A collective prayer for love, female liberation and responsibility for the earth.
Onkruid examines the role of the spectator vis-à-vis theatre and blurs the boundaries between theatre and ritual. The performance also questions how sisterhood can be practised in patriarchal contexts, particularly through an afrocentric lens. Art is prayer!
Wildgroei Coven, the collective, consisting of Céline Gaza and Rose-Myrtha Fortuna Vercammen, was born after both artists collaborated during a residency in Antwerp where they realised that their ways of working were quite similar. Recognizing a shared desire to delve deeper and share their work with the world, they are now developing this collective project as creators, performers and spaceholders. The two of them have different personal and artistic backgrounds, but enjoy working around the same themes, including sisterhood, spirituality, witchcraft, femininity, sensuality, natural elements, roots and ancestry, among others.
“The piece is an ode to 'witches' and to sisterhood, fed by the wisdom of our ancestors.” - Rose-Myrtha Vercammen on the De Brakke Grond website, 24 mei 2024
by Céline Klara Gaza and Rose-Myrtha Vercammen Fortuna with Madiha Figuigui, Mathieu Charles, Joyce Yusuff, Léopold Gaza, Špela Tušar, Séraphine Boyeleba Balehen, Audrey Ikirezi and Ubukho Bethu, Elodie Lebrun part-financed by the Flemish Community, the Flemish Community Commission coproduced by Brakke Grond Flemish Cultural Centre, Arenbergse Schouwburg, Anaku vzw supported by Batârd Festival, TransfoCollect vzw, GC De Kriekelaar, Beursschouwburg, WipCoop, Rataplan, Zinnema, Kuchukua Hatua vzw, Mindfulness by Céline and Beyza Taspinar
