(PAS SI) FRAGILE! 2024

THE NEXT PERFORMANCE ART GENERATION

(Pas si) Fragile! the Next Performance Art Generation is a biennial springboard for emerging artists working in performance art: Its formula modifies with each new iteration. 2024’s edition will unfold at Studio Thor, which has been running the project ever since 2020, at Les Halles de Schaerbeek and at La Balsamine.

As with previous iterations, (Pas si) Fragile! will feature a host of young artists who have recently graduated from Wallonia-Brussels’ visual arts schools. These institutions devote part of their curriculum to performance art, responding to the new dynamic generated by these practices within the professional artistic field.

This year its scope will differ somewhat, however, for this endeavour will be expanded to include the presentation of work by some fifteen young artists from right across Europe: Finland, Greece, Ireland, Poland and Slovenia.

In total, some thirty emerging artists will animate this intensive three-day programme, at the intersection of local practice here in Belgium and two projects featuring an international dimension, namely Performing Identity and Time For Live Art.

Performers
Stevie Ango & Océane Eliard (BE), Hongsuk Ahn (BE), Raphaël Bauduin (BE), Marie Bertrand (BE), Erin Besch (IE), Camille Bleker & Luna Pittau (BE), Fadwa Bouziane (IE), Róisín Byrne (IE), Lučka Centa (SI), Mathilde Chaize (BE), Marion Dégardin (BE), Melvine Deveugèle (BE), Dawid Dzwonkowski (PL), Matilde Gazeau Frade & Sara Pasternacki (BE), Brikena Gishto (GR), Zoé Hagen (BE), Joseph Gold Hendel (IE), Kimia Nasirian (BE), NAVOSKI (BE), Maxence Obein (BE), Martyna Przybyło (PL), Moriane Richard (BE), Aimé.es Rossi (BE), Despina Sanida Crezia (GR), Olga Spyropoulou (FI), Barbara Stańko-Jurczynska (PL), Maria Strze & Marcjanna (PL), Phoebe Tohl (IE), Suvi Tuominen (FI), Asia Urbańska (PL)

The documents
Leah Crabé, Luna Descamps, Fanny Schaepelynck, Louise Valin (BE), Chloé Dechery & Marion Boudier (FR)

PARTNERS

(Pas si) Fragile ! 2024 is a production by Studio Thor, in collaboration with ENSAV – La Cambre, Les Halles de Schaerbeek and La Balsamine as part of the Time For Live Art and Performing Identity projects. With the participation of Maison des Arts and Commune de Saint-Josse. With the support of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (Service de la Danse and Brussels Promotion), Wallonia-Brussels International, and the European Union (Creative Europe and Erasmus+ / strategic partnerships). The professional programme has been developped with the collaboration of WBTD and the Wallonie-Brussels Center in Paris.

Belgian selection made thanks to the suggestions of erg, Le 75, ARBA/ESA (ISAC), Arts², Beaux-Arts de Liège, Académie des Beaux-Arts de Tournai.

Time For Live Art brings together Studio Thor (BE), New Performance Turku Biennale (FI), MIRfestival, Athens (GR) and Infinite Present / Glej, Ljubljana (SI).

Performing Identity brings together ENSAV – La Cambre (Brussels), ESA Le 75 (Brussels), Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts (Poznan, PL), Burren College of Art (Ballyvaughan, IE), in collaboration with the festivals Verao Azul / CasaBranca (PT), New Performance Turku Biennale (FI) and (Pas si) Fragile ! (BE).