Love the live experience but want to experience more than in ‘the black box’ of the theatre and ‘the white cube’ of the museum? Then Festival Beyond the Black Box: Exploring Live Arts is your favourite. For four days, Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond will be buzzing, bubbling and churning with art that stretches our perceptions.
From dancing walls, collective reading sessions and massage performances, to an ambient deep listening ritual and a trip in a vacuum suit: the works appeal to all the senses, do not allow themselves to be pinned down to one genre or discipline and always arise on the spot. The entire building is used for this voyage of discovery, right down to the broom cupboard. When you perceive not only with your eyes but with your whole body, a performer, object or space - just like the world - turns out to have unexpected sides and dimensions.
Best tip? Immerse yourself in the (sensitive) freedom taken by curious artists from Flanders and the Netherlands and enjoy.
