ABOUT THIS SITE >>> This site is a blog as well as an archive: It gives visibility to the continues working of radical_hope & radical_house and holds documentation of the research projects Distraction As Discipline and OTΗOE - works for passers-by.

radical_hope (since 2010) creates and holds frameworks for artistic research/es & co-creation/s.

radical_house (since 2020), next to being a long term project on notions of ownership, privacy and privilege, provides a physical place in Brussels: here people can tempralrily cohabit with the permanent users of the house in order to work, rest or find shelter.

Distraction As Discipline (2015 - 2019) is an investigation into enactivist principles in art and education (research trajectory at KASK School of Arts Ghent 2016-19). It considers the potential of performance art and pedagogy in general, in resisting the current and massive desubjectivation, by critically reclaiming both, attention for the moment and participation in a process.

OTΗOE - works for passers-by (2012 - 2014) was the development of radical_hope's artistic practice in the city and questioned how and by whom this practice (and its bodily, social and economical aspects) is perceived. The title refers to the public of a city and to how we encounter and register most things on our way through the city: Out of The Corner of Our Eyes. OTΗOE.

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Full captation Sitting With The Body 24/7

08-05-2015 [• sitting with the body • exemplary practices • economy • making images • transition • Making Space/S ]









In Sitting with the Body 24/7, a small group of people retreats into a shop window in the city centre for a week. They perform ordinary activities there: sitting, lying, walking, standing, making things, seeing, dancing and speaking.
The fixed timetable and the concentration on one activity at a time are the conditions that provide the opportunity for physical introspection. By tracing and acknowledging physical perceptions and intentions, the performers try to give voice to what usually lies hidden in the human body. At the same time, Sitting with the Body 24/7 relates to an urban environment and the possible disruptions it may bring. The passer-by is invited to participate in this paradoxical retreat in public space by watching the actions or by entering the space and carrying them out themselves.

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Full credits:
Sitting With The Body 24/7 - radical_hope 2015
• concept, development and realization Heike Langsdorf • in collaboration with Philippe Chatelain (bodypractice advice), Helena Dietrich (graphic design, images), Sébastien Hendrickx (dramaturgical advice), Lilia Mestre (choreographical, dramaturgical advice), Christoph Ragg (scenography, technical development), Agnes Schneidewind (assistance), Jeroen Peeters (outside eye) • research Renée Copraij (mental and physical coaching), Heike Langsdorf • advice Shadow, Michael Schmid • practitioners Isabel Burr-Raty, Philippe Chatelain, Helena Dietrich, Dolores Hulan, Fleur Khani, Heike Langsdorf, Jo Massin, Wayaba Tokpwi, Lilia Mestre, Elke Van Campenhout, Isabelle Wahedova, Dieudonné Zoko photography Quentin de Wispelaere • illustrations Raquel Santana de Morais • sound Restfull Bird Chatter / Sounds Of The Earth, MIX_08-02-2015 / Philippe Chatelain • production radical_hope, Hiros (Brussel) • support VGC Brussels, Atrium, apass, Bains Connective, nadine, Sacrofilms, Shiatsu Dojo Bruxelles, shopshop, ZSenne artlab • co-production / Kaaitheater,VrijstaatO. • thanks to AGRealEstate, Brussels Boxing Academy, Alexander Baervoets, Charlotte Bouckaert, Hans Bryssinck, Kathleen Deboutte, Khadija El Bennaoui, Robin Amanda Creswell Faure, David Helbich, Nelle Hens, Isabel Hoornaert, John Jordan, KVS, Kunsthumaniora Laeken, Ariane Loze, Jan Mayer, Christophe Meierhans, Gilles Polet, Anna Rispoli, Emiel Rooman, Einat Tuchman, Bruno De Wachter, David Weber-Krebs, Adva Zakai, Putters International NV. • camera & editing Agnes Schneidewind • premiere Burning ice Festival # 8 / 8-15 February 2015 / Centre Monnaye - Brussels CONTACT radical_hope@me.com, contact@hiros.be MORE www.open-frames.net/radical_hope - www.hiros.be