Open call: AM I EVIL? Brussels edition - Simone Basani and Alice Ciresola with Els Moors
Can erotic writing become a place for decolonial and feminist exploration?How could one embrace the tools of erotic writing to unveil, investigate and question power processes from diverse perspectives?
These questions are at the core of the Am I Evil? process writers of all sorts are invited to embark upon.
On this collective journey, participants embrace erotic writing as a tool to investigate their own desire, and how this relates to the Other and the Unknown.
During this process, dialogue and self-reflection will be crucial part of the writing process.
The process of text writing and re-writing will take place between the end of April and July 2024, both in collective meetings in person and individual sessions at home.
The texts created during this collective journey will be shared with the audience through a printed publication and will have a first presentation moment during the Art Book Fair at Wiels and at nadine, in October 2024.
The Brussels edition of Am I Evil? welcomes as special guests the writers Gabriela Wiener and Cristina Ubah Ali Farah plus other artists to be confirmed.
Important to know, if you want to apply:
- Participants don’t need to have previous experience with writing, only the desire to experiment through (erotic) writing.
- Participants have an active interest in what decolonisation means today and might mean tomorrow. Also, they allow themselves to be challenged.
- Spoken lingua franca of the workshop is English. Nevertheless, each participant can write in the language they prefer among Dutch, English, Italian or German.
- It is important that the participants join every session and presentation of the workshop in person. If this is not possible please let us know about it when you apply.
- The number of participants is limited in order to enable a meaningful exchange among them. Please get in touch with Simone at amievil.workshop@gmail.com if you have any other doubts relating to the workshop process: accessibility, conditions for participating, privacy, etc.
- While we recognise that different types of discrimination are deeply embedded in the fabric of European culture, no intentionally discriminatory view will be allowed in the workshop. Am I Evil? is intended primarily as a place to question problematic patterns, not to empower them.
How to apply
In order to apply, please send us a motivation letter (1 A4 length max) telling us why you would like to join the workshop.
In the letter, please indicate the reference to an erotic scene from a book, or a film, or a song where according to you a character discovers something about the way they relate to the ‘Other’, and therefore about themselves. In other words, a scene where the erotic becomes a place for self-investigation about power dynamics, abuse, racism, and other discrimination dynamics. For the letter, please use the language you are most comfortable with among Dutch, French, English, Italian, or German.
Please send your letter by the 24th of March 2024 to Simone Basani, Alice Ciresola, Els Moors to this email address: amievil.workshop@gmail.com.
Calendar
26 April, 7.30 - 9pm: lecture-introduction to the Am I Evil? Brussels edition @ Muntpunt OPEN TO EVERYONE
27 & 28 April, 10am-4.30pm: first workshop weekend @ Passa Porta
18 & 19 May, 10 am - 4.30pm: second workshop weekend with special guest @ Muntpunt and radical_house
8 & 9 June, 10 am - 4.30 pm: third workshop weekend with special guest @ Moussem
June - September: text delivery, proofreading, publication design and printing
5 or 6 October: public sharing moment @ Wiels (Art Book Fair) OPEN TO EVERYONE
19 or 26 October: public sharing moment @ nadine and other locations with all the participants from the Brussels edition & special guest tbc OPEN TO EVERYONE
Organisation
Am I Evil? Brussels edition is co-produced by a.pass, nadine, Passa Porta, Moussem, Muntpunt, and radical_hope. Special thanks to GC Nekkersdal. Presentation at WIELS | Art Book Fair 2024 and nadine - laboratory for contemporary arts.