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SAVE THE DATE: OpenField May 4-8th 2026

4-8 May 2026 / bodeek, Birminghamstraat 30, 1080 Molenbeek

design: Chloe Janssens

OpenField: a gathering

OpenField is a gathering to collectively explore and support possible autonomies and futures of artistic research in times of neoliberal and right-wing agendas.

Over the last months, a.pass has been meeting with collectives and organisations concerned with the current living and working conditions of artistic research, in Belgium and abroad. Many of them have accepted our invitation to co-curate and/or co-organise this gathering in Brussels and Antwerp.

If you are an art collective, an artist, researcher, a practitioner, or a cultural worker interested in sharing and meeting around the questions raised by this gathering, you are very welcome to join us as audience and/or as an ally

A gathering by, with & for a.pass, nadine, Beursschouwburg, WIELS, Monty , De Singel, Arquitectura Expandida, wpZimmer, One Field Fallow, Constant, Topote de Acahual, kunstencentrum Buda, The Green Corridor, BNA-BBOT, radical_house, MORPHO, Agency, Danscentrum Jette, argos & more to come…

More news coming at the end of January.

In the meantime, save the date: 4–8 May 2026!

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Every application will be offered a copy while stocks last of the a.pass publication In These Circumstances: a collection of methodologies, insights, experiences, ideas, researches from 15 years of a.pass. If you like to receive a copy then please provide an address below.

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We request you to upload all materials combined in 1 PDF - please name each chapter clearly :

APPLICATION LETTER: (max 5 pages or 15 min of recording) this can be in writing or via an audio or video recording. We would like to know how you would take care of the fallow ground? Which methods would you like to explore to do artistic research and to share your experiences with others? What would be a desirable outcome for your group? What is your motivation, how do you imagine working together and why would you make a good group? Who is part of the group, have you worked together before, and in what fields is each of you active? Also good to mention briefly the collective and individual need in (artistic) research and your relation to it, as well as your relation to a.pass and/or Brussels.
TIMELINE: (max 1 page) indicate your favourite periods (2 months or 8,5 weeks spread over max 5 months) and give us a more detailed planning or timeline of your residency.
BIO’s + CV’s: (max 2 pages per person) of all the people involved in the group
PORTFOLIO: (max 3 pages per person) this can be added to the PDF or you can share links to the online portfolio of the collective and/or of the single members (extra info, website, other links)

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