information, lecture, research center, seminar, workshop

3 May 2025 / La Bodega, Birminghamstraat 30, 1080 Molenbeek

a transmission moment with One Field Fallow & Topote de Acahual

OFF transmission moment

COLLECTIVE LEARNING
a transmission moment with One Field Fallow & Topote de Acahual
Saturday May 3rd – 18h00-21h00

FREE SOUP & DRINKS

>>> a.pass new space: La Bodega, Birminghamstraat 30, 1080 Molenbeek

To share part of the research One Field Fallow developed during the a.pass residency we organise a public transmission moment open to everyone and to invite Topote de Acahual, the second collective in the residency program, to be with us.

Open call #3 - selected

HOW DO YOU CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR YOUR COLLECTIVE ART PRACTICE TO LIE FALLOW?

“(Lying Fallow) is, above all, a way of providing a frame within which a group of people might work through some ideas together. It’s a simple premise but feels urgent and exciting to me, because it invites the possibility of great change without determining how that change might happen, where it might come from, or what it might be.” Rajni Shah

a.pass has been inviting collectives for a 2-month paid collective research residency. In total there have been three rounds, for this third and last round, with deadline February 28, we have made the selection of the third (and last) collective!

In total we received 156 applications, our jury went through all the applications and selected 3 collectives with whom they had a conversation. Eventually, after listening to all 3 collectives, the jury (Hendrik De Smedt, Simone Basani and Lucia Palladino for a.pass together with  the 3 external jury members Ash Bulayev, Ichraf Nasri and Kopano Maroga) has decided to give the opportunity for this 3rd call to the collective Arquitectura Expandida, a collective based in Bogotá since 2010, working at the intersection of art, architecture, urbanism, and activism with a focus on the right to the city.

performance, project, workshop

6 April-4 May 2025 / Birminghamstraat 30, 1080 Molenbeek

Cultivar un Fandango

🌴🌴Cultivating a Fandango is an invitation to get to know each other, make verses and play music together. Closing moment on Sunday May 4th from 12h30 till 18h00. Everyone is invited to collaborate, cook, eat, dance, play. Bring your instrument!

🌴🌴🌴Grow verses and get to know each other. 

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What could be learning ground or ground lying fallow within the collective arts ?

“In a world in constant motion there is an ecological imperative to embrace the value of idleness” Michael Chieffalo and Julia Smachylo in Lying fallow: the value of idleness

a.pass has been inviting collectives, existing or newly established ones on the occasion of this call, for a 2-month paid collective research residency. In total there will be three rounds, for this second round, with deadline October 13, we have made the selection of the second group!

In total we received 116 applications, our jury went through all the applications and selected 3 collectives with whom they had a conversation. Eventually, after listening to all 3 collectives, the jury (Goda Palekaite, Hendrik De Smedt (both from a.pass board/GA), together with One Field Fallow (the 1st residency collective) and the 3 external jury members Ash Bulayev, Damla Ekin Tokel and Kopano Maroga) has decided to give the opportunity for this 2nd call to the collective Topote de Acahual, the artistic and pedagogical branch of the ngo Vivero de Tebanca based in Tebanca, Los Tuxtlas rainforest, Mexico.

-, information, lecture, performative publishing, research center

16 October-29 January 2025 / Onderrichtsstraat 60, 1000 Brussels

Open School III : Holding Space: In- and Exclusivity

OFF-Open School-II

 In the context of their Collective Research Residency, One Field Fallow introduces their OFF Open School – a series of five sessions diving into the internal questions they’ve been dealing with the past two years. For every Open School, they will dive into one topic. Each time another collectove is invited to bring material to the conversation. Every Open School will be a dialogue between OFF, the invited collective and the audience. 

information, performative publishing, project, workshop

19 October 2024 / rue Manchesterstraat 17, Molenbeek

Public sharing moment

©Bilal Kamilla Arnout

Am I Evil?* Brussels Edition 

by Simone Basani and Alice Ciresola with Els Moors

Public sharing moment on Saturday October 19 from 16:30 on

Can erotic writing become a place for decolonial and feminist exploration?How could one embrace the tools of erotic writing to unveil, investigate and question power processes of colonisation, discrimination, nanoracism, marginalization, exoticization, abuse and seduction from diverse perspectives?  

These questions are at the core of Am I Evil? process writers of all sorts are invited to embark upon.
On this journey the group of writers embrace erotic writing as a tool to investigate their own desire, and how this relates to the Other and the Unknown. 

20 August-13 October 2024

Open Call #2 for collective research residency

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******——*****  IT IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE TO APPLY FOR THIS 2ND CALL ******——*****

What could be LEARNING GROUND or GROUND lying fallow  WITHin the COLLECTIVE arts ?

        This is the second call for a 2 months paid artistic research residency for collectives, existing or newly established on the occasion of this call, ideally 5 persons (min.3 max. 10 – NOT for individuals nor duo’s).

CONTEXT ? 

“In a world in constant motion there is an ecological imperative to embrace the value of idleness” Michael Chieffalo and Julia Smachylo in Lying fallow: the value of idleness

        By the end of 2023 a.pass (‘advanced performance and scenography studies’) entered a period of (self-)reflection and reimagination, a period of lying fallow: a field when it lies fallow – seemingly ‘doing nothing’ but in fact engaging in a deep process of rejuvenation and enriching as Rajni Shah says, a space for attention and transformation. Due to the ministry’s decision to end their financial support (based on radical savings and political choices) we were forced to end both of our educational programs: the Postgraduate Program as well as the Research Center that were at the heart of our co-learning environment for research-based practices came to an end, and by this also the educational institution a.pass has been for 15 years. The organisation entered a transition process, and an integral aspect of this process involves opening it up by inviting others to participate, to think together, to be together, to re-imagine a sustainable way forward for artistic research practices and their pedagogical aspects. Therefore, we are extending invitations to three collectives for a two-month paid residency to reimagine our fallow land and its implications for collective artistic research practices, methodologies, and sustainable harvesting. The first collective, One Field Fallow, has been selected in the first round in July and they will start their residency in September 2024. This call is to invite a second collective into this process.

One Field Fallow

WHAT COULD BE LYING FALLOW IN THE ARTS?

“In a world in constant motion there is an ecological imperative to embrace the value of idleness” Michael Chieffalo and Julia Smachylo in Lying fallow: the value of idleness

a.pass has been inviting collectives, existing or newly established ones on the occasion of this call, for a 2-month paid collective research residency. In total there will be three rounds, for this first round, with deadline June 9, we have made the selection of the first group!

In total we received 55 applications, our jury went through all the applications and selected 4 collectives with whom they had a conversation. Eventually, after listening to all 4 collectives, the jury (Heike Langsdorf, Lilia Mestre, Hendrik De Smedt, together with the 2 external jury members Ash Bulayev and Kopano Maroga) has unanimously decided to give the opportunity for this 1st call to the collective One Field Fallow (OFF), an already existing collective housing in a former night shop in Brussels.

information, performance, performative publishing

7 July 2024 / rue Manchesterstraat 17, Molenbeek

with a.pass and nadine

SUMMER Drink -01

work in progress by Diego Echegoyen (sound performance) & Davide Tidoni (film)

July 7 at 18h30
rue de Manchesterstraat 17, Molenbeek

Let’s celebrate SUMMER ! After the Spring Drink nadine and a.pass are very happy to invite you for their Summer Drink ! This time with work in progress (performance, sound and film) by Diego Echegoyen and Davide Tidoni. 

Join us, together with our friends of nadine, for a free drink and 2 presentations!

PROGRAM:

   – 18:30 – doors open + drink
   – 19:00 – Invisible Cities by Diego Echegoyen 
   – 20:15 – The Birth of a Song/Come nasce una canzone by Davide Tidoni

9 April-9 June 2024

Open Call #1 for collective research residency

image apass - Open Call

******——*****  IT IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE TO APPLY FOR THIS 1st CALL ******——*****

What could be lying fallow in the arts?

This a call for a 2-month paid residency for collectives (existing or newly established on the occasion of this call, ideally 5 persons). The period of 2 months can be spread over a maximum of 5 months. Read more about the practical details further below. First we would like to give you more info about the context and the framework of this call.

CONTEXT? WHAT? MISSION?

“In a world in constant motion there is an ecological imperative to embrace the value of idleness” Michael Chieffalo and Julia Smachylo in Lying fallow: the value of idleness

For about 15 years a.pass has been hosting a co-learning environment for research-based practices, focusing on collaboration, performativity, self-organisation and transdisciplinarity. a.pass is an acronym for ‘advanced performance and scenography studies’: ‘performance’ refers to how practices act in their surroundings, ‘scenography’ is the production of space and context, ‘studies’ stands for a co-learning pedagogical approach and the prefix ‘advanced’ is a dedication to challenge the frames of existing disciplinary determinations.

In 2022 however, the Flemish Ministry of Education decided to end their financial support of a.pass by the end of 2023. a.pass managed to get a transition budget and after a period of conversations with different partners (Schools of Arts, workspaces, universities, places for artistic research), and working on a new plan in order to make a restart. Nevertheless, due to the financial inflation, the tight budgets and even budget cuts in the other institutions, the budgetary framework needed to make an adapted restart was impossible to reach without any structural support from the Ministry of Education. 

To make a virtue of necessity we chose for a more radical, more riskful path towards a possible future. Both programs, the Postgraduate Program as well as the Research Center, came to an end in 2023. We chose to embrace the fallow land that lays before us and a.pass entered a period of reflection, reimagination, and ultimately reorganisation: a field when it lies fallow – seemingly ‘doing nothing’ but in fact engaging in a deep process of rejuvenation and enriching as Rajni Shah says, a space for attention and transformation. An integral aspect of this process involves opening it up by inviting others to participate, to think together, to be together, to imagine a sustainable way forward for artistic research practices and for a.pass as a re-generated soil for collectivity and research. Therefore, we are extending invitations to 3 collectives (existing or newly established on the occasion of this call) for a 2-month paid residency to reimagine our fallow land and its implications for collective artistic research practices, methodologies, and sustainable harvesting.

information, project

9 April 2024

with a.pass and nadine

image by apass - ©Amari ©Shelbatra Jashari ©Anna Lugmeier

April 9 at 20h00
rue de Manchesterstraat 17, Molenbeek

Spring comes with a fresh new wind: a.pass installs a temporary place in Manchesterstraat 17, Molenbeek, where artists and alumni can organise gatherings and presentations in the coming months. For this spring event, a.pass invited nadine to host together an inauguration drink and an evening with screening of three short films by independent makers living in Brussels. 

Join us, together with our friends of nadine, for a free drink and 3 short films!

FILM PROGRAM:

   – Memories of a Camera Perspective by Anna Lugmeier
   – Show Girl by Amari
   – shemortelle by Shelbatra Jashari

information, performative publishing, project, workshop

Open Call for writers

©Bilal Kamilla Arnout

Am I Evil?* Brussels Edition 

by Simone Basani and Alice Ciresola with Els Moors

Can erotic writing become a place for decolonial and feminist exploration?How could one embrace the tools of erotic writing to unveil, investigate and question power processes of colonisation, discrimination, nanoracism, marginalization, exoticization, abuse and seduction from diverse perspectives?  

These questions are at the core of Am I Evil? process writers of all sorts are invited to embark upon.
On this journey the group of writers embrace erotic writing as a tool to investigate their own desire, and how this relates to the Other and the Unknown.

For the duration of the whole journey they stay in dialogue through a peer-to-peer editing methodology. Actually such a methodology is not ‘just’ editing. It is rather an intimate and radical way of dialoguing through re-writing.

Am I Evil? starts off with a-lecture introduction by Basani and Ciresola open to everyone about the legacy of Jeanne Walschot, the first white female dealer and collector of African art we know, active in Brussels from 1920s.