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Do You Want a Happy Ending? is an artistic research project that rethinks the notion of ‘public space’ within its environmental and political limits. We share this research with audiences through performative encounters in which we offer massages to two participants at a time, accompanied by an audio installation.

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The audio consists of a conversation between two women reflecting on experiences of boundary violations and power-related dynamics in professional contexts and in public space, with a focus on gendered structures and expectations. It creates an additional layer of listening that runs parallel to the physical experience of being touched.

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The massage takes place inside a self-constructed textile environment, made in and for public space. The fabric structures act as temporary architectures that both open and partially shield space. Textiles here refer to associations with femininity and care, but also to fragility: they suggest protection while remaining permeable, unstable, and provisional as forms of public enclosure.

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The project asks how public space can be reimagined beyond dominant frameworks of visibility, productivity, and heteronormative forms of relation.

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PAST EVENTS

 

01-04 Feb 2024

 Beyond The Black Box Festival, Do you want a happy Ending?, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)

| Massage performance

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Nov 2023

 Nodine, Do you want a happy Ending?, Nadine, Brussel (BE)

| Massage performance & installation

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29 Sept - 01 Okt 2023

 KIEM Festival, Do you want a happy Ending?, De Grote Post, Oostende (BE)

| Massage performance
 

26-30 July 2023

 TAZ Residentie, Do you want a happy Ending?, Oostende (BE)

| Massage performance - Intervention

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16-20 July 2023

  Wim Cuyvers, Jura (FR)

| Residency

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27 June - 2 July 2023

  Leietheater, Deinze (BE)

| Residency

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1-7 June 2023

  Leietheater, Deinze (BE)

| Residency

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December 2022
Kan je iets ..., Etcetera(BE)

|Article

 

November 2021

Grensoverschrijdend, Croxhapox, Gent (BE)

|Installation 

1-14 April 2021

Caravan Wanderings, Benelux (BNL)

|Residency

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