In the EU’s capital city, where so many travellers from the Global South are now stopping off in order to head further North, a couple of Scottish artists are building an installation throughout the day that points to the “real” North: magnetic… and metaphorical.

Adam York Gregory & Gillian Jane Lees (UK)

Gillian Jane Lees is a performer based in Glasgow, Scotland, whose practice focuses on theatre and performance. She rigorously seeks to construct and control her environment over long hours, or even days of work. She creates long-lasting, physically demanding and mentally exhausting performances. Her interest lies in that fleeting instant in which her will to succeed collides with her diminished physical ability to complete each task. She has performed in the UK, Canada, and the U.S.A. She works extensively as a duo with artist Adam York Gregory, notably on the performances Taking The Time, Blasted, and Full Stop. Together, they seek to explore the notion of the “imagined ideal” through subjective performance, objective experimentation, documentation and observation.

Adam York Gregory is a British scientist, game-designer, composer, draughtsman, filmmaker and visual artist. His practice reflects each of these disciplines, regularly combining them in order to create new areas of artistic exploration. In particular, he uses his experience as a research scientist as a starting point in order to discover innovative artistic explorations and methodologies. His work has mainly been exhibited/performed in England, but he has also worked in Scotland and the U.S.A. A number of his productions have been made as a duo with Gillian Jane Lees, including the performances Taking The Time, Blasted and Full Stop. Together, they aspire to explore the notion of the “imagined ideal” through subjective performance, objective experimentation, documentation and observation.

Infos

DATE	CONTENU
2021/07/090800	09.07.2021 08:00 > 22:00 Ancien Musée de Bruxelles-Nord, Brussels

This performance has been canceled, due to the impossibility for the artists to travel, because of the Covid situation.

With the support of Scotland House.

Program

Isabelle Bats & Mathias Varenne (BE), Jean-Biche & Kimi Amen (BE/FR), Vincenzo Carta & David Zagari (IT/BE), Matty Davis & Ben Gould (US), Dialogist-Kantor (BE), Sebastian Dicenaire & Vincent Tholomé (BE), Audrey Ginestet & Benjamin Glibert (FR/BE), Adam York Gregory & Gillian Jane Lees (UK), Habitant.e.s des Images (BE), Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen (FI), Kubra Khademi & Daniel Pettrow (AF/US), Lenka Luptakova & Fanny Dupont (BE/FR), Ophélie Mac (BE), Pâle Mâle (FR), Lazara Rosell Albear & Sofia Kakouri (CU/GR/BE), Gaëtan Rusquet & Thiago Antunes (BE/BR), Raeda Saadeh (PS), Alexane Sanchez & Walter (BE), Sylvain Souklaye (FR/US) – Hilal Aydogdu, Martin Bonnaz, Lou Kanche & Camille Bleker, Barbara Salomé Felgenhauer, Aimé.e Rossi, Baptiste Saint-Pé (FRAGILE)

(1+1) > 2

TROUBLE #12 : 18 > 22/04/2023

One plus one equals much more than two.

The 2021 Festival has adopted this equation, the magnitude of which has been shown to us– by default– through lockdowns and forced social distancing, and made of it its heart: by placing itself under the sign of the double, by bringing together proposals for pairs/duos/couples, made by artists regularly working together, or by those momentarily reunited––or by showing pieces that depend upon the contribution of the other-spectator. While performance art is more often than not one of the solitary individual, our aim with this festival is to show how an encounter with the other generates far more than the simple addition of two values, in order to create a new one.

Partners

In partnership with: KANAL – Centre Pompidou, Mahmoud Darwich Chair / BOZAR, Atelier de création sonore radiophonique, ENSAV – La Cambre, Lucille Calmel / l’animal que donc je suis (Research project FRArt – FNRS), Ateliers Mommen, PointCulture Bruxelles, GC Ten Noey, Musée Charlier, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles à Paris, Calame, Fabrik, le Septantecinq, Amazone, SNCB. Special projects support: Finnish Cultural Institute, Institut français (dans le cadre de EXTRA, un programme de l’Ambassade de France), Scotland House.

About

The Performance Event in Brussels is Back!

Launched in 2005, TROUBLE has ever since been the international performance event in Brussels. As of 2019, Studio Thor has been organising and producing the Festival, with its studio and environs in the heart of the city’s popular commune of Saint-Josse serving as its nerve centre. TROUBLE is held every two years, in the odd years.

Trouble: philosophy

TROUBLE has retained the ingredients that ensured its previous successes. With its dense and wide-ranging program, the five-day long event focuses on numerous artistic proposals that are both out-of-the-ordinary and differ from routine formats. Performances involving the human body, yet created by artists whose roots are in the visual arts, contemporary dance, experimental theatre, oral poetry, music or the night scene… for a vibrant mix of artistic families and audiences. Instead of spectacle/s meant for mere consumption, real-life experiences are on offer: self-involvement, risk-taking, vulnerability, interactivity, finely balanced between local personalities and artists from elsewhere–– and often discoveries. To ensure a more diverse vision of art, our program gives pride of place to women, queers, racialized and minority groups. We also offer a platform to young artists, thanks to the collaboration with the performance course at Brussels’s renowned visual arts school La Cambre (ENSAV). While the Festival incorporates a demanding reflective aspect, it by no means excludes an engaging playful dimension!

Previous edition

TROUBLE #10 | 2019

(Pas si) Fragile! 2024
(Pas si) Fragile! 2022
(Pas si) Fragile! 2020

Box Office

Given the limited slots due to the sanitary condition, a reservation is obligatory for each performance. Booking is accessible from every performance page, or here, starting from the 21st June 2021.

Prices

Festival pass: 40€ (30€ for students, -25 years old, unemployed). The festival pass gives you access to all the festival’s performances. Access to the booking here.

1 Day pass: 10€ (for students, -25 years old, unemployed). The 1 Day pass gives you access to all the performances of the day you selected. Access to the booking here.

Price per performance: 5€ via the dedicated performance page

Free price for the selection FRAGILE, A Different North, Commémorations Préventives and Playing Adults.

Some performances happen on the same day, at the same place, and are following eachother. If you would like to attend both performances, you can purchase a “pack” to a beneficial price. This fee applies to the duos of performances Je t’ai laissé m’envoler/Pockets (on the 7th july); Duo pour 5 guitares et 5 amplis/Héritages (on the 8th july), Tendresse Radicale Le coucher/Le lever (on the 9th and 10th july) and Carriage/Bearance/Severance (on the 07th, 10th and 11th july). Access to the booking here.

Specific reservations

Some propositions (Identité drapée, Recolage) require individual meetings and reservations. Booking is accessible via http://www.agenda.brussels, starting from 21st June 2021.

Access

Studio Thor

49 Rue Saint-Josse, B-1210 Brussels

STIB: subway 2/6 (Madou), bus 29/63/59 (Saint-Josse), bus 57 (Gutenberg)

Villo: Place Saint-Josse station

Bicycle: thanks for attaching your bikes place Saint-Josse.

Studio Thor is the Trouble festival centre.

Contacts

festivaltrouble@thor.be

+32 (0)2 223 26 00

Places

Ancien musée de Bruxelles-Nord, grand hall de Bruxelles-Nord, 1210 Brussels

Eglise du Gesú, rue Royale 165, 1210 Brussels

GC Ten Noey, rue de la Commune 25, 1210 Brussels

Infini Théâtre rue Saint-Josse 49, 1210 Brussels

KANAL – Centre Pompidou, Square Sainctelette 21, 1000 Brussels

Maison Amazone, rue du Méridien 10, 1210 Brussels

Musée Charlier, Avenue des Arts 16, 1210 Brussels

nhow Brussels Bloom, Rue Royale 250, 1210 Brussels

Parc Josaphat (Music Kiosk), 1030 Brussels (on the side of the Allée des Azalées, between the Rue Fontaine d’Amour and the Rue des Pâquerettes)

Parc Liedekerke, rue Saint-Josse 54/64, 1210 Brussels

Point Culture, rue Royale 145, 1000 Brussels

Salle Sapiens, rue du Mérinos 1, 1210 Brussels

Salons Mommen, rue de la Charité 37, 1210 Brussels

Studio Thor, rue Saint-Josse 49, 1210 Brussels

See the map of the festival’s places.

COVID - 19

– Wearing a mask is mandatory

– Respect the minimum distance of 1m50, and avoid physical contacts

– Possibility on each place to disinfect your hands with hydroalcoolic gel

– If you have symptoms, are sick, or have been in contact with someone sick, thanks for staying at home.

– Respect in each place the signs and the direction of circulation

– The spaces will all be ventilated and disinfected before your entrance by our means

– If you want more informations, please check it here : https://www.info-coronavirus.be/fr/faq/

Last updated on the 08/06/21

COVID contact: Brahim Sahli, intendance@thor.be