ARTIST
Miet Warlop (b. 1978, Belgium; lives in Brussels) is a performance artist whose work involves an unruly blend of disciplines, from the visual arts to the world of theatre. Through animated sculptures, tableaux vivants, and performative actions, she creates plastic experimentations with a strong scenographic approach. Recent acclaimed productions include ONE SONG (Avignon Festival, 2022), which confronted themes of mourning and resilience through the rhythm and discipline of sport and Chant for Hope, a collective choreography channelling the power of language which premiered at the Dhaka Art Summit in 2023. In 2025, INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE premiered at the Kunstenfestivaldesarts.
CURATOR
Caroline Dumalin (b. 1986, Belgium; lives in Brussels) is an art historian, curator, and the Artistic Director of MORPHO in Antwerp. Her work centres artists and supports artistic development and multidisciplinary and collaborative experimentation. Previously, she worked as a curator at WIELS in Brussels, where she curated solo shows by Belgian artists Hana Miletić, Sophie Podolski and Vincent Meessen, coordinated Koyo Kouoh’s exhibition titled Body Talk: Feminism, Sexuality and the Body in the Work of Six African Women Artists, and supported curator Elena Filipovic in organising Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s performance exhibition Work/Travail/Arbeid.
MUSIC
Micha Volders is a Belgian musician, producer, filmmaker, and label manager of Mutropia. He is active in projects such as Vermin Twins, GameboyzIImen, and Meteor Musik. His work focuses on the construction of autonomous sound worlds in which rhythm, texture, and repetition play a central role, often reinforced or extended through a strong visual component. He has produced albums for Gruppo Di Pawlowski, Whispering Sons, and The Germans, and previously collaborated with Miet Warlop on the music for Chant for Hope, resulting in the album ICCHĀ. His inaugural and debut short film SǒN is currently touring international festivals and has received multiple prizes and distinctions.
PERFORMERS
Rita Brancato is an Italian drummer and composer who inquires about the emancipation of drums between jazz and electronic, with an open ear to natural timbres. She fills her artistic practices with musical inputs that range from mediterranean folk music to mainstream modern jazz. Graduated in Jazz drumming from the A. Pedrollo Conservatory (Vicenza) in 2022, she has recently concluded a 2-year artistic research at Codarts University, Rotterdam. Winner of the 2019 Best Newcomer Award at the Merano Jazz Academy, she has joined the Time in Jazz Festival, Santarcangelo Festival and North Sea Jazz Festival, among others.
Oscar Claus is a Belgian sound designer, audio engineer and music producer. In 2022 he recorded and produced his first album with violinist Elisabeth Klinck. In this process he discovered his love for experimental approaches to sound, acoustic music and collaboration. He approaches sonic narratives as spaces and landscapes, using emotional responses as a guiding line. Claus has since worked in music and theatre as a sound designer, musical dramaturg, musician and engineer with Lieselot Siddiki, Kris Verdonck, Suzan Peeters, Hanne De Backer, Charles Pas and more.
Rahmat Emonds is a Belgian vocalist and songwriter. In 2021, she performed with Vermin Twins and When I Look at a Strawberry, I Think of a Tongue. This multidisciplinary performance was followed by a sequel in Dialaw festival, Senegal. In addition to developing her own music as Amaea Rae, she performed during the 2022-23 season with Stef Kamil Carlens & The Gates of Eden, among others. In 2023-24 she was touring with SKC & the Swoon as well as artist in residence at Rataplan. In search of connection and unity, Emonds wants to bring her environment (and herself) a little closer to herself through music and movement.
Giulia Longoni is an Italian artist and researcher working across embodied practice, voice, and papier-mâché sculpture. A graduate of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts and the Performance Art Masters program at IUAV University of Venice, her work develops through a dialogue between surreal imagery, materials, and critical theory. Her practice often unfolds within collective and participatory contexts, where performance becomes a space of shared investigation. Through voice, gesture, and sculptural environments, she explores the body as a site of transformation, resistance, and imagination.
Alice Marchiori is an Italian interdisciplinary performer working across theatre, contemporary dance, and performance art. Her practice centres on the perceptive and relational qualities of the body on stage, explored through improvisation and instant composition. Emerging from a theatrical background, she has developed a transdisciplinary approach that includes vertical dance and site-specific performance. She continues her artistic research by engaging with national and international artistic environments and collaborative platforms. She works within the artistic and cultural context of Live Arts Cultures and collaborates with the Vertical Waves Project company.
Melvin Slabbinck is a Belgian musician and performer with a multifaceted practice spanning music, performance and live art. He studied drums and developed into a versatile instrumentalist with a strong physical and stage presence. As a performer, he has collaborated with Miet Warlop, including in ONE SONG, in which music, body and repetition merge into an intense live experience. In addition to his work in the performing arts, Slabbinck is active in the alternative music scene. He drums for the punk band Kaat Van Stralen and plays guitar and writes songs for the band TJE.
Lisa Sieni is an Italian sculptor and dancer who studied sculpture in Florence and continued her studies in Art and Public Space at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, at the Decorazione B atelier. Over the years, she has always studied contemporary dance. Her work focuses on the sign/gesture that accompanies artisanal practice, exploring the relationship with matter as a form of memory. She blurs the boundaries between repeated, structured gestures—such as those in dance—and those that emerge through working with materials. This creates a deep relationship with matter, where form emerges as both the result and the trace of the gesture.
Wietse Tanghe is a Belgian actor and performer. He played his first leading role in film in Science Fiction (Danny Deprez, 2002). He made his TV debut in 1997 with a guest role in Kulderzipken. After that, he appeared in several Flemish television series, including De Kavijaks, Quiz Me Quick, and In Vlaamse Velden. On stage, Tanghe has collaborated extensively with Miet Warlop. His work with her includes Mystery Magnet (2014), Fruits of Labor (2016), Big Bears Cry Too (2018), Ghost Writer and the Broken Hand Break (2018–2019), After All Springville (2021), and ONE SONG – Histoire(s) du Théâtre IV.
