About + Contact

Contact

Ad-interim coordination: Marie Luyten, marie@wpzimmer.be
Co-artistic coordination: Gosie Vervloessem, gosie@wpzimmer.be / Dusica Drazic, dusica@wpzimmer.be / Marie Luyten, marie@wpzimmer.be
Production: Valeria Secchi,productie@wpzimmer.be / Dusica Drazic, dusica@wpzimmer.be
Communication: Lina Van Hulle, communicatie@wpzimmer.be
Technical coordination: Tim Wouters, tim@wpzimmer.be

Mission

wpZimmer is an international, artistic workspace that centers the development of the artistic practice. We offer time and space for in depth and unconditional research for both artists and art workers. By prioritizing development, we aim to focus on the empowerment of the artist and their practice. 

wpZimmer can be considered an anti-disciplinary house, as we allow ourselves to be led by the artistic question; not the final form. The collaborations we initiate and enter into with artists, partners as well as with each other as a team are rooted in reciprocity and transparency. 

As an artistic workspace we work internationally, however within the last years we have been focusing on our position within our local sphere. By working on both an international and local level, we aim to connect the two as we work on local, national and international networks where durable mobility and knowledge and practice sharing are explored.

What does wpZimmer do?

wpZimmer functions according to three main focus points: the facilitation of residencies, ongoing collaborations with artists in the form of development and productional trajectories and co-hosting presentation contexts. These focus points are tied with our Learnscape principle. As an arts organization, moving through and understanding the different contexts of the society we participate in, we aim to embrace a learning position; we formulate this approach as the Learnscape or: a landscape for learning. 

The Learnscape can be compared to the mycelium threads that connect the trees in the forest. Almost moving invisibly, we try to set up a space that teaches leadership and knowledge and how to develop honest practices and reciprocity. We encourage the wpZimmer team, residents and our network to partake in and shape this landscape, while simultaneously opening up the landscape to a broader community and audience. 

In the development of renewed practices and art perceptions, meeting the audience and exchanging feedback with peers and professionals is crucial. As a workspace we don’t have a traditional, public presentation format, however we value inviting visibility and dialogue for the practices we support. We shape several experimental sharing contexts such as Last Month Tonight, Working Together, as well as the yearly Beyond the Black Box festival which we co-organize along other Antwerp partners. 

Multiple lived in perspectives are necessary to capture the reality we are moving in, in order to understand the impact of intersectionality and take responsibility. Because we find it important to work on rebalancing power structures, we choose to diverge from these traditional structures that tend to run within arts organizations. Instead, we opt to be a space where both formal and informal relationships of exchange, care, responsibility and artistic development are supported; this by opting for a multi-voiced approach.

Are you looking for a residency?

A residency at wpZimmer means:

• +/- 1 month of residency
• 24 hours on 24 use of the studio or atelier and technical material
• A place to sleep, lunch and cook
• Residency fee between €1000 and €2000.
• wpZimmer team is available for artistic feedback, business advice, production support, technical assistance, set construction, etc.
• Communication about your artistic work and residency (video interview, texts, photos, etc.).
• Possibility to close a residency period with an informal showcase
• Invitation to participate in the Learnscape via ‘Last Month Tonight’.
  We take into account practical and logistical needs and inhibitions for mobility. We can offer support in finding local medical support (e.g. dialysis, physiotherapy, etc), we have facilities for artists with children, we support artists in applying for visas or other documents, …

For questions not related to applying for residency, you can still write, email or call us at info@wpzimmer.be

Some tips:

• Provide information about your background and work;
• Describe the project you would like to talk about (concept, team, partners);
• Make clear what you expect or need (from us) (in this case, no residency);
• Any form of engagement is preceded by a thorough introduction (interview, performance, video, …)

With the support of Flanders – State of the art / Department of Culture, Youth and Media