Not to despair about the past. Not to forget. To keep knowing that there are mysteries and secrets. To yearn for spectacular suns.*
In December BAYA Collective suggested an open call for the restless, questioning how they can put forth a collective process that transcends internal and external limits. Questioning what happens when our imagination and yearning aren’t weaponised against us, but instead tried as a tool to expose the portal towards collective freedom.
In February, Amina Abouelghar, Asma Laajimi and Tine Deboelpaep entered the conversation while Kaaistudio’s became home to a collective unravelling of these questions as notes on home, rest, hibernation and dystopia were left behind. During a two-week residency, a guided trajectory that emphasized the importance of nurturing a process of reciprocity and carving working environments where concepts of care and community are unraveled and explored together.
On Monday May 5th to Friday May 9th, BAYA Collective, Amina, Asma and Tine invite you to Kaaistudio’s for a communal scenography where the approach of each individual is activated and multiple portals get to be navigated in a setting where reciprocity and care are explored together.
* Based on "In the Heart of the Heart of Another Country" by Etel Adnan-
Monday May 5th: OPENING EVENING
18h30 - Walk in
19h00 - Kick-off programme
Tuesday May 6th: Presentation Tine Deboelpaep
18h30 - Walk in
19h00 - 19h30 - Performance
Wednesday May 7th: Presentation Asma Laajimi
17h00 - 20h00 Looped screening
Thursday May 8th: Presentation Amina Abouelghar
18h30 - Walk in
19h00 - 19h30 Start performance
Friday May 9th: Closing event
18h00 - Walk in
18h30 - Introduction
18h45 - 19h45 - Performances
20h15 - 22h00 - Drinks and closing
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ASMA LAAJIMI
Born in 1999, Asma Laajimi is a Tunisian filmmaker and visual artist based in Brussels. Following studies in graphic design and photography, she graduated from LUCA School of Arts in Brussels with an MA in Film. Working across film, photography, installation, performance, and text, Asma’s multidisciplinary practice is rooted in her lived experience, blurring the lines between reality and fiction, the intimate and the political, the personal and the collective. Her work has been showcased at international film festivals including Locarno Film Festival (CH), Cinemed Montpellier (FR), JCC Carthage Film Festival (TN), and Breedbeeld Kortfilm Festival (BE), as well as in art institutions such as KIOSK Gent (BE) and Argos Audiovisual Art Center (BE)
AMINA ABOUELGHAR
Amina Abouelghar is a dancer and choreographer based between Brussels and Cairo. She graduated from the Cairo Contemporary Dance Center and has co-created the Cairo-based dance duet Nafaq. Her work has been shown in several festivals such as NEXT, Festival de Marseille, Indiscipline Festival, etc... In 2023, she worked on her first solo Young Dreams along with Swiss-Iraqi musician Laure Betris. At the moment, she is working on her next piece Birds Cries, an ode to rhythms, composition, and improvisation.
TINE DEBOELPAEP
Tine Deboelpaep (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist. Her current research focuses on how our ideas of self-reliance and well-being have been historically shaped by predominant political and economic conditions. These interests manifest themselves through (interactive) sculptures, installations, lecture performances and participative performances, which explore alternative ways of interdependence and community building. Her methodology is guided by intersectional feminism, disability justice and dramaturgical principles. She is committed to artistic development as a process rooted in interconnectedness and exchange. In addition to her practice, she actively engages in artistic support work, contributing her expertise in policy-making, coordination and guidance of creative processes to artist-run initiatives, organizations, and individual artists.
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