In 2023, SOTA organised a series of foyers based on themes from the Fair Kin Arts Almanac. Two new Sota foyers are planned at the Beursschouwburg in 2024:
on Thursday 18 April and Thursday 30 May,
each time from 18h-20h.
On 18 April, we will take a closer look at the creation and content of the Almanac. This circular book, filled with practical tools, perspectives, recipes, ideas, games, proposals and in-depth reflections around topics of social and political relevance – for the arts field in Belgium and beyond – was made with the voices of more than 130 artists, writers, and activists spinning their thoughts and experiences into 12 chapters around a year.
We wil share our insights, gained from stimulating and pulling this complex collective process, how we tried – and sometimes failed – to decolonize it, how we collectivized decisions, and distributed its writing and editing.
Let’s read, play and discuss its rich content around ecology, parenthood, the need to rest in a life that never stops, the urgency for space and infrastructure for artists, redistribution of resources, accessibility of the sector, artistic involvement in politics and much more.
“Society cannot be devised without the connectivity and relational perspectives of kin.”