‘Each person’s grief is as unique as their fingerprint. But what everyone has in common is that no matter how they grieve, they share a need for their grief to be witnessed.’

David Kessler (2019)

The pandemic has once again made us more aware of the fragility of life and the importance of being able to properly mourn the dead. Dramaturg Guy Cools has been researching laments and other rituals of mourning. He is particularly interested in how the emotions of loss need to be externalized....

Imaginative Bodies contains a series of in-depth conversations with dancers and choreographers, composers, visual artists, Hip Hop artists, dramaturgs, a lighting designer and a puppeteer. The overall theme is defined by the body, both in relation to the place it takes in the artist's work, and in relation to wider debates on the body in philosophy, science, medicine, anthropology, and the arts. Depending on the affinities of the artist, a more specific theme has been defined for each dialogu...

In de kunstwereld is sprake van een groeiend ethisch besef, zowel in relatie tot sociale, politieke en economische uitdagingen, als in de manier waarop er kritisch wordt nagedacht over de eigen productie- en distributiemechanismen. Dit boek doet een poging om te beschrijven hoe de artistieke verbeelding nieuwe situaties kan voortbrengen, op basis van zowel het potentieel als de beperkingen van het individuele 'lichaam' in zijn omgeving Het eerste deel, Ecosophy, gaat over de eco-kunstpraktijk...