“We can define rituals as symbolic techniques of making oneself at home in the world. They are to time what a home is to space: they render time habitable.” – Byung-Chul Han, The Disappearance of Rituals, 2020.

As part of Rewire festival 2022, the RITUAL programme invited the audience into an experimental series of gatherings, talks and installations exploring themes such as Resonance, Attention, Technology, Reverberations, Healing and Closure, with contributions by Brandon LaBelle, M Lamar, FUJI|||||||||||TA, Debit and Kristin Norderval at Page Not Found and Korzo, and a RITUAL zine with their contributions and by Liz Harris (Grouper) and Momtaza Mehri, designed by Fallon Does and riso printed by Terry Bleu. Curated together with Jo Kali.

FUNDAMENTAL ACTS advocated for architecture and space dedicated to the fundamental rituals which allow us to find meaning collectively and individually; to live, learn, celebrate, love and mourn together. Inspired by Italian radical architects Superstudio’s proposal from the early seventies to centre stage the great themes of life in architecture, FUNDAMENTAL ACTS was an invitation to revalue, honor, transform and accommodate the founding rituals of society, and to redefine generous spaces in which they can flourish.

This programme of spatial and temporal activations for the Mont des Arts in Brussels took place between June 21 and July 4, 2021. With installations, activities and performances by Raumlabor, Something Fantastic, Studio Donna van Milligen Bielke, Jean Benoît Vetillard, Carbonifère, WAI thinktank, Giulia Ricci, La Revoluzione Delle Seppie, Velma Spell, Florian Fischer, Spazio Cura, Les Ateliers Claus, Farida Amadou, Ignatz, LY Foulidis, Maak & Transmettre, Queer Commons. Curated together with Traumnovelle and humbble, and commissioned by urban brussels.