Huskrooms
— an approach to life and arts,
a collaborative performing and visual arts practice
Huskrooms is an ever morphing wandering performative installation intuitively shaped through interactions with its surroundings and participants. Composed of carefully collected, abandoned and reworked textiles, the artwork interweaves—like a living organism—with the people, weather, objects and materials of the semi-public spaces where it temporarily resides.
In a world where the relentless drive for progress increasingly displaces rituals and shared narratives, Huskrooms seeks to create an environment for stillness and thought—a moment where movement and transformation can emerge spontaneously again, and we can feel what we have become numb to in our daily lives.
We hope that participants can experience feelings of warmth, protection and a restored sense of humanity, by interacting with the Huskrooms (various textile constructions), and others. With this an alternative living environment emerges that can inspire people to explore and experiment. We work with questions: What do we allow to exist? How quickly do we clear things away, objects, but also, people?
In the coming years, Huskrooms will continue to evolve as a platform for collaboration, connection, and experimentation— blurring the boundary between art and life while rediscovering the everyday in collaboration with institutions at the crossroads of care and art. This aligns with the participatory artistic principles of Brazilian artist Lygia Clark.
2022, multiple artistic interventions during scientific conference Public Health Palliative Care International on invitation of
Julie Rodeyns, Bruges (BE)
2023, two month residency at psychosocial center Sint-Alexius with workspacebrussels and Kaos, Brussels (BE)
2023, artist talk at Dr. Guislain Museum with guest speakers Geert Opsomer and Rona Kennedy, Ghent (BE)
2023, research at the reception area of the youth psychiatric center Dr. Guislain, with Lucina Ra and residents, Ghent (BE)
2024, residency with Elsa Mencagli & Paula Diogo, supported by Celestial Bodies, Apap Feminist Futures and Centrum W Ruchu, Warsaw (PL)
2025, installation performance in public space for Open Studios by workspacebrussels and Kaaitheater, Brussels (BE)
2025, one month art residency at Metropolitan Fukujusou, Kyoto (JP)
2025, three month exhibition at De Lovie with vzw wit.h & Kaos for group expo Crip Stories, Poperinge (BE)
2025, performance and installation during finissage of Crip Stories in collaboration with Studio Artîlerie, Poperinge (BE)
2025, two week residency, cultural centre BUDA, Kortrijk (BE)
2024 - ongoing, residency with artistic interventions on site of Dr. Guislain Museum and psychiatrical hospital, in collaboration with Kito Kotsoane (multidisciplinary artist & fashion designer), Julie Rodeyns (curator & consultant - Through Art We Care), Rona Kennedy (multidisciplinary artist), Henny Baeken (body-oriented therapist), with contributions of Robinia Kersten (textile artist) and Lucina Ra (theater group), with the financial support of Flanders State of the Arts / research grant 2024–2026, Ghent (BE)
Performance installation during closing of the exhibition Crip Stories by vzw wit.h at De Lovie, in collaboration with Studio Artîlerie
in collaboration with fashion designer Kito Kotsoane, ceramic artists Nina Plantefève-Castryck, performer Robin Devroedt, Inge van der Weijde, video artists and stills by Warre Keuppens and Arno De Facq
Installation during the exhibition Crip Stories by vzw wit.h at De Lovie, on invitation of KAOS vzw
in collaboration with fashion designer Kito Kotsoane, ceramic artists Henny Baeken and Nina Plantefève-Castryck
(c) Nora Vanderstraeten
Art residency at Metropolitan Fukujusouin, Kyoto (JP)
Performance installation and artistic intervention in public space during Open Studios by workspacebrussels with support of Kaaitheater
in collaboration with fashion designer Kito Kotsoane, performer Leonie Buysse and textile artist Robin Kersten
Series of artistic experiments and interventions at Dr. Guislain Museum and Psychiatric Hospital
in collaboration with fashion designer Kito Kotsoane, theater collective Lucinda Ra and the residents living on the site
Research residency at psycho social center Sint-Alexius with Kaos & workspacebrussels
2 month research residency taking place in the psycho social center in Elsene, Brussels
Artist talk about research residency with Kaos & workspacebrussels at Dr.Guislain Museum
artist talk with guest speakers Rona Kennedy and Geert Opsomer about research residency taking place in the psycho social center in Elsene (Brussels) taking place in Dr.Guislain Museum