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Bright Mood March & April 2022

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IGOR SHYSHKO, LOGAN LOPEZ GONZALEZ & ALAIN FRANCO KUNST/WERK, DE MUNT & KVS

DANCE OPERA 22 & 23.04.2022

THE STORY OF BEING

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editor’s note p 9 agenda p 16 BAB BABiiii p 24 Joanna Reuse p 32 Trance Arts Collective p 40 sub_missions p7

A Semi-Annual Festival by Pilar, Brussels with

THE HAUNTED YOUTH, BERLIN, DE NOOIT MOEDE, YOUSRA BENFQUIH, DEBUREN, DORIAN DUMONT, ABRAHAMBLUE, LAURA BASTERRA SANZ, RASHIF EL KAOUI, SARAH & CHARLES, ERIC VANUYTVEN, STACE, COLLECTIEF ELAN(D), CAMILLE CAMILLE, MAARTEN INGHELS & MANY OTHERS Program & Tickets: www.pilar.brussels, @pilarbrussels Pilar at VUB Triomfaan 1050 Brussels

03 MAR–31 MAR 2022 YOUR CURRENT MOOD EDITION

Editor’s note

Brightness occurs when something gives out or reflects light. Brightness is bold, like up and coming young artists. Brightness is vivid, like a show that you can’t stop thinking about for days after you see it. We often feel expected to somehow create brightness. We see others preaching positive mindsets and lifestyles, which seem impossible. The thing is, we don’t have to generate brightness on our own. By surrounding ourselves with other radiant, bold and vivid creativity, we can draw from that, continuing the cyclical reflection of energy. As the season changes, we feel a shift within ourselves, a hopeful longing for brighter times. We’ve gotten over the hump, put the bleak and stormy weather behind us, and are faced forward, towards the spring. But just as we can’t produce this energy ourselves, neither can nature. Instead of idly waiting, expecting the season itself to bring about bright moods, we can start now, during this transition time, by surrounding ourselves and others with mutual radiance. words by Dlisah Lapidus Thank you Astrid, Chloé, Dlisah, Julien, Jonas, Kasper-Jan, Frieda, Laura, Ilka, Toon, Jonas, Lucie, Homa, Sander, Milena, Daisy, Seamus, Anna, Lex, Bridget, Sheeque, Molly, Joanna, Mayli & Maria. Your editor-in-chief, Herlinde

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COZIN

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BLACK FLOWER

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01.03

CAMILLE CAMILLE

03.03

STEF KAMIL CARLENS

08.03

BOY PABLO

09.03

NDUGU

CHARLATAN

11.03

HUMO’S ROCK RALLY

DE VOORUIT

16.03

TSAR B

24.03

HAYDEN THORPE

MINARD

MINARD MINARD DE VOORUIT

MINARD CHARLATAN

24.03

LEFT WAVES: MEROPE

25.03

MADOU

27.03

NEIL COWLEY

30.03

IT IT ANITA

CHARLATAN

31.03

DUB FX

DE VOORUIT

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JANEZ DETD

DE VOORUIT

08.04

FREDERICO ALBANESE

08.04

DUB UP: RAS DIGBY

DE CENTRALE

13.04

PORTER ROBINSON

DE VOORUIT

15.04

KAINA

15.04

MESKEREM MEES

19.04

COBRA THE IMPALER + HIPPOTRAKTOR

20.04

PAARD.

CHARLATAN

27.04

THE BESNARD LAKES

CHARLATAN

04.05

EEFJE DE VISSER

DE VOORUIT

05.05

GLEN HANSARD

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KUNSTHAL GENT MINARD CLUB TELEX

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Music

Performance

05.03 Sophie Straat 18.03 TORRES

Trix, Antwerp

Ghent, Charlatan (Democrazy)

22.03 Navy Blue

Brussels, Botanique

22.03 Juan Wauters

Antwerp, Trix

24.03 Lewsberg

Antwerp, Trix

27.03 LYNA

Antwerp, De Roma

10.03 Nein: Sc(è)ene 3: Benjamin Egger Ghent, CAMPO 10 + Mary Szydłowska - Soak 11.03 Brussels, Beursschouwburg 24 + Azade Shahmiri - Quasi 25.03 Brussels, Beursschouwburg 31.03 Ambient Theatre Fury 01.04 Ghent, CAMPO

07.04 Borokov Borokov De 21 + Stef Van Looveren - Radical Verkeerde Fout Album Release Antwerp, Het Bos 22.04 Hope - Eye To Eye Antwerp, deSingel 08.04 Too Sushi for my Pony- Party Ghent, De Koer 22 + Venuri Perera - Immaterial 23.04 Brussels, Beursschouwburg 16.04 SNOBS #6 Antwerp, Het Bos 23.04 Us, (K)now Ghent, Minard (NTGent) 25.04 Gnod + Radar Men From Brussels, KVS The Moon Brussels, Magasin4 23.04 Malus 26.04 Asa Moto

Leuven, Het Depot

Expo

27.04 Ellen Arkbro + Ictus Antwerp, deSingel Until 10 Years Muller Van 06.03 Severen + connectDING 01.05 Iglooghost + Ouri + BABii Ghent, Design Museum Ghent Brussels, Botanique Until Expo: Mother(land) Hasselt, Z33 06.03 You can enjoy these events for free

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Until La Vie Matérielle 13.03 Brussels, CENTRALE Until Alexis Gautier - L’heure de 20.03 la Soupe Leuven, M Leuven

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12.02 | 12.06.2022

Victor Delhez, Compositie met driehoek, ca. 1926, Galerie Ronny Van de Velde Antwerpen-Knokke

Discounts

Until Alexis Dussart - Ce débris 03.04 dont rien n'est venu à bout

Brussels - Botanique Go shop at Paard Van Troje, Consouling, Art Paper Editions, Hunting and Collecting, Bison 4, Veals & Geeks, & Tipi Bookshop and receive a 10% member discount (online or instore).

Until AJ Lode Janssens - A 27.03 Balloon Home Brussels, CIVA Until Seasonal Neighbours 17.04 Hasselt, Z33 Until VOID Collective - SARA 17.04 (TM) Brussels, Botanique Until POPART van Warhol tot 30.04 Panamarenko Ghent, S.M.A.K. Until Expo: Anthea Hamilton - 15.05 Mash Up Antwerp, M H KA Until Brussels Touch 15.05 Brussels, Fashion & Lace Museum Until Rinus Van de Velde 15.05 Bozar (Europalia), Brussels 11.03- Wael Shawky 28.08

M Leuven, Leuven

Film 17.03 Shiva Baby

Ghent, KASKcinema

24.03 The Worst Person in the World Antwerp, De Cinema

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FRI 4.03.22

LINA RAÜL REFREE support: ÃO

THU 10 – SUN 20.03.22

LEUVEN JAZZ

featuring

LAKECIA BENJAMIN, IMMANUEL WILKINS, SVANEBORG KARDYB, DISHWASHER_, ADJA FASSA, SCHROOTHOOP, DORIAN DUMONT & MORE TUE 29 & WED 30.03.22

PIANO DAYS

featuring

PETER BRODERICK & BÜŞRA KAYIKÇI / PAULETTE VERLÉE & NEIL COWLEY SAT 23.04.22

GALYA BISENGALIEVA presents ‘Aralkum’

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Navy Blue 22 Mar - Brussels, Botanique Navy Blue, real name Sage Elsesser, is also known for being a pro skateboarder and model. He is also a long time friend and affiliate of Earl Sweatshirt. One of the songs on the album also features Yasiin Bey. Pitchfork Best New Album (January 2021) for Song of Sage: Post Panic! – ‘On his second album of 2020, the underground New York rapper reaches a new level. The vibe is calm and bittersweet, as Navy Blue sinks deep into the recesses of his mind.’ 8.2/10!

LYNA 27 Mar - Antwerp, De Roma 23-year-old Belgian Lyna with Moroccan roots found her love for music in the influential 90s hits of Brandy. As a singer she brings a contemporary mix of RnB, Pop and Urban Soul. In 2021 she took new steps in her career with successful singles such as ‘Shine Like Me’, ‘On Me’ and ‘WIN’ which followed up her debut album Lemon Haze (2020).

Ambient Theatre Fury 31 Mar + 1 Apr - Ghent, CAMPO With Ambient Theatre Fury, Anna Franziska Jäger and Nathan Ooms continue their artistic research into the relationship between digitalisation and subjectivity in crisis. They start from the observation that contemporary culture is increasingly marked by so-called ‘ambient’ experiences. Netflix series, popular songs, but also the streams of our social media feeds: they arise from a specific intersection of frivolous pleasure with banal seduction. They generate a form of absence; it is a type of pseudo-activity that numbs the sense of time and demands a certain stillness from the subject. What happens when this ambient quality is magnified, amplified, raging furiously across the scene without limitations?

23.04 → 06.06.’22

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Wandel langs geluidskunst in Leuven stuk Walk along sound art in Leuven

met werk van/ with works by → Liew Niyomkarn, Esther Venrooij, Céleste BoursierMougenot, Stijn Demeulenaere, John Grzinich, Bouke Groen, Rie Nakajima, Phillip Sollmann + Konrad Sprenger, An Roovers, Félix Blume, Floris Vanhoof, Mario de Vega, Maika Garnica + Nico Dockx, Amber Meulenijzer & Christoph De Boeck

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Stef Van Looveren: Radical Hope - Eye To Eye 21 + 22 Apr - Antwerp, deSingel For their first live performance, the Antwerp-based artist Stef Van Looveren goes back to their video work Radical Hope from 2018. In it, they portray various stages of society, or simply life. Van Looveren tries to comprehend and lay bare the performativity of being human. Van Looveren’s work cannot be defined under a single heading. They pull out all the stops: intriguing objects, exuberant make-up, tactile clothing, driving music and imploring movements. Van Looveren explores a variety of emotional and social stages: grief, rage, desire, happiness, resentment and terror. In their work, they do not so much criticise existing orders, but rather challenge them with exuberant alternatives. An intensive explosion of energy!

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Music

People at my shows have the kindest mosh pits you’ve ever seen

BABiiii BAB

Which gives you yet another reason to attend BABii’s upcoming show at Botanique. The UK-based multidisciplinary artist composes tingling electronic songs that make you feel soothed and attacked with a buzzsaw at the same time. That is if she’s not touring the US, preparing exhibitions with her boyfriend and collaborator Iglooghost or crafting a huge, silver dragon to accompany her on stage. Or should we say siilver?

Interview by Milena Maenhaut, photos shot by Iglooghost & BABii

How did you end up making a dragon? I wanted to create a big creature, so I was drawing these long figures which ended up looking like dragons. It was totally unintentional. But I do really love fantasy, folklore and tales about dragons, fairies and giants.

Speaking about props: what happened to your custom-designed buzzsaw? It got sold immediately, but I might do a BABii utility line. I’ve done head torches, a multitool and a saw already. I could do a drill, a screwdriver, a hammer, … It’d be pretty good.

What do they symbolize for you? There are two dragons, a dark one and a good one. They’re metaphors for how I’d imagine an ideal maternal figure would be and how it felt like growing up. My mom wasn’t present when I was a child. When I met her after years, it was quite upsetting. I deal with things by making things, so I ridded all my demons in my last album, MiiRROR. After I’d written the record, I met my mom again and it felt like something had lifted from me. I wasn’t affected by things she said anymore.

‘iim cute on the surface, but deep down iim actually tough and scary’, you tweeted a while ago. It starts to make sense. Everybody thinks I’m innocent and sweet, and to a certain extent, I am. I’ve got a good moral compass. But I’ve been through a lot, which makes me tough. It translates into my music and shows quite well.

Will the dragons be there at your show in Brussels? Probably not. It’s quite hard to travel with a dragon, you see. [laughs] 18

There seem to be quite some mosh pits at your shows. It’s wild. First, I thought it’d be a one-time thing, but it happened at every show when I was touring in the UK. People at my shows have the kindest mosh pits you’ve ever seen. They’re so gentle, they just want to dance and jump around. I got

‘I love going to horrible, chain nightclubs’

more and more into it and now, towards the end of the set, I jump into the audience. I never thought I’d end up doing that. [laughs] You were shy when it came to performing at first. How did you get over it? I went to music school when I was 16, and we had to perform every week. It was terrifying. Slowly I realized that the more I did it, the less scary it got. So I started going to open mics. I would be shaking so much I couldn’t sing properly. But it was a good environment to be in. It didn’t matter if I was good or bad. When something scares you, your body goes into anxiety mode thinking it has to fight. By confronting your fears, you reprogram your brain until it realizes that you’re not going to die. 23

What do you do when you’re feeling low? I haven’t been sad in a long time, so I can’t really remember how I deal with it. [thinks] I don’t do it consciously, but I often imagine people saying nice things about me behind my back. It’s quite narcissistic though. [laughs] But it makes me feel good about myself. Together with Iglooghost and Kai Whiston you created an interactive club concept, called Grid. What does an ideal club night look like for you? I love going to horrible, chain nightclubs. It makes me feel like I’m in a different world. I want sticky floors, lots of people I would never usually interact with, and disgusting toilets. Something’s wrong when the toilets aren’t horrific.

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Art

We knit, so we don’t unravel

Joanna Reuse

Unless you ask your elderly neighbour, knitting might not be the first association made with the theme of Design Fest Ghent 2022: Be wild, Act & Change. But the history of knitting has always been innovating, changing and acting on human needs, explains designer Joanna Reuse when we met up. Her project with Magalie Delbeke Knitting Space is an innovative 3D knitting tool honouring human connection and the history of manual labour. Get to know this KASK alumni and teacher and let your mood be brightened by her hopeful and playful work.

Interview by Maria Magdalena de Cort, photos shot by Mayli Sterkendries

You studied Textile Design. How do you combine craftsmanship and art? The distinction between being an artist and being a designer is an intriguing one. Textile design as an art form is always backed up by industrialization and craftsmanship. My work is usually very frisky and playful. In a light-hearted and poetic way, there isn’t a sharp difference between the process and the end result. I guess that’s in contradiction with what many people think design essentially is: a product. But the artistic value in design and textile is also visible in the way it’s made and the way it’s used. I think the process and the run-up to the finished product are what’s most interesting. Being a teacher is a rewarding job in that way: being able to watch a whole creative process before a finished project. Do you have a particular way of working? In 2020, I made an installation for the exhibition Kleureyck at the Design Museum in Ghent. For the piece, I gathered colourful plastic objects like containers and household 26

items and introduced that as a building set. I assumed the children would be building towers, but they used it in so many different ways. They would put a red bowl in a blue bowl and call it tomato soup. I like activating that childlike imagination with my work. I was given a few rules for the assignment: using colours, accessibility for children, working around the senses… I’ve learned that rules like these, although they might be restricting to some, bring out the playful child in me. I try to give myself some matterof-fact game rules each time I start a new project now. I made, for example, a deck of play cards with different materials on them, and another deck that has actions like knotting, folding or wrapping on them. I pick a card from each deck and work with what I get. The combinations are left up to chance and are an inexhaustible source of inspiration. What’s something you grapple with as a designer? I’ve often asked myself: what can I mean as a designer to a

world that has too much of everything already? By using something that already exists, the process of reinventing that thing and giving it a new purpose becomes more important than the thing itself. Can you tell us about Knitting Space? Magalie Delbeke and I started Knitting Space in 2016 during a masterclass by Erwan Bouroullec. We made a knitting tool inspired by industrial machines exploring knitting in a three-dimensional space. We combine industrial handicrafts with a more poetic notion of building spaces and walls. Knitting becomes a performance, the tool becomes an installation and the product becomes an artwork. Mobility and progress is the most important part. The act of using the machine, the connection between people 31

making something. Knitting is centuries old and is still been evolving and changing. We want to embody that history. The possibilities of textile and its handicraft is inexhaustible and it is a cause of so many valuable connections between humans. In all of your work, you put an emphasis on process and learning. What is something you want to learn? I’m gonna say something very rational: biology. Or something agricultural or architectural. Especially architecture and construction sites are things that often inspire me: the way cities or floors of buildings are connected to each other.

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Art

We are not just an art collective, we also aspire to become a subculture

Trance Arts Collective In the 1950s Popart and artists worked to reevaluate the seriousness of the fine art world, by introducing pop culture images and references to their practice. Today, ‘New Masters’ like Trance Collective hope to recreate a similar subculture. We met with Trance Collective’s Bridget, Molly, Lex, and Sheeque at Smak’s Popart expo, to discuss alter egos, the Scandalous Gaze, pop culture influences and accessibility to the art world.

Interview by Dlisah Lapidus, photos shot at S.M.A.K. by Anna Van Durme, styling by Mood Recycle Store

Describe your alter egos, why did you choose to portray yourselves this way? Bridget: We chose alter egos because in life we have so many roles to fill in like when you are at work or with your family, you have a role, and with that comes certain obligations. With our Trance alter-egos, there are no boundaries, we can do whatever we want, while still respecting each other's boundaries. That was important to us. We made this platform for ourselves, but we want to take it further than just our art, or what we do. Even right now, we are already working with other people and we want to offer a platform for other people as well. Sheeque: We want Trance to be a place for all like-minded people that understand the irony we are presenting. For me, the alter ego is not just an alter ego, it is the real me, but without the boundaries that mainstream society has set. It is the uncensored me, not something completely different from myself, not an act, just me. We all chose a name that represents the 34

uncensored self and suits each of us. Lex: It feels very freeing to just be that person. It is a safe space to be the extra version of yourself, maybe one that you have always wanted to be but felt like you couldn’t.

Historically, pop art came about to juxtapose the seriousness of fine art, to incorporate popular images in media and advertisement, as well as irony and parody, is this an idea your collective focuses on as well? B: Pop culture back then is not what we see now as pop culture, because, of course, we have evolved past that. So I would say the intention

is the same, but it doesn’t always look the same because it has changed. Molly: I can be inspired by normal, popular things, like Britney Spears songs, or things she has said, and I don’t find any blame in it. Sometimes people think these things are too basic or mainstream, like listening to Beyoncé and eating ice cream in your bed, but you can be inspired by mainstream media. I think art can get boring when people are constantly looking for something different or unknown; they forget that the well-known things are not necessarily bad to like. L: I think a lot of creatives feel pressure to be interested in ‘educated’ art… S:

The Art with the capital A.

Is irony an important aspect of Trance? L: I think irony for us is an important element in having fun with what we do, and not taking things too seriously, but at the same time, it can be used to criticise mass culture, consumption, and the 35

stiffness of the bourgeois art world. I think by using very clear pop references, art can become more accessible. M: I don’t see it as us being artists or making art, it is more that we are having fun. Pop culture can impact people in such different ways like we love the same things and are inspired by the same things, but we all use it differently. This shows that pop culture is not a one-sided thing, and it is not the same for everyone. That is also expressed in our group because we are very diverse in our styles and aesthetics.

Did you recognise any pop culture references in the Pop Art Expo? S: The pop culture references remind me of Andy Warhol’s portraits of Marlyn Monroe. Her face is so well known, super mainstream, but the way he manipulated the portraits is similar to how we use the pop culture of today. M: I think Andy Warhol was kind of giving people – or society – ‘the finger’ in his work, through his use of pop culture references. In the expo, there was a statue of a naked woman sitting on a chair, and when we see it now, it is kind of normal, but back then it was a big deal, not socially acceptable. Even now, people will still be triggered by it, or uneasy about it. What were some of the pieces that stood out to you in the expo? L: The car crash, definitely. B: It was very enticing because it makes you wonder when Andy Warhol took the picture and if this woman is dead? You keep watching because you know it’s not right to take a picture when something like this happens, 37

but it is so sensational, you just can not look away.

Define the Scandalous Gaze, and what it means to Trance. S: The Scandalous Gaze means that we don’t care about the boundaries that mainstream society has set. We don’t shy away from being scandalous, sometimes even marginal, we actually kind of love it. It is mainstream society watching us do these things, that we define as the Scandalous Gaze. For me, owning the Scandalous Gaze is not only wearing revealing clothes in photoshoots, but is taking things that society has cast away and deemed as shocking or marginal, and embracing them.

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What can we expect from Trance in the future? B: Right now we want to do an expo, not of our work, but we want to reach out to people that inspire us, and that we think have similar energy and mindset, to give them a platform. With the calendar we kinda gave ourselves a platform, we put a name on what we are doing, and now the next step is to focus on using this platform for other people. We are also looking to plan a party because that goes with the energy we want to put out: just having fun.

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Pronouns She/her Age 30 Zodiac sign Scorpion Instagram @laura.tinard Location Anywhere Subbacultcha member since 2018

Tell us, what do you do in life? I am a writer and an artist. My first novel J’ai perdu mon roman (I have lost my novel) just came out at Les Editions du Seuil. I love to write while listening to music. I also love to imitate people and to move like an animal at people's places. In order to survive, I have to lie. What do you like best about your place? I don’t have a place, I have places: trains, restaurants, and my friends’ beds. I am spending my time packing and unpacking. My little mess is my house. What kind of music are you listening to at the moment? I am listening to Eugène Blove and Jean Michel Jarre. What’s the first record you bought? I would prefer to reveal the first book I bought: The picture of Dorian Gray. What’s your favourite pastime? Being Lost. Any guilty pleasures? Masturbating before interviews to calm down. If you could be famous, what kind of celebrity would you be? If I was a celebrity I would be a duo: a genius and an impostor like Fernand Legros and Elmyr de Hory. Who do you wanna give credits to? I would give credits to my talented friends: Nana Bilus Abaffy, Gitte Hendrikx, Emile Barret.

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ILKA TILLEKAERTS

Pronouns She/her Age 29 (turning 30 this year, wow) Zodiac sign Lion Chinese Ape Instagram @ilkatapult Location Zelzate, close to Ghent Subbacultcha member since April 2021

What do you like best about your place? I like this old bar, it’s a bar dated from the interbellum (1929). It has this super nice interior, and the owner is just the best. It’s within ‘crawling’ distance of home/my studio. ;-) It is like coming home there, there are so many different people, a mix of young, old and everything in between. What kind of music are you listening to at the moment? I have a very eclectic taste, but my go-to is always jazz from the 30’s. It’s soothing, it makes me happy, and it makes me mellow. So whatever mood I’m in, I can for sure enjoy this. My latest discovery is Hermanos Guitiérrez. What’s the first record you bought? Kind of Blue from Miles Davis. I inherited a lot of records from my dad. So I have all kinds of records with the most different kinds of music. Jazz, blues, post rock, stoner, Bossa nova… You name it, I probably have it. What’s your favourite pastime? Sitting on a terrace in the middle of the city and just watching people, having a glass of wine, enjoying the sun. I have a lot of fantasies, so I always picture what kind of life these people have, what they do, who they love… Any guilty pleasures? Dr Pimple Popper, for sure. Which future Subbacultcha event are you looking forward to? I’m in Lapland until April, so I can’t attend an event in January or February, but if I were home I would for sure check out Popart, from Warhol to Panamarenko. I’m not at all into Popart, therefore I would visit to broaden my horizon. I like to challenge myself. ;-)

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TOON JANS

Pronouns He/him Age 27 Zodiac sign gemini Instagram @toon.jans Location Ghent

Tell us, what do you do in life? Darkroom photography, working at Broei aka the coolest place in Ghent and recently I started as an extra in the Opera. What do you like best about your place? The light in my room, my stash of dumplings in the freezer and my housemates. What’s the first record you bought? The first records I bought were Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and Michael Jackson’s Thriller. The former has been played much more though. All my records get played on the same pickup my father used when he was my age. What’s your favourite pastime? People-watching. Any guilty pleasures? Absolutely! If you could be famous, what kind of celebrity would you be? The Daft Punk-kind where people enjoy what you make, but don’t recognize you in the streets. Have you experienced any regrets recently? Forgetting my driver’s license in Belgium! I’m on a trip at the moment working on new things, but forgot this crucial thing. This has even happened before… I will have to bribe my way through this trip when I meet police officers.

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JONAS REUBENS

Pronouns He/him/his Age 26 Zodiac sign Leo Instagram @jonas_reubens Location Brussels, St-Gilles Subbacultcha member since March 2020

Tell us, what do you do in life? I work a full-time job in retail at a streetwear store called Giraffe Leuven. Next to that, I’m always taking on various assignments as a freelance photographer. Ever since I chose to become an official freelancer, it has given me some great opportunities like working for Horst Festival, Recyclart, Joris Van De Moortel,… When I’m not doing either of the previous things I’m busy helping with Veduta, a non-profit focusing on providing a platform for young and promising artists through a series of events in Brussels and Leuven. What do you like best about your place? First of all, I live on the 4th floor without an elevator so it helps to stay in shape! I live together with 2 other roommates in an apartment near the Horta museum in St. Gilles. We’re all doing things in the creative sector (Lauren is a graphic designer and Niels is a producer) so it’s nice to come home to a place where someone is always making music or working on a drawing,… We are starting to house quite the art book collection. So whenever I feel uninspired I can just take a book from the living room and browse for a few hours! I also like the neighbourhood a lot. It’s a bit steep, but that makes a great downhill with the skateboard in the summer and there are a lot of cute places around the corner. It’s a bit trendy and hip but once you go down more to gare du midi you’ll find yourself in Brussels again. What kind of music are you listening to at the moment? Well while typing this I'm listening to Arca, her KiCk i album. I recently went through a long read about the five albums and wanted to hear them all again in one 51

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sitting after reading that. Some other artists I’m liking lately are VTSS, Dijon and Ivy Lab. Any guilty pleasures? Pre-made sandwich triangles and Emily in Paris (yes they’re both bad). Which future Subbacultcha event are you looking forward to? Navy Blue at Botanique on 22 March! Song of Sage: Post Panic! Is one of the best recent hip hop albums I’ve heard, and whenever he pops up in a skate video (Converse/ Fucking Awesome/ Supreme) it’s always a joy to watch!

LUCIE JACQUET

Pronouns She/her Age 22 Zodiac sign Aries Instagram @lucie_jacquet Location Brussels and a little village (Le Roux) Subbacultcha member since January 2021

Tell us, what do you do in life? I am an artist who questions the notions of territory and land appropriation. Tensions between industrial and natural areas are recurring themes in my work which I translate through various mediums such as photography, painting and sculpture. What do you like best about your place? I come from a small village in the Walloon countryside where all information is relayed by a Facebook group of 600 users for a perimeter of 5.89 km2. This hyperactive platform is full of nuggets and improbable posts. There are neighbourhood quarrels about dog mess, the number plate of a ‘dodgy car’ that had the misfortune to turn around 6 times in the village square or a post about a dangerous ram on the loose. Under each of them, there are lively debates in the comments. I appreciate this kind of newspaper. What kind of music are you listening to at the moment? I got a record player recently, so I listen to albums I found second hand. Jean Michel Jarre with Rendez-vous, Midnight Star and Don’t rock the boat, The Shadows, Adamo or Yvette Horner. What’s your favourite pastime? Walking with my dog, which is also his favourite pastime. Any guilty pleasures? Listening to conversations in public spaces and from time to time trying to take part in them. Which future Subbacultcha event are you looking forward to? Seasonal Neighbours at the Z33!

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HOMA ARKANI

Age 39 Zodiac sign Capricorn Instagram @homa_arkani Location Ghent

Tell us, what do you do in life? I’m an IranianBelgian artist focused on painting. What do you like best about your place? If you mean in my career, creativity is the best that I love because it’s the intelligence of having fun and it’s one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. What kind of music are you listening to at the moment? Dijf Sanders. What’s your favourite pastime? Hanging out with my friends, reading poems. Any guilty pleasures? Dancing when no one’s watching. Eating dessert whenever! If you could be famous, what kind of celebrity would you be? A painter. Which future Subbacultcha event are you looking forward to? Alexis Dussart at Botanique.

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SANDER MISPLON

Age 23 Zodiac sign Scorpio Instagram @sandermisplon Location Ghent Subbacultcha member since September 2021

Tell us, what do you do in life? I’m currently studying cultural management at UAntwerp. It gives me a whole new perspective on my Master of Fine Arts, because of its economic and non-romantic approach. Looking for different perspectives on the same thing fascinates me. My artistic practice has always been about rearranging layers and repeating common visual cues. I’m looking for contrast within materials and an abundance of the same object to recreate a sense of dysfunction. I’m not a logical or structured thinker, I guess. What do you like best about your place? I have a co-working atelier in Ossenstraat Gent. De blauwe poort is the homebase of De zwarte zusters, a music collective I’m part of as a violinist. I love the way this place represents collaborative thinking and explicitly choosing to work/act together. We share resources, skills and friendships so that we go further than the individual. What kind of music are you listening to at the moment? I tend to listen to the same music over and over again. Habitual love by Okay Kaya is mostly playing in the background. Any guilty pleasures? Kim Petras will always bring a kind of plastic pleasure. Her songs have a onedriven emotion, single-minded message, that I enjoy. Her live performance skills are to die for. 59

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If you could be famous, what kind of celebrity would you be? I would look for a way to share my famousness. Have you experienced any regrets recently? I used a hot-water bottle for the first time. You need to cover it with a towel, or you get burned. Which future Subbacultcha event are you looking forward to? Malus at KVS Brussels on 23 April. Who do you wanna give credits to? My sweet boyfriend.

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