Talks & Performances

Thursday 1 May:

16:30-17:30 //  TALK‍

"Radical imagining: bridging cultures through fashion and performance"‍

Fashion designer Kenza Taleb Vandeput and multi-disciplinary artist Joshua Serafin discuss how they use their respective disciplines to explore liminal identities and create decolonial narratives that transgress geographical, social and gender boundaries.

Speakers: 

• Kenza Vandeput (Artist)
• Joshua Serafin (Artist)

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‍18:00-19:00 // TALK ‍

“Shaping space with sound”

Speakers: 

• Leopold Banchini (Architect)
• Giona Bierens de Haan (Architect)
• Zak Khutoretsky (DVS1)

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‍19:30-20:30 // PERFORMANCE

Eddie Peake - "The Pervert"

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‍21:30-22:30 // PERFORMANCE

Hamed & Nathaniel - "Tanin"

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Friday 2 May:

16:30-17:30 // TALK

"Caring for Community"

Horst Arts & Music is fostering deeper connections between people and place through its festival, club, and year-round presence at Asiat Park. In Caring for Community, we explore how spaces of interaction are created — and for whom — with voices from artists, programmers, and community leaders.

Speakers: 

• Hamed Dehqan & Nathaniel Moore (Artists)
• Leen Van Ende (Curator)
• Margot Bossy (HORST)
• Magali Elali (The Constant Now)

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18:00-19:00 // TALK

"Transforming Japanese Knotweed into bioregional roofing" - “Weaving Weeds”

Speakers:

• Niklas Fanelsa (Atelier Fanelsa)
• Cäcilia halbgewachs (Technical University of Munich)

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‍19:30-20:30 // PERFORMANCE

Eddie Peake - "The Pervert"

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‍21:30-22:30 // PERFORMANCE

Hamed & Nathaniel - "Tanin"

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Saturday 3 May:

16:30-17:30 // TALK

"Body language : Self-expression and aesthetics"

The talk, jointly organised by Horst and Dance House, examines a plurality of contrasting approaches to the "gaze" in body language expression. Either focusing on the participatory inclusion of marginalized voices, or inviting introspective engagement from the viewer.

Speakers: 

• Nola N'Guessan (Fatsabbats)
• Constant Bitihuse  (Artist)
• Eddie Peake (Artist)

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18:00 / 19:00 // TALK

"Spiritual dimensions and formative experiences through music and dance floor exchanges"

Speakers:

• Dr Luis Manuel Garcia-Mispireta (Associate Professor in Ethnomusicology and Popular Music Studies, author)
• Aoife McGuinness (Overflow)
• Tobha (Collective Care, Ecology of Care, and Room 4 Resistance.)

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‍19:30-20:30 // PERFORMANCE

Eddie Peake - "The Pervert"

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‍21:30-22:30 // PERFORMANCE

Hamed & Nathaniel - "Tanin"