Huskrooms is an ongoing growing library of propositions connected to awakening the senses of humanbeings.
It is a nomadic project that lands in various spaces for a temporary time.
Finding sheltering shell-selves
on harmless whistled
scareless scarless fingertips
Half-armed leaning defines
the broken chair chains
of goodness interferes
Bending the stuffed toy necks
next to the one-eyed winding ups
is there in blinking eyes
The newborn’s glaze
the breastfeeding of mankind’s
mammals with enigmatic weeds of wisdom’s
Care
- Poem by Henny Baeken
Feb - Mar '23, art residency with the support of Workspacebrussels and Kaosvzw at the Psycho-social center Sint-Alexius, Brussels (BE)
2 Mar '23, artist talk in Museum Dokter Guislain, with guests Geert Opsomer and Rona Kennedy, Ghent (BE)
25 - 29 Sep '23, art residency in collaboration with the youngsters staying at the psychiatric centre of Dokter Guislain - De Steiger and Fioretti together with the members of theatre group Lucinda Ra, Ghent (BE)
24 - 31 March '24, art residency together with visual artist Elsa Mencagli and theater maker Paula Diogo with the support of Apap feminist futures and Centrum W Ruchu, Warsaw (PL)
From Feb 2024 - Feb 2026, longterm research residency at Museum Dr Guislain, with collaborations Kito Kotsoane (multidisciplinary artist and fashion designer), Julie Rodeyns (curator and lead over Through Art We Care), Rona Kennedy (multidisciplinary artist), Henny Baeken (body orientated therapist), and Robinia Kersten (textile artist), Lucinda Ra (Artistic Interventions on-site)
Concept: (Ellen) Lili Vanderstraeten / Continuous collaborations: Henny Baeken (body-oriented therapist), Renske Maria Van Dam (architect), Julie Rodeyns (curator, Through Art We Care), Kito Kotsoane (fashion designer and artist), Rona Kennedy, Robina Kersten / Precious Contributions: Geert Opsomer, Lieselot Sidikki / Supported by Flanders State of the Arts, Workspacebrussels, Kaosvzw, Radical House, Dokter Guislain Museum