Antwerp
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THE BED
It’s not her bed. She doesn’t have chic aubergine bedding like this, let alone such a nice, firm, multilayer mattress. Her own pillows are small, square and slept completely flat,…
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Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui on Small Gestures, Transferability and Kinship
A conversation about sensuality in contemporary dance can easily slide into platitudes. We might picture bodies, either cloaked or half naked, crawling and contorting their way through a choreographic…
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THE PARCEL
She lay on the sofa in her flat, staring ahead with the expression and accompanying ennui of a prompter who, night after night, is not called upon to speak.
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I COULD HUNT YOU DOWN LIKE A SHARK
https://extraextramagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/25-i-could-hunt-you-down-like-a-shark-saskia-de-coster-no16-new-version.mp3 A shark is swimming beside us, a shark with a long, fat tail. It slinks along the ocean floor, drawing slow circles behind…
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BY THE POND
https://extraextramagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/29-By-the-pond-no-15.mp3 Two red-eared slider turtles. How did they end up at the pond in the park? The male comes crawling out of the water…
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‘IT’S ME’
Have I already told you I’ve got a new friend? We went to the new café in the park yesterday, that concrete circle with windows all around, windows that…
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BRILLIANT INTERVENTION
A few years back, I had a student job working for Pallas publishers, who had a deal with an art gallery. One evening, an exhibition opened with a…
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Laure Prouvost on Seduction, Language, and Bodily Provocations
On a hot day in Antwerp I climbed to the top of an imposing block; the heat rose with me. At the fourth floor, I was led past two enormous…
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Viviane De Muynck on the Sensuality of Embracing Death and Passionate Mourning
A summer evening in the south of Antwerp. The actress is waiting for me under an awning out on the terrace. She is smartly dressed and possesses a clear…
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Veronique Branquinho on Gravelly Voices, Watching People As a Pastime and Her New Enchanting Ready-to-wear Collection
Veronique Branquinho rose to fame in the late nineties with designs that offer an elegant attitude to daily wear, adding a touch of nighttime grace. With an eye for detail,…