conversations

It’s a date!

Artists and activists will prepare and share foods that carry a story of the nuanced practices of erasure embedded in the colonial project in Palestine. Join them on our doorstep for food and conversation!

Writing workshop with Luanda Casella

workshop

SA 19.06 14:00 - 17:00

How to express ourselves about biases born from the power structures and systems of oppression?

Carnival Culture across the Diaspora

film aftertalk

WE 16.06 19:30

Artist and activist Quinsy Gario and his guests look at and think through Carnival culture in the Black African diaspora.

The Undercommons Collective translation workshop

workshop

TH 10.06 10:00 - 16:00

FR 11.06 10:00 - 16:00

SA 12.06 10:00 - 16:00

Invoking a form of surplus generated at the margins of capitalism’s exploitative systems, Ève Chabanon draws our attention to practices that recall what Stefano Harney and Fred Moten call ‘the Undercommons’.

The Surplus Talk

talk

WE 09.06 19:30

In the frame of the exhibition Chapter 4: Sold, Ève Chabanon, Peggy Pierrot and Rosanna Puyol delve into some of the issues underlying ‘The Surplus of the Non-producer’, marginalised labour, collective work and… commons.

On the (re)appropriation of queer aesthetics in music and nightlife w/ VICE

online conversations

WE 12.05 19:00

From genderbending fashion to pinkwashing cishet artists, let’s have a conversation on the (re)appropriation of queer aesthetics in mainstream music.

Interdependence in the music and nightlife sector w/ AB

online conversations

WE 05.05 19:00

Noonah Eze aka DJ Black Mamba discusses with Marianne Cattoir aka Catwar, Ziggy Devriendt aka Nosedrip and Arne Huysmans from VOLTA how the sector can strive towards a more equitable, inclusive, fair and sustainable collective ecosystem.

Mental health and escapism through nightlife w/ Kiosk Radio

online conversations

WE 28.04 19:00

Kiosk Radio’s Jim Becker will lead experimental musician Valentino Mora (IDO) and psychologists and DJs Maurizio Ferrara (DJ Athome, Front de Cadeaux) and Zohra Lkasbi (DJ SAHЯA) into a conversation about the links between mental health and nightlife, especially in times of COVID.

We Object — with Joëlle Sambi Nzeba & Ruth Grâce Paluku-Atoka

replay online talk

UPDATE! Babs Gons can't make it and Ruth Grâce Paluku-Atoka will take her place! You’re invited to join Joëlle Sambi Nzeba, Babs Gons and their chosen objects for an intimate conversation about how colonialism exists in all of our everyday lives.

We Object — with Camilo Mejía Cortés & Cherish Menzo

replay online talk

You’re invited to join Camilo Mejía Cortés, Cherish Menzo and their chosen objects for an intimate conversation about how colonialism exists in all of our everyday lives.

BHM x BAM The intersectionalities of the BLM support marches and uprisings in the Lowlands

online talk

TH 18.03 19:00

We Object Intimate conversations on how colonial legacies exist in our everyday lives

A piece of food, a song that you hear on the radio, an item in your kitchen cupboard or the rug that lies across your living room floor, the legacy of colonialism is always there, sometimes in places you don’t expect.

We Object — with Loucka Fiagan & Lisette Ma Neza

replay online talk

You’re invited to join Lisette Ma Neza, Loucka Fiagan and their chosen objects for an intimate conversation about how colonialism exists in all of our everyday lives.

On the (re)appropriation of black aesthetics in music and nightlife w/ Black History Month & Vice

online conversations

WE 10.03 19:00

MC/rapper and founder of theKEEPERS Akua Naru, fashion creative Jonathan ‘Jon The Gold’ Zegbe, PR and visual creative Selene Alexa, former fashion marketer Eric Cyuzuzo get together to discuss how elements of Black cultures have been (re)appropriated in fashion and nightlife.

Being Imposed Upon a conversation about decolonization & feminism

replay online talk

A conversation between Melat Gebeyaw Nigussie, Anissa Boujdaini, Aline Bosuma W’okungu Bakili & Emmanuelle Nsunda.

BHM x BAM The importance of Archiving for Black Communities

replay online talk

The founders of Black Achievement Month Netherlands (John Leerdam) and Black History Month Belgium (Aminata Ndow and Mohamed Barrie) discuss the origins and idea behind their organizations and how they grew.

On navigating nightlife and festivals as Black People w/ Black History Month Belgium

online conversations

WE 03.03 19:00

That Might Be Right The Robbery of Nature

Let’s get on with it and continue to read, talk and think about our contemporary constellation and potential practices that might constitute new forms of life.

Brussels Podcast Festival

online talks

25 FEB — 28 FEB

on rethinking and creating safer spaces in nightlife w/ Mothers & Daughters

online conversations

WE 24.02 19:00

Several collectives active in building community through nightlife come together to discuss and rethink the creation and maintenance of safer nightlife spaces.

CONVERSATIONS ON NOT BEING THERE … YET

on being a mother & a DJ w/ Bledarte

online conversations

WE 17.02 19:00

Three grandes dames of Brussels’ nightlife scene talk about being a mom and a DJ and how the two relate.

HIND & FATIMA-ZAHRA ELJADID Kruimeldief

online book presentation

TH 11.02 20:00

The big conversation on freedom of the press

conversations

SA 31.10.2020 18:00 - 22:15 Cancelled!

Nine tables with one expert and nine guests, one topic per table, two rounds and an intense debate on freedom of the press. w/ freiraumfestival.eu & Goethe-Institut Brüssel

FREI—RAUM FESTIVAL in Brussels

online summit

30 OCT — 1 NOV 2020

An online summit of pre-recorded talks, live discussions and experimental performances will be streamed Europe-wide. What is the state of freedom today? w/ freiraumfestival.eu & Goethe-Institut Brüssel

A READING GROUP WITH JOANA TISCHKAU Being Pink Ain’t Easy

reading group

SA 17.10.2020 12:30

Joana Tischkau will share some texts and images she used during the research for her piece Being Pink Ain’t Easy with the participants.

A TALK WITH JOANA TISCHKAU Being Pink Ain’t Easy

talk

FR 16.10.2020 21:30

After a performance of Being Pink Ain’t Easy on Friday, Joana Tischkau will sit down with sociocultural programmer Eric Cyuzuzo to discuss the piece, as well as her past, current and future work

Male Identities Men-In-Full Journey

What does it mean to be a whole, present and aware man today? by Hugo Mega

AFTERTALK with Ogutu Muraya & Quinsy Gario

performance conversations

FR 18.09.2020 21:30

Artist talk with Ogutu Muraya (via Skype) and Quinsy Gario, after Quinsy’s reading-performance of Ogutu’s 'On Thin Ice'.

artist talk Guy Woueté & Sorana Munsya

ARTIST TALK

FR 18.09.2020 18:30 - 19:30

Guy Woueté and psychologist Sorana Munsya enter into discussion about Guy’s creative process and the social topics that their work has in common.

hello about getting here rooftop rentals tickets

It’s a date!

Writing workshop with Luanda Casella

Carnival Culture across the Diaspora

The Undercommons Collective translation workshop

The Surplus Talk

On the (re)appropriation of queer aesthetics in music and nightlife w/ VICE

Interdependence in the music and nightlife sector w/ AB

Mental health and escapism through nightlife w/ Kiosk Radio

We Object — with Joëlle Sambi Nzeba & Ruth Grâce Paluku-Atoka

We Object — with Camilo Mejía Cortés & Cherish Menzo

BHM x BAM The intersectionalities of the BLM support marches and uprisings in the Lowlands

We Object Intimate conversations on how colonial legacies exist in our everyday lives

We Object — with Loucka Fiagan & Lisette Ma Neza

On the (re)appropriation of black aesthetics in music and nightlife w/ Black History Month & Vice

Being Imposed Upon a conversation about decolonization & feminism

BHM x BAM The importance of Archiving for Black Communities

On navigating nightlife and festivals as Black People w/ Black History Month Belgium

That Might Be Right The Robbery of Nature

Brussels Podcast Festival

on rethinking and creating safer spaces in nightlife w/ Mothers & Daughters

CONVERSATIONS ON NOT BEING THERE … YET

on being a mother & a DJ w/ Bledarte

HIND & FATIMA-ZAHRA ELJADID Kruimeldief

The big conversation on freedom of the press

FREI—RAUM FESTIVAL in Brussels

A READING GROUP WITH JOANA TISCHKAU Being Pink Ain’t Easy

A TALK WITH JOANA TISCHKAU Being Pink Ain’t Easy

Male Identities Men-In-Full Journey

AFTERTALK with Ogutu Muraya & Quinsy Gario

artist talk Guy Woueté & Sorana Munsya