colour me mountain is a long-term artistic research led by (Ellen) Lili Vanderstraeten supported by community
center Op-Weule and artist Florencia Orlandino (AR).
The project engages with the social living site 'Sint-Lambertusberg' in Brussels and includes a series of interventions in and around the appartement blocks in collaboration with the neighbors living there.
June - October 2021, weekly interventions at living site Sint-Lambertusberg / Konijnenberg, Brussels (BE)
18th of November 2021, event with expo of the work at GC Op-Weule, Brussels (BE)
Interventions crafted: (Ellen) Lili Vanderstraeten and Florencia Orlandino
Special thanks: all the people living at Sint-Lambertusberg Moderne Woning, Nina Neyrinck, Sofie Van den bergh, Jan Van Damme, Steffi De Cuyper
Supported by GC Op-Weule and VGC
I Will Not Bury My Romantic Soul is a performance and installation by (Ellen) Lili Vanderstraeten created in Reykjavik (IS) based on the legacy of Brazilian artist Lygia Clark.
“ I expierence my body often as num, alien to itself and hyper sensitive.
One year ago I stumbled upon a video on youtube called ‘Memoria do corpo’
by the Brazilian artist Lygia Clark.
After this encounter I started a journey, guided by Lygia, of collecting and crafting objects and applying them to peoples bodies.
In silence, repetitively and over a specific period of time.
In these sessions I practice sensible listening to the other and open up for spaces where new pulsations and sensations can arise,
in the hope that some of our bodily burdens can be lightened.
The performance is the result of my desire to open up my research in a collective experience. ”
19 - 22 July 2019, performance at Celestial Bodies, Reykjavik (IS)
22 July 2019, artist talk at Celestial Bodies, Reykjavik (IS)
Concept & performance by (Ellen) Lili Vanderstraeten
Performers Zofia Blanka Tomczyk, Michelle Saenz Bu & Inga Steinunn Henningsdóttir
Mentorship by Alexander Roberts, Steinunn Ketilsdóttir & Satu Herrala
Thanks to the artistic advice of Michikazu Matsune, Kate McIntosh, Florencia Orlandino, Ian Sinclair, Loren Rubicana, Haraldur Jónsson & Eva Rún Snorradóttir
Special thanks to María Arnardóttir, Elsa Mencagli & Yann Leguay
Collaboration on costumes by Tanja Huld Levý Guðmundsdóttir
UNI Beautysalon, is an artistic and experimental beautysalon created by (Ellen) Lili Vanderstraeten in collaboration with Elise Gyshelen and Florencia Orlandino, presented during the participatory arts festival ENTER BXL 2018 in dialogue with the neighborhood Laken in Brussels (BE).
UNI Beautysalon is a project that is established in collaboration with children and children organizations located in the area Bockstael, Brussels. The proposition of the beautysalon is to reflect as a collective head on the meaning of beauty in our society.
During the residency period various propositions were held in the saloon to build on its visual character. To construct a space where bodies can move as they really desire, evoking sensations that resonate deeply into the interior body by external proposed textures. At the end of the residency, a four days festival was held where we celebrated in the form of an ongoing performance and sensory installation, including one-to-one performances as well as collective actions.
11th of April 2018, Workshop ‘Drawing what is inside’ with Tonuso, Brussels (BE)
15th of April 2018, Workshop ‘Shaping the energy’ with GC Nekkersdal, Brussels (BE)
18th of April 2018, Workshop ‘Body Collage’ with IBO Laken, Brussels (BE)
26th - 29th of April 2018, Performances and ongoing installation, ENTER BXL, Brussels (BE)
Dancing Darlings: (Ellen) Lili Vanderstraeten, Elise Gyshelen & Florencia Orlandino
Special Thanks: Ilse Schoonackers, Steffie De Cuyper, Tarek Lamrabti, Bie Vancraeynest & Dorien Herreman
Supported by Flanders State of the Art, Demos vzw, GC Nekkersdal & Enter BXL 2018
Dancing Darlings is an installation (labyrint with many different rooms) and one-to-one performance created by (Ellen) Lili Vanderstraeten in collaboration with visual artist Elise Gyshelen
A performance journey that reflects on the relationship between the self and the other, the interior and exterior.
Dancing Darlings talks about the desire to be loved. The desire to structure a self.
Stage and audience intertwine when spectator and performer get lost in a voyeuristic game of watching and being watched.
During four days different people were invited to go, alone and for one hour, on a journey with three performers within a sensorial multimaterial labyrinth.
The visitor follow performers that tell their stories through moving images that unravel through touch with objects & other bodies,
creating together with the visitor an unique ritual.
18 - 21 June 2017, Performance and installation at Nijverheidkaai with support of RITCS, Brussels (BE)
Dancing Darlings: (Ellen) Lili Vanderstraeten, Elise Gyshelen & Sanne Weber
Mentorship: Bart Capelle, Ruud Gielens & Geert Opsomer
Special thanks: Myrthe van der Mark, Silke Reyntjens, Emre Ku, Nora Vanderstraeten, Yann Leguay & Christopher Rupprecht
Supported by Royal Intstitute for Theater, Cinema and Sound
