Together with Bains:Connective, APT and the Vlaams Theater Instituut, Kunstenfestivaldesarts has invited a number of artists to follow the festival closely. Together with a couple of Belgian colleagues, these young artists from around the world will engage with one another and with the festival performances.

For ten days they will immerse themselves in both theatres and exhibition spaces before bringing their observations and objections to the discussion table.

By means of this Residence and Reflection project, the festival aims to create a space in which various interpretative frameworks, political beliefs, ethical standards and aesthetic preferences will confront one another. Ideas may generate new ideas, and new perspectives may emerge from this confrontation: not only on festival performances, but also on the position of the artist in society, on contemporary artistic practices, and, who knows, maybe even on life.

Guest artists:
Mladen Alexiev (BG), Zuleikha Allana (IN), Fahmi Fadzil (MY), Jens östberg (SE),...