BORING – Three evenings of soil readings

Symposium

As temporary dwellers of an abandoned factory in Molenbeek, Decoratelier find themselves on heavily polluted ground. A thick layer of concrete prevents oil, chemicals and heavy metals from percolating into daily life and work above the ground. What are we actually treading on? If we’d take a closer look at the soil, what invisible histories and alternative stories would we find?

Decoratelier organizes a symposium around these questions: Boring (dictionary: drilling; enlarging an existing hole). Each day we bore together. We invite dwellers and expert readers to perform a drilling, read a soil sample and amplify the histories it contains. Together, we speculate about future ecosystems, forms of life and modes of dwelling that may thrive there. Boring proposes a journey with several talks and performances in a special scenographic setting, for visitors to think along and carry these stories forward.

Curated by Jeroen Peeters and Jozef Wouters With contributions by Rachel Armstrong, Aga Batkiewicz, Rossella Biscotti, Livia Cahn, Decoratelier, Khalda El Jack, Fairuz Ghammam, Matinée, Bernardo Robles Hidalgo, Jeff Verschueren, Stefanie Wenner, Sebastiaan Willemen and others.

The ticket price also includes a heart-warming meal offered by Cassonade, served in the courtyard after a first series of readings (vegetarian options available).
At 22:00, the doors open for concerts by Matinée and the bar remains open until late. The symposium takes place in English, with surtitles in French and Dutch.