IDW 2021

20 21 #16 Descend of the Pleiadians By Benedicte Beldam and Flor Maesen Catalogue of the non-existent // Near. Far. Wherever you are. (part of The Land of the Confused) According to various speculative theories and myths, Pleiadians, also known as The Eldar Nordic aliens, are fictional humanoid aliens that come from the stellar systems surrounding the Pleiades stars in the 5th dimension of love. They are concerned about Earth and our future. A word or image found in an encyclopedia is creat- ed within its own universe and is a star in a specific constellation of stars. Thus, one word is referring to other words within that same constellation of stars. When enlightened by each other, the stars perform a profound meaning. In dialogue with descendants of the Pleiadians we will embark on a spectral journey, proposing the encyclopedia as an emerging undefined universe. This masterclass proposes collective reading, mapping, spectrialitiy, unexpected encounters, public space actions and creation. It encourages unrealistic worldviews and a blur between fantasy and physicality, - the birthplace of art. We create a narrative; rigging images, words, drawings onto each other, possibly resulting in an encyclopedia. Each work refers to other works created in the workshop, forming an acausal constellation as that of the Pleiadians. #17 We make it together By Dirk Vertongen Collaboration connects. Across language and culture and gender. In this way we get to know each other, in a different way than we are used to. We can let un- known talents float to the surface and we come home more. What we need is not so much our thinking mind but our gut feeling and heart full of eagerness to take it on. We build with recycled wood because we believe that everything is already here. There is certainly always enough wood available, people rarely realize what treasures they still have at home. But this also applies to yourself: you are completely fine as you are, the neighborhood has all the know-how in house – we have everything as a group of people working together. Do we want to see this? By participating you also commit to really step into the project and to give your all! We also build on site so that we minimize the transport and everyone can watch. We determine together what we build: a construction that the neighborhood still will enjoy once it’s there. That is why we also communicate with the neighborhood to find out what makes sense. Hou’t Hart facilitates, provides the tools and makes sure it’s safe.