CommonsTalk
A roundtable with Emanuel Almborg, Graziela Kunsch and Penny Wilson (Assemble Play) on alternative pedagogies
The Politics of Play
30/10/2024
Please join us for a roundtable discussion on how artists and art organisations are experimenting with alternative child pedagogies. Emanuel Almborg will present his artistic research on various educational methods, including the anti-authoritarian approach of Summerhill School (Suffolk, 1921-present), the Marxist perspective on deaf-blind education at the Zagorsk school (Moscow, 1968-1979) and the exhibition A Child has 100 Languages on the Reggio Emilia Approach (Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1981).
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Partager nos mémoires. Un état des lieux de l'archive LGBTQIA+ en Belgique.
01/12/2024
Marian Lens is a sociologist and LGBTQIA+ pioneer who is currently in the process of donating her collection to the Archives of the City of Brussels. Bart Hellinckx has been the archivist for the Suzan Daniel collection since 1996. Lissa Choukrane researches the relationship between gender and archives and will soon take over a living Belgian archive. Together they look at the relationship between LGBTQIA+ archives and institutions, and the future of their transmission.
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Artists’ Libraries
01/12/2024
Join us for a conversation between Banu Cennetoğlu, Karol Radziszewski and aqui Thami, whose practices encompass artists’ libraries. The conversation is moderated by Devrim Bayar and Grégory Castéra from KANAL.
Initiated by Banu Cennetoğlu in 2006, BAS is an artist(s)-run non-profit space in Istanbul, dedicated to the collection, exhibition, production and distribution of artists’ publications and printed matter.
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Tu me fais me sentir (très très réel): Publi Fluor, une typographie orientée.
01/12/2024
Publi Fluor is the name given to the slanted letters cut out by Chrystel Crickx in her eponymous shop in Schaerbeek between 1975 and 2000. It is also the title of a book based on the research into these letters and their history by the Crickx research group. One of the chapters looks at oblique typefaces, intersecting typographic ligatures, queer bodies, self-education and disco. Ludi Loiseau, Nathan Izbicki, David Le Simple and Olivier Bertrand will explore these themes in their talk.
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Panel discussion
Sex and garment fetish : From Camp to Kiffeur
30/11/2024
Parc invites fashion designers Martine Rose and JordanLuca, as well as fashion historian Andrew Groves, to explore the complex and changing relationship between queer fetish culture, contemporary fashion, and garment design. This conversation promises important insights from multiple perspectives and a rich and open dialogue about the interplay between queer identity, sexuality, creativity and cultural expression through clothing.
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The Queer Arab Glossary
30/11/2024
For the Belgian book launch of The Queer Arab Glossary, author Marwan Kaabour and Kaaitheater-programmer Maria Dogahe enter a dialogue. The Queer Arab Glossary is the first collection of Arabic LGBTQ+ slang, published by Marwan Kaabour, who is a graphic designer and the founder of Takweer – an online archive of queer narratives in Arab history and popular culture.
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Filter Café Filtré Atelier
Open (the) Debate - Tactical Urbanism and young people in the city
21/09/2024
Preceded by an inspiring roster of local and international speakers, young people from Brussels enter into a debate about the future of the city. What kind of city do they want to live in, what do they lack and what do they like about growing up in the city? What are their needs and dreams? How can young people help determine the (future of the) city and how can their voices be translated into policy? What quick interventions are possible to make the city more accessible and inclusive?
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Kunstenfestivaldesarts
Kitchen Talks
16/05/2024
23/05/2024
30/05/2024
If "parties always end in the kitchen", it's because we cook much more than just food there. Every Thursday of the festival, two artists or collectives engage in conversation around cooking in the KVS foyer.
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The Arab World, Africa and Europe in the Light of the Gaza Tragedy: Is a Common Future Still Possible?
10/04/2024
Which future can we still imagine and construct together? Which role to play for Europeans out of Brussels and for Africans and Arabs out of Tunis and the entire MENA-region. Together with key-thinkers and activists from Tunis and Brussels we will reflect on these complex issues.
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Dream City: A different festival
07/04/2024
In this panel discussion, we invite the founders of the festival, along with some participating artists to reflect on the raison d'être and methodology of this unique festival.
This panel discussion can be combined with the performances of Filipe Lourenço and Jozef Wouters.