Theatre, dance, performance and visual arts: Kunstenfestivaldesarts is a celebration of international contemporary creation. For three weeks in May, the festival invites artists both local and international to challenge our understanding of the world and present their bold artistic creations in some thirty cultural venues and public spaces in Brussels.
Carolina Bianchi & Édouard Louis – The Heart of Darkness
As part of Kunstenfestivaldesarts 2026, artist Carolina Bianchi offered an intimate conversation with writer Édouard Louis on the theme of writing. Conceived as a vulnerable and informal moment of sharing late at night, this exchange is a core part of Bianchi's practice, which places dialogue with other authors at the heart of her theatrical approach and artistic research.
FR - Dans le cadre du Kunstenfestivaldesarts 2026, l'artiste Carolina Bianchi a proposé une conversation intimiste avec l'écrivain Édouard Louis autour du thème de l'écriture. Conçu comme un moment de partage vulnérable et informel en fin de soirée, cet échange s'inscrit dans la pratique de Bianchi, qui place le dialogue avec d'autres auteur·ices au cœur de sa démarche théâtrale et de sa recherche artistique.
NL - In het kader van Kunstenfestivaldesarts 2026 bood kunstenares Carolina Bianchi een intiem gesprek aan met schrijver Édouard Louis rond het thema schrijven. Deze uitwisseling is opgevat als een kwetsbaar en informeel deelmoment laat op de avond. Het vormt een de kern van Bianchi's praktijk, waarin de dialoog met andere auteurs centraal staat in haar theatrale aanpak en artistiek onderzoek.
15 May 2026
McKenzie Wark – On Being Plastic
On the opening day of the 2026 Free School —which this year focuses on clay, softness and desire—, Australian-born writer and theorist McKenzie Wark presented her commissioned text On Being Plastic (featured in the festival brochure). Following the presentation, Wark engaged in a conversation with philosopher and performer Luce deLire. Wark is a professor of Media and Culture at The New School in New York City. She has published numerous groundbreaking theoretical works, including A Hacker Manifesto (Harvard), Gamer Theory (Harvard), and Capital Is Dead (Verso). Her works of autofiction—which include Reverse Cowgirl (Semiotexte), Raving (Duke) and Love and Money, Sex and Death (Verso)—use sexual aesthetics, dissociation, and her own experience as a trans woman as starting points for theorising new models of contemporary living. In Wark’s writing, intellectualism is not an abstract pursuit, but a form of everyday life.
NL - Op de openingsdag van de Free School 2026, presenteerde de in Australië geboren auteur en theoreticus McKenzie Wark haar tekst in opdracht On Being Plastic (te vinden in de festivalbrochure). Na de presentatie ging Wark in gesprek met filosoof en performer Luce deLire.
FR - Lors de la journée d’ouverture de la Free School 2026, dont le thème est l'argile, la douceur et le désir, l’écrivaine et théoricienne d’origine australienne McKenzie Wark a présenté son texte On Being Plastic, commandé par le festival (et disponible dans la brochure). Elle s'est ensuite entretenue avec la philosophe et performeuse Luce deLire.
As part of Kunstenfestivaldesarts and the 2026 Free School – A Soft School: On Malleability
17 Jun 2025
Transformations Opéra Radio – Adeline Rosenstein (FR)
Adeline Rosenstein's performance, Transformations Opéra Radio, explores the forgotten voices of women in revolutionary movements through an intersection of opera and podcast, revealing intimate and political transformations in an acoustic gathering; this is a performance recording.
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