Natural Contract Lab
LIVING PREAMBLE — A Ceremony with the Szenne
Since 2021, Natural Contract Lab has been walking with the SZenne and its many kin: people, dragonflies, willows, sparrows, rain, Japanese knotweed, nettles — the visible and the invisible. From its source beneath a willow tree in Naast to the Zennegat in Mechelen, this journey follows the SZenne through the landscape, listening to its waters, its rhythms and its many relationships. During Kanal’s opening weekend, this journey takes the form of a collective ceremony.
- Date
- 10:00 — 15:00
- Location
- Practical information
- The River Oracle ritual takes place in Maximiliaan Park, opposite Kanal.
In Brussels, Walking with the SZenne begins at the Sewer Museum and invites participants to rediscover the urban landscape from the perspective of the invisible river. In the afternoon, the Living Law Song and the first River Oracle bring the voice and memory of the SZenne to the surface through collective singing and ritual. Together, these activities form part of the Living Preamble, a proposal to parliament calling for the recognition of the SZenne in Belgian law.
Dates
Credits and bios
- Maria Lucia Cruz Correia
- Initiated in 2021 by
- SZenne River (ally/mentor)
- In ongoing co-creation with a transdisciplinary group, including
- vinny jones (sensory scenography/dramaturgy)
- In ongoing co-creation with a transdisciplinary group, including
- Brunilda Pali (restorative justice)
- In ongoing co-creation with a transdisciplinary group, including
- Lode Vranken (design/philosophy)
- In ongoing co-creation with a transdisciplinary group, including
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- Marzia Dalfini (design)
- STILL HERE (2023- 2027) Collaborators with different temporalities of engagement
- Jef Seghers LDR Advocaten (SZenne Living Law)
- STILL HERE (2023- 2027) Collaborators with different temporalities of engagement
- Caroline Daish (vocal archivist)
- STILL HERE (2023- 2027) Collaborators with different temporalities of engagement
- Julie Vanderhaegen/ Atelier Cartographique (Digital companion)
- STILL HERE (2023- 2027) Collaborators with different temporalities of engagement
- Xandra van der Eijk (River Oracles design)
- STILL HERE (2023- 2027) Collaborators with different temporalities of engagement
- Melanie Matthieu (creative producer)
- STILL HERE (2023- 2027) Collaborators with different temporalities of engagement
- Patricia Van Cutsem (singer/songwriter)
- STILL HERE (2023- 2027) Collaborators with different temporalities of engagement
- Tania Soubry (choreographer artist)
- STILL HERE (2023- 2027) Collaborators with different temporalities of engagement
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- Christel Stalpaert (hyphenated thinker)
- STILL HERE (2023- 2027) Collaborators with different temporalities of engagement
- Thessa Kruger (intern/Sound research)
- STILL HERE (2023- 2027) Collaborators with different temporalities of engagement
- Saartje Monden (river guardian pedagogies)
- STILL HERE (2023- 2027) Collaborators with different temporalities of engagement
- Laura Eva Meuris (weaver)
- STILL HERE (2023- 2027) Collaborators with different temporalities of engagement
- Flore Herman (mediation dramaturgy)
- STILL HERE (2023- 2027) Collaborators with different temporalities of engagement
- Melanie Ganino (artistic assistant)
- STILL HERE (2023- 2027) Collaborators with different temporalities of engagement
- Matteo Deblasio (river vessel design/conception).
- STILL HERE (2023- 2027) Collaborators with different temporalities of engagement
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