Spa for Spirits is an non conventional wellness center operated by otherworldly creatures,
building soft structures questioning well-being as it travels through various communities.
Performers Leonie Buysse and Lili Vanderstraeten have been leading the artistic platform Spa for Spirits since 2020: a nonconventional wellness center operated by otherworldly creatures.
Together with colleagues and experts from various artistic and life domains, the duo creates installations and performances that invite participants to engage in collective play and wonder, share physical and mental time and space.
Continuous collaborations with experts and other artists Henny Baeken (body-oriented therapy), Renske Maria Van Dam (architecture) and Francesco Apostoli (architecture), Nora Vanderstraeten (graphic design and photography), Alice Dooreman (photography), members of dragqueen collective HOUSE OF LUX Theo Bonne and Daan Dekeyser (performers, make-up and look), Oscar Pichard (Sound), Sybren Janssens (scenography), Fabien Silvestre Suzor (scenography) Wim Pelgrims (Sound), Anton Cla (Animation artist), Aidan Abnet (fashion designer), Noam Youngrak Son (grafic designer), Luna De Mey (performer & cook), Jonas Baeke (dramaturge).
Supported by Stad Gent, AllesKan and Flanders State of the Arts with
De Grote Post (Ostend), BUDA (Courtrai), 404 (Ghent), De Koer (Ghent), Pleasure Island (Ostend), School Van Gaasbeek (Brussels), Broei (Gent), Radical House (Brussels), Fomu (Antwerp), Dr. Guislain Museum (Ghent).
12 - 15 May '21, performance at 404 invited by Nachtzwemmen - Lieselot Siddiki , Ghent (BE)
10 Jul '21, atelier / collective action during Celestial Bodies Festival at CEA, Moita (PT)
4 - 6 Aug '21, performance at 404 invited by Nachtzwemmen - Lieselot Siddiki, Ghent (BE)
18 Aug '21, atelier / collective action, OKAN Zomerschool, Ghent (BE)
23 - 29 Aug '21, residency & ongoing play at wooden cabine GAG with GC Nekkersdal, Brussels (BE)
18 - 31 Oct '21, art residency at BUDA, Kortrijk (BE)
25 Dec - 2 Jan '22, art residency at School van Gaasbeek, Brussels (BE)
26 - 29 Jan '22, performance at Ghent International Festival with NightShift / Gouvernement at empty shop in shopping center Zuid, Ghent (BE)
11 - 15 Mar '22, videoscreening & Q+A during the conference AGxKANSAI 2022 - Kyoto University of the Arts, Kyoto (JP)
28 Mar - 9 April '22, art residency De Grote Post, Ostend (BE)
May - Oct '22, residency with ateliers at BROEI, Duivelsteen Ghent (BE)
8 - 11 Sep '22, expo & performance during Brussels Gallery Weekend - Generation Brussels, Brussels (BE)
1 - 2 Oct '22, installation & performance during Murf/Murw festival - Theater de Nieuwe Vorst, Tilburg (NL)
12 Sep - 15 oct '22, art residency & performance at beach cabine Pleasure Island, Ostend (BE)
9 Dec '22, installation and performance at CAMPO Nieuwpoort for A Shot at Love, Ghent (BE)
Jan '23, art residency at De Koer, Ghent (BE)
29 - 30 Apr '23, festival with open ateliers at De Koer, Ghent (BE)
20 May '23, food ritual during workshop by Melanie Bonajo When the body says yes at FOMU, Antwerp (BE)
29 Jun - 16 Jul '23, art residency at Radical House, Brussels (BE)
September - November '23, expo in gallery KOMMET supported by CWB, Lyon (FR), CANCELLED
2 May '24, performance during Pride & Paintings, invited by House Of Lux at the Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent (BE)
5 - 7 June '24, performance during Psycho Jazz at Dr. Guislain Museum with members of theatre group Lucinda Ra, Ghent (BE)
5 December, performance during Museum Nacht at Dr. Guislain Museum with Daan Dekeyser (Krietjur), Ghent (BE)
