Opening Party: Fool's Revelry curated by Mandy Pixel
Tabula Rasa unfolds in three parts, three Arkanas that are represented by a tarot card. The first Arkana is The Tower that is associated with transformation and awakening, a moment of revelation that clears away outdated structures. This card signifies events that can feel shocking or even chaotic, but these experiences ultimately lead to new insights, growth and a stronger foundation.
Feel the shock and the chaos and dance in a Fool's Revelry curated by Mandy Pixel. With a dj set by Mandy Pixel and i_suck_moss, live performances by Sofaa Douche, Poppy Whispers and Lucile Strike, and tarot readings by performance artist elish.
Mandy Pixel is a Brussels based DJ and audiovisual artist. Her sets and work revolve around the familiar while they are at the same times constantly trying to disrupt this, and are like being around many strangers: awkward and stimulating. Using scraps of conversations and up beat tunes she confuses and aims to create poetical porn made out of sound.
i_suck_moss, or Isaac, is an artist based in Brussels. Their work bridges sound art, workshops, actions, and other community activities. Structured like warped modern folktales, Isaac’s sets traverse diverse audio terrain, from the automatic and the prefabricated to the composted and rotting. They prioritise platforming and selecting sounds that may have been forgotten, under-appreciated, suppressed, or misinterpreted, alongside new perspectives and approaches to making music. You may find yourself listening between rogue dreams, forgotten texts, or bus stop conversations, sometimes but not exclusively sprinkled with anti-colonial and anti-imperialist subliminal messaging, as well as a healthy dose of GAY AGENDA. Proudly queer and made with love.
SOFAA DOUCHE is a singer, rapper, songwriter and visual artist based in Brussels. Since 2020 she produced and experiment music with CSquare. Last fall, they've released PRESSTART, a five tracks EP imbued with dark fantasy universe. It mixes underground hip hop influences with punk energy, immersive dystopian sound design, bass pressure and strange voices.
Poppy Whispers and Lucile Strike are a duo of sound and visual researchers.They practice off-road wandering, setting off on adventures with a belly on fire. Poppy Whispers began making music to give joy and rage an immaterial space. Inspired by a wide range of music, she navigates through sounds, sparking with her laughter those existential questions we're going through. Lucile Strike documents traces of light, impulses, warmth and doubts. During concerts, she projects videos and slideshows: A mixture of flashes and caresses that come with and echo the siren songs of Poppy Whispers.
elish is the gentle warrior and a fierce witch, playfully staging the eccentric, alternative constructions of her multiple identities and creating a whirlwind of perfumes, colors, dreams and battlegrounds.
