves immersed in a bath of sound and light.
We listen in on a conversation taking place beneath a strange constellation, and traverse various environments – or is it always the same space, yet experienced differently each time?
Between the field of vision of a shrimp, the wandering arms of an octopus and the interior of a womb, a field of perspectives opens up. Ancient animal paintings, firing synapses and
In this new work, Carolina Mendonça continues her investigation into violence — not in its immediate explosion, but in its afterlife. Something is Approaching looks beyond the moment of the violent act to trace its long-term effects: the way violence settles into muscle, shapes attention, distorts imagination. If Zones of Resplendence imagined an army rising against sexual violence, this new piece lingers with what violence implants in us: tension, rumination, a sort of damnation, a muscular readiness.
What if our muscles are not only sites of trauma, but also of resistance? What if they have been rehearsing — quietly, daily — for the moment of return? For the moment to fight back? What type of stories are stuck to our tissues that could be released by a single jolt, a sudden movement — a bullet?
This is a choreography of muscular dreams. Bodies that once froze begin to stir — charged by years of imagined confrontations. Ghostly bodies find a space where their haunting can pause. Dreaming becomes a kind
“… you going… b-back alon’????? Thr… not!!! . by the banana planntations????!”
[voices bending, twisting]
“Ahh
hhAH HAHAHA jn ht… Maxhete!… cau-s !
m- Maxhete!”
kjjdn kol? .. .?
mmm…
¡¿¿¿¿MAXHETE!
The name hung in the air like smoke.
I ccan’t even stand straigght. leakkking. Piss, beeer, old sweat ..– People were howwlin g. can’t even stand straight,, soaked in my worse decisionz. —shirt half-open, eyes glassy, puke crusted on my chin. The bouncer… already thrown me offf like trash.. [music distorting] hit the paavement hard, limbs ss like a broken dolll. The air thick with heat and hummiliation.. … .
¡¡¡¡that’s the moment when Maxhete takes advantage!
Ask the wrong tree in those swamps, you
STILL HERE: Living Preamble is a new phase of the alliance of care for the SZenne River. In this next chapter, Natural Contract Lab envisions to embed a deeply felt sense of responsibility as Szenne stewards into a creative legal framework that can contribute to contemporary legal practices.
The Living Preamble is an embodied process emerging from the river and its kin — a proposal for an embodied law that transforms the concept from a static legal document into a layered and hybrid experience,
STILL HERE: Living Preamble is a new phase of the alliance of care for the SZenne River. In this next chapter, Natural Contract Lab envisions to embed a deeply felt sense of responsibility as Szenne stewards into a creative legal framework that can contribute to contemporary legal practices.
The Living Preamble is an embodied process emerging from the river and its kin — a proposal for an embodied law that transforms the concept from a static legal document into a layered and hybrid experience,
In campfire, Bosse Provoost & Ezra Veldhuis take us onto the stage, where we find ourselves immersed in a bath of sound and light.
We listen in on a conversation taking place beneath a strange constellation, and traverse various environments – or is it always the same space, yet experienced differently each time?
Between the field of vision of a shrimp, the wandering arms of an octopus and the interior of a womb, a field of perspectives opens up. Ancient animal paintings, firing synapses and
In the midst of a genocidal present and an uncertain future, Stephanie Kayal and Abed Kobeissy revisit their failed crime-fighting power couple from their recent work Galactic Crush Part 1. After completely botching their Don Quixotic mission, the two protagonists face total despair and decide to flee their homeland. They build a DIY intergalactic spaceship and take off in search of hope in another galaxy.
Confronting their protagonists with a harsh gaze, Kayal and Kobeissy question the ethics surrounding such a decision at a
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