The steps of the Bourse in Brussels – a highly symbolic piece of Second Empire architecture reflecting Leopoldian ambitions – have long provided a popular stage for demonstrations and celebrations by Belgian citizens. Playing a vital role in amplifying words, they assert the right to urban diversity. For the opening of the Kunstenfestivaldesarts 2015, Anna Rispoli, an artist whose polymorphous work examines relationships between people and cities, invites a group of people to return to the steps of the Bourse. What they all have in common is that they once shouted out something on them. Climbing the steps one by one, they take their clear message with them, but end up disappearing beneath a vibrant cacophony, a tableau vivant of sights and sounds that irons out partisan interests to express nothing but a shared desire for change. Suddenly, the tumult of protestations gives way to a silence interrupted only by the chatter of tourists...
A project initiated by Anna Rispoli
In conversation with Daniel Blanga Gubbay & Lieven De Cauter
In collaboration with Koen Berghmans
Presentation Kunstenfestivaldesarts
Production Kunstenfestivaldesarts
Outdoor performance (no seats)
Place de la Bourse / Beursplein
25 min
