For a week, in a backstage room at argos, artist Carla Adra exchanged with thirty Belgian cultural workers who agreed to tell her a story of a personal experience lived at work. Put together, these anonymous testimonies create a unique collection, and draw a clear picture of the cultural sector in Belgium - its frustrations, complexities, strengths and vulnerabilities. These stories were reenacted by Carla Adra and two performers on 2 November at argos.

For her debut show in Brussels, Carla Adra reinvented her Bureau des Pleurs by embracing the audiovisual medium by transforming the performance into an immersive installation. This unique format allows the performance to transcend its ephemeral nature, and permanently infuse the argos building leaving the stories to resonate and reverberate against the white walls of the institution. The installation is on view at argos from 3 November through 22 December.

With the support of the French Embassy in Belgium and Institut Français, as part of EXTRA, a programme supporting French contemporary creation