IDW 2021

Stan D’Haene Stan D’Haene (BE) lives and works in Oslo. He is a water based artist and works with contemporary myth, rituals, vernacular, nomadic phenomena and trends. His practice is rooted in his concept of Gardening as Lifestyle as Art. Collaborators include Cincio Odd Couture, Bart Van Dijck, Jerome Gardening, Benedicte Beldam & Jannes Snyers among others. In 2019 he joined the Tenthaus collective in Oslo. In 2017 she was chosen by an international jury to win the 2-yearly Evens Arts Prize 2017. In 2018 she won the Prize for Anthropology and Sustainable Development at the prestigious International Jean Rouch festival in Paris with her documentary film ‘I watched the white dogs of the dawn’. @stan.dhaene Sofie Dieltjens Sofie Dieltjens is a service designer. She graduated as a product developer in 2010 and has worked at Namahn (as a service and UX designer) and Studio Dott, the place she’s called home for the past 6 years. Sofie is driven by the human aspect of all things design: how do people, teams and cultures work? How can we make a positive impact by designing services and systems that work for all people involved? She’s a pro at figuring out the best ways, tools and methods to tackle these complex, societal and business challenges, and any day she gets to motivate, guide and empower people through workshops, trainings or coaching sessions is a good day to her. Micha Goldberg Micha Goldberg is a performer and theatermaker based in Brussels. He floats in between institutions, small galleries and public space with his works. His work has two keywords: poetry and adventure. Lately he has been engaged in more collective works like The Land of the Confused, Ne Mosquito Pas and his own initiative Micha’s Amateur Theater Group (for professionals). @michasamateurtheater Ola-Dele Kuku Ola-Dele Kuku studied architecture at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI - Arc), in Los Angeles, USA, and SCI-Arc (European Programme) in Vico Mocorte, Ticino, Switzerland. His private practice focused primarily on conceptual interventions in architecture with special interest in the philosophy, theory, and composition. He has since then worked on several award winning projects over the years which include built objects, drawings and installations. His works have been presented in numerous international exhibitions. His installation project titled ‘Diminishes Capacity’ was presented at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice Biennale for the first Nigerian Pavilion at the event in 2016. Ola-Dele Kuku has lectured in several international conferences and coordinated various academic workshops as a tutor / guest tutor at different architecture institutions. ​ola-delekuku.com​ Maarten Lambrechts Maarten Lambrechts is an architect and researcher. After graduating at the University of Antwerp and the AA School of Architecture, he worked at OMA-AMO, URA, and currently 51N4E. He has taught at the TU Delft and started in 2019 a research project on interior climates for the Stimuleringsfonds. Flor Maesen Flor Maesen graduated at KASK School of Arts with a master in photography. Absorbed by the stream of endless possibilities an array of media are tested out and used to depict the existential. He has exhibited in various places and was recently a long term accomplice at Komplot Brussels, where ‘The Land of The Confused’ manifested for the first time, resulting in a mini-festival, residencies and an exhibition. @flormaesen Anna Püschel Anna Püschel (D/FR, 1986) is a visual artist. She studied Documentary Photography at AKV St.Joost in Breda, The Netherlands, and Fine Arts at LUCA School of Arts in Ghent. Her works span analogue photography, working with data, archives and found footage, and writing. In her artistic research, she explores why and how we try to make sense to the world. Which structures of power influence our access to knowledge, how do we acquire understanding, what gives us certainty? Through melting subjective artistic creation with objective scientific data, her work embraces a variety of ways to search for answers. www.annapueschel.art rotative studio rotative studio is a collaboration between architects Alexandra Sonnemans and Caterina Viguera, based respectively in Rotterdam and Zürich. rotative studio was founded in 2017. The investigative and experimental working method of rotative studio is characterized by a continuous interplay of design, research and dialogue. They understand design as a process of exploring, reflecting and concretising; a process that is never finished, but rather continuous and (inter)related. Their practice combines working on architectural commissions with self-initiated projects in which they explore and develop new approaches towards architectural research and design. rotative studio has been nominated for the ARC20 Young Talent Award in the Netherlands, an award for promising young architects (under 35). www.rotativestudio.com Maximiliaan Royakkers Maximiliaan Royakkers is an architect from Brussels. Since complementing his studies in architecture at the University of Leuven with a master from the Studio for Immediate Spaces at the Sandberg Institute his work as a spatial practitioner aims to question political, social and ecological dynamics through space. This attitude generates output of various kind: architecture, models, drawings, installations, perfor- mances, writings, photography, workshops, lectures… Projects, mostly in collaboration with others, often take on complex social contexts and disturbed landscapes and try to weave new narratives and practices into existing contexts through spatial interventions. He is a regular contributor to mag- azines and editorial projects (Accattone, Oase…) and is involved in teaching and edu- cational experiments (Antwerp University, the public school for architecture Brussels…). His work has been exhibited at a.o. Bureau Europa Maastricht, Jan Van Eyck Academy Maastricht, De Singel Antwerp, Z33 Has- selt, Stroom Den Haag. Barbara Salomé Felgenhauer Barbara Salomé Felgenhauer is a photographer whose work questions relationships between the body as a medium and its relationships with nature and human artefacts, thus investigating forms of emancipation and freedom from social norms. She also specializes in inventory photography of heritage works at the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage. Martha T’Hooft Martha T’Hooft is an artist and cook who works with food, performance and photography in public and private spaces. She created a cookbook, Paso a Paso, and is travelling around with her mobile kitchen. She took part in The Land of the Confused in the summer of 2020 and is now starting her own catering company Quitapena in which she is catering for events, cooking in her and other backyards and daily baking sourdough bread. @martha.con.mesa Traumnovelle Traumnovelle is a militant faction founded by three Belgian architects: Léone Drapeaud, Manuel León Fanjul and Johnny Leya. Traumnovelle uses architecture and fiction as analytical, critical and subversive tools to emphasize contemporary issues and dissect their resolutions. Traumnovelle alternates between cynicism and enthusiasm all the while advocating for critical thinking in architecture. Traumnovelle champions a multi-disciplinary approach with architecture at the crossroads. Annelies Vaneycken Annelies Vaneycken (BE, 1976) is a designer, educator, and researcher. Her practice addresses the intersection of design, art, politics, social engagement, and everyday life where she designs support structures, alternative spaces, and narratives that aim to disrupt and open up conventional perspectives and attitudes towards specific social groups in society. She, therefore, often engages in ethnographic and participatory engagement with members of these groups. She holds a PhD in Design from HDK-Valand Academy of Arts and Design at the University of Gothenburg (2020). Her design-based research contributes to design for democracy and more specific to the development of designing as a democratic practice. She was trained as a Visual Communication Designer LUCA (School of Arts/Sint-Lukas Brussels, 1994-1998) and holds a second Master’s Degree in Design: New Media (Sandberg Institute Amsterdam, 1998-2000). www.anneliesvaneycken.be Hanne Van Gils Hanne Van Gils studied architecture at the University of Antwerp and Human Settlements at the KU Leuven. Throughout the years she has worked on spatial projects as an architect, as a policy maker, as a scenographer, as a communication strategist and a researcher. Currently she combines her work at Endeavour with a position at the University of Ghent where she focusses on the reuse of heritage sites exploring new ways for collaboration, financial models and community involvement. Dirk Vertongen Dirk Vertongen founded Hou’t Hart in 2016, where he brought together his passion as furniture maker and community worker. From my many years of experience as a community worker, counselor and trainer in various social organizations, I am familiar with empowering various target groups. I know how to address people’s strengths and get them involved in the process. Ten years ago I took on additional courses and started working as a furniture maker. I am inspired by the Ecological Philosophy and Politics course of Aardewerk vzw and I want to contribute to a sustainable local economy. I took the three-year course Zijnstraining at the School voor Zijnsoriëntatie and try to stimulate the development of self-acceptance from a non- judgmental attitude. With Hou’t Hart I shape my mission and bring my passions together.