Projects
Expanding the Notion of Trauma Narration: An Interdisciplinary Research into Post-Narrative Modes of Trauma Recovery in Transcultural Trauma Psychology and Theatre Studies Ghent University
This study focuses on the blurring of the linearity between narration and trauma recovery, which forms the topic of theoretical developments in both transcultural trauma psychology and theatre studies. This interdisciplinary study develops an empirical inquiry into post-narrative modes of a postdramatic aesthetic in applied theatre, aiming to further the understanding of trauma recovery shaped by coping strategies beyond narration.
The essay following the new documentary turn in performing arts: Tracing the essay in contemporary theatre and performance practices. Ghent University
In the 16th century, Michel de Montaigne developed the essay. This new literary genre was
characterized by the abrogation of judgment, the questioning of authority, the overlap between
fact and fiction, a mixing of styles and a heavy use of quotations. In an age marked by upheaval, he
tried through writing comprehend his superfluous time. To essay means to assay, to weigh but
also to challenge, to test and to attempt. ...
Cultures of Spectacle. An interdisciplinary platform for historical research on film, theatre, dance and musical performance. University of Antwerp
Linguistic Displacement in Contemporary Theatre and Performance Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Reflecting and resisting. Polish theatre and politics of memory since 2005 KU Leuven
This research argues that contemporary Polish theatre has been marked by this struggle between those creating performances and state authorities that see those creations as a threat to their authority. It interrogates the ways in which the artistic and political strategies that have been developed in the past two decades in the Polish theatre field can be theorized as queer artistic and political strategies. It will argue that this struggle ...
The "business of performance": Theatre impresarios and the dramatic repertoire in the Southern Netherlands between 1680 and 1795. University of Antwerp
Staging the supernatural. The role of theatre, science and media in the rise and fall of spiritualist performances in Belgium, 1830-1930. University of Antwerp
Culture of spectacle. An interdisciplinary platform for historical research into film, theatre, dans and music performances. University of Antwerp
‘Mise en Relation’ - performing and creating theatre through the interactions with material reality KU Leuven
My research looks at how to give a posthumanist perspective a fundamental place in theatre practice. Not thematically but on the level of the everyday artistic work. How can one perform and create theatre from a non-anthropocentric attitude?
My main focus in answering this question are the interactions with non-human actants and material reality. Which attitudes, techniques, methods... does one need to form equal relations with the ...