APASS at WIELS: Foreshadowing amid turbulent futures (EN)
In the frame of OpenField, a five-day gathering initiated by a.pass, WIELS is hosting an afternoon centred around exploring the possible futures and autonomies of artistic research. The Mexican collective Topote de Acahual co-curated the programme.
Anyone interested in collective practices, artistic strategies, and tools for making sense of and navigating a constantly shifting world —social, digital, ecological, and beyond— is invited to join!
Free event
Artwork by Chloë Janssens
Programme
15:00-16:00 I Sharing moment with The Institute for Technology in the Public Interest (represented by Femke Snelting & Jara Rocha)
16:30-18:00 I Interview of Mahmoud Alhaj by Topote de Acahual
Topote de Acahual (MX) is a collective that investigates, through pedagogical practice, the many languages of the Los Tuxtlas jungle in Veracruz: ecological, creative, and narrative.
Mahmoud Alhaj (Gaza) is a visual artist whose practice is built on a direct engagement with memory, systems of oppression, and the architecture of violence.
The Institute for Technology in the Public Interest is a trans-practice gathering of activists, artists, engineers, and theorists activating and reimagining computational technologies in the “public interest,” understood as always in-the-making.
MAPA is a framework for collective reflection created by Topote de Acahual, starting from a few central questions: What is an acahual, how does it rest, and who inhabits it? How to “bring” the acahual from Los Tuxtlas forest to Brussels? To attempt an answer, they created an imagined territory for the audience to walk through with their body.
In collaboration with APASS and La Bodega/BODEEK.