Hors d'oeuvre #7 The true chronicles of the last century at the Blida-Joinville psychiatric hospital, when Dr Frantz Fanon was head of the fifth ward between 1953 and 1956

Our former associated artists return with a special serving of documentary about the legendary Frantz Fanon, and invite Brussels association L’Autre Lieu to delve deeper into psychiatry and its alternatives today.

18:30 doors
19:00 screening
20:20 break
20:30 aftertalk
21:30 end aftertalk
22:30 bar closes

+ vegan snacks included

film

Frantz Fanon works at the Blida-Joinville psychiatric hospital where he tries to treat Algerians suffering from cultural alienation. At the same time, the war of independence is spreading and beginning to affect his department as well.

Abdenour Zahzah, 2024, 1h30min

aftertalk

The discussion will revolve around Frantz Fanon’s psychiatric practice and the questions it raises for rethinking care, madness, and the welcoming of intense psychological experiences. Drawing on some of his writings, they will open up a reflection on the possibility of providing care differently, beyond the lens of a psychiatry focused on illness to be contained or eradicated.

In collaboration with L’Autre “lieu”.
Founded in Brussels in 1980, L’Autre “lieu” is a pioneering association for alternatives to psychiatry. It develops a critical approach to mental health by examining the links between madness, care, and society, and offers spaces for support and reception outside institutional frameworks, focused on lived experience and collective engagement.
instagram.com/autrelieu.bruxelles/
autrelieu.be/

about

Hors-d'oeuvre is a series by nadjim bigou-fathi and soto labor through which they wish to share films they have come across during their artistic research. These screenings will lead to an open discussion between speakers and members of the public. This invitation aims to reflect collectively on issues such as managing our narratives, the conditions under which they are produced and the power relationships they imply.

NADJIM BIGOU-FATHI (1990, FR) is a designer, visual artist and performer. He is interested in the emergence of boundaries – from walls to words – and the normative, territorial or authoritarian dynamics that underpin them. Through curatorial, sculptural and performance projects, he examines situations of expectation and anticipation, questioning the power relations between participants.
instagram.com/nadj.big.fat

SOTO LABOR (1993, FR) is a poet, visual artist and performer. Strongly influenced by hip-hop as a means of empowerment, he explores different forms of narrative and performance, while examining the conditions under which discourse is exercised. He produces short stories, fables, poems and rap lyrics as critical tools.
instagram.com/s_t_o_a_s_t_o/

soto & nadjim were part of the Beursschouwburg associated artists from 2022 to 2024.