Common Grounds '22

The ‘Common Grounds’ course is an experimental practice-based research into the transmedia applications of the various modalities of sound and vision. The course invites musicians, visual artists and performers to experiment with new presentation formats, originating in their own practice with the aim of realizing an interdisciplinary artwork.

This interdisciplinary project resides at BAC ART LAB KU Leuven and results in an evening performance on December 22nd - 8pm.

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Participating artists

Lupe Arens
Jari Asselman
Iryna Bezkrovna
Arnaud Casier
Chego (Goeun Choi)
Lena Detremmerie
Zoë De Sutter
Joana Estrela
Shile Feng
Max Ferguson
Bruce Forton
Ines Germeau
Yousef Hanon
Michell Heyndrickx
Bjarne Jacobs
Louise Jacobs
Mose Kaz
Warre Kempeneers
Zée Labarque
Gio Megrelishvili
Wolf Mertens
Arwen Michiels
Simon Nelissen
Elina Pupina
Iza Rizwan
Luísa Saldanha
Linde Stevens
Maarten Vandevelde
Mariken Vanheusden
Nathan Verbelen
Mirjam Vesters
Elisabeth Willems

Projects

L’Onion fait la force

Performance: It is essentially about trying to connect in times of disconnection, loneliness and alienation. The story is set at a place with six individuals trying to get to connect. As the night goes on the dynamic changes, the performers connect and disconnect.

Participants: Gio Megrelishvili, Lupe Arens, Shile Feng, Zée Labarque, Jari Asselman, Arnaud Casier

The Hairpiece

Performance: I would brush my hair 100 times every night before going to sleep. My mother had told me this was the best way to keep it smooth, straight, good looking, … And the thing I wanted the most in the world was to be smooth, straight, good looking, … So I brushed and counted to 100, like a prayer.

Participants: Linde Stevens, Joana Estrela, Arwen Michiels, Elina Pupina

Walk

Performative installation: Each person is going somewhere. Multiple bodies living the same experience, a feedback loop reflected back to us. What is the purpose of this moment of transition? Who are we when we are not at A or B, but somewhere in between? A moment of interference in our experience of the mundane. With Walk, we invite the audience to participate in a whimsical version of the everyday world.
This installation doubles as the performance space for the piece Clown by Elisabeth Willems and Mirjam Vesters.

Participants: Warre Kempeneers, Lena Detremmerie, Max Ferguson

Clown

Performance: Clown is a live performance of someone lost in his own world of thoughts. The character is confronted with himself in his or her thought world. In dreams you never see your own face. With this installation too, the face will never actually be seen, but you will see a reflection of how the character feels - a clown in this society.
Clown is presented within the context of the installation piece Walk by Lena Detremmerie, Max Ferguson and Warre Kempeneers.

Participants: Elisabeth Willems, Mirjam Vesters

Traces

Performative installation: A trace; a mark, object, or other indication of the existence or passing of life; a performance. But when all traces fade into blackness, only the trace of a performance remains recognizable. Traces questions our (disappearing) legacy on earth. How to leave a lasting mark?

Participants: Zoë De Sutter, Louise Jacobs, Wolf Mertens, Simon Nelissen

You Lose

Performative installation: Love all things weird and fun? What happens when you are faced with a rather unique game - one with no rules. Will you let the pressure of this nonsensical world get to you or fight until the last tick? In this bizarre, visually immersive experience, we take you on an individual journey accompanied by our own performers. Come, put your game face on and join us! We look forward to beating you.

Participants: Iza Rizwan, Nathan Verbelen, Maarten Vandevelde

Happy family

Performative installation: Four colourless people aspire to bring colour into their life.

Participants: Ines Germeau, Bjarne Jacobs, Mirjam Vesters, Michell Heyndrickx, Bruce Forton

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Installation: An audiovisual installation about the digital extension of a physical space.

Participants: Yousef Hanon, Iryna Bezkrovna, Chego (Goeun Choi), Mariken Vanheusden

The Eternal Door

Installation: A historical fiction about the door, about American Cold War Propaganda and a door in a post apocalyptic future repeating in a loop.

Participants: Mose Kaz, Luísa Saldanha, Juliette Haelman, Nathan Verbele, Gunbike

Practical

Venue

BAC ART LAB - KU Leuven
Vital Decosterstraat 102
Leuven (België)

Date

December 22nd, 20h00

Tickets

Students: 5 EUR
Tickets: 10 EUR

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Organisation

Common Grounds is supported by the Steunpunt Kunstintegratie of the Association KU Leuven.

About Common Grounds

The ‘Common Grounds’ course is an experimental practice-based research into the transmedia applications of the various modalities of sound and vision. The course offers students a platform for exploring the boundaries and synergy between both their own medium and various forms of presentation. Special attention is given to the common ground between different media and different approaches: analog, digital, visual, sound, verbal, movement, etc.

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