THU 31.10. 
10—17.00

EPISODE I
INGRID LAFLEUR
Open to the participants of the symposium 

Ingrid LaFleur is a curator, pleasure activist and Afrofuturist. Her mission is to ensure equal distribution of the future, exploring the frontiers of social justice through new technologies, economies and modes of government.

As a recent Detroit Mayoral candidate and founder and director of AFROTOPIA, LaFleur implements Afrofuturist strategies to empower Black bodies and oppressed communities through frameworks such as blockchain and universal basic income. Ingrid LaFleur is currently the co-founder and Chief Community Officer of EOS Detroit. As a thought leader, social justice technologist, public speaker, teacher and cultural advisor she has led conversations and workshops at Centre Pompidou (Paris), TEDxBrooklyn, TEDxDetroit, Ideas City, New Museum (New York), AfroTech Conference, Harvard University and Oxford University, among others.

 

FRI 01.11.
10—17.00

EPISODE II
SILKE HUYSMANS & HANNES DEREERE
Open to the participants of the symposium 

The documentary and polyphonic work of young theatre-makers Silke Huysmans and Hannes Dereere is based on concrete social, political and ecological situations, events or places that reflect broader global themes. What characterises the duo is how they carry out their research – by means of scientific examination, interviews and fieldwork. Their first piece, ›Mining Stories‹ (2016), explored the impact of a recent mining disaster in the south of Brazil, the region where Huysmans grew up. Huysmans and Dereere used field recordings to collect witness accounts and brought those together on stage. It resulted in a theatrical polyphonic analysis of the destruction caused by the disaster.

Silke Huysmans completed the drama programme at the KASK School of Arts in Ghent in 2013. Hannes Dereere obtained his degree in theatre studies at Ghent University. Since then, each work has further advanced their strong interest in the documentary parameters of theatre.

 

SAT 02.11. (Timing tbc)
SUN 03.11. (Timing tbc)

EPISODE III
MEG STUART*
Open to the participants of the symposium 

In collaboration with artists from different creative disciplines, Meg Stuart strives to develop a new language for every piece and to navigate the tension between dance and theatre. Her work revolves around the idea of an uncertain body, one that is vulnerable and self-reflexive. It is analogous to a constantly shifting identity and perpetually redefines itself while searching for new presentational contexts and territories for dance.

Meg Stuart is an American choreographer and dancer, working and living in Berlin (D) and Brussels (B). She founded her own company, Damaged Goods, in Brussels through which she has realized over 30 productions, ranging from solos to large-scale choreographies, site-specific creations and improvisation projects. She received various awards amongst others a Bessie Award in 2008 and the Konrad-Wolf-Preis in 2012. Recently, La Biennale di Venezia awarded her the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in the category of dance. Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods has an on-going collaboration with Kaaitheater (Brussels) and HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin).

*As Meg Stuart is unfortunately unable to attend, we are very pleased that Jozef Wouters from Damaged Goods is leading the workshop on her behalf.

SAT 02.11.
SUN 03.11.

ASSEMBLY
Open to the participants of the symposium

Assembly gives the 30 participants time and space for lively exchanges in order to present, discuss and relink their multi-facetted ways of working. A deep interest in transdisciplinary artistic, scientific and activist or other research practices is what links all the participants. Initiating new collaborations is a fundamental objective of IMPACT.

THU 31.10. 19.00 Uhr 

INGRID LA FLEUR 
›Breathing in Blackness: Temporal Dimensions of Utopia‹

THU 31.10. 21.00 Uhr 

SILKE HUYSMANS & HANNES DEREERE / CAMPO 
›Pleasant Island‹