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BETWEEN US 
THE MARRIAGE PROJECT 

In collaboration with Anyuta Wiazemsky Snauwaert

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Without having a romantic relationship, Kim married Anyuta in 2018, who at the time needed a Belgian residency permit. She was originally from Russia, did not want to go back and marriage seemed the only option. 

 

As we looked into marriage laws, we discovered that in Belgium you don't have to be in a romantic relationship to have a legal marriage. The main condition is that you have the intention to create a sustainable community living. We decided to get married and define this sustainable community life in the hope that Anyuta would get a residence permit. At the same time, we developed an artistic practice around these attempts and recorded the entire migration process. In collaboration with workspacebrussels, WpZimmer, Kaaitheater, Buda, Theater Aan Zee, De Brakke Grond and many other Art Centres, we presented different stages of our process in the form of installations, a theaterplay, performances, video's... 

The preparations for this work began in 2015, in June 2023 Anyuta finally obtained her Belgian nationality, based on our marriage.

© Kris Dewitte

 

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CURRENT| FUTURE EVENTS

2023-24

  BUDASKOOP, Kortrijk

| No Honeymoon (docu fiction)

 

PAST EVENTS


25 November 2022

Leietheater Deinze

|Between Us, A Number Of Contradictions, Ignorances and Oddities (theatre)


14-15 April 2021

workspacebrussels : Open Studio's
| Between Us, A Number Of Contradictions, Ignorances and Oddities (theatre)

|One should not nail a carpet to the wall, It may lead to a row in the family (installation)


 3 Okt 2021

De Grote Post, Ostend
| Between Us, A Number of Contradictions, Ignorances and Oddities (theatre)

21 Feb 2021

De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
| Between Us, A Number of Contradictions, Ignorances and Oddities (theater)

Feb 2021

  De Brakke Grond: Beyond The Black Box Festival
| Between Us, A Number of Contradictions, Ignorances and Oddities (publication)

| Female Russian Immigrant I married For Papers and Turned into My Muse In Order To Build A Great Career, As A Woman (video-performance)

| Framing is a luxury of the outside eye (podcast)
 


Sept 2020 - Sept 2021

Red Star Line: Destination Sweethearts

| Between Us (and Everybody Else) (installation)

June 2020
Workspacebrussels Working Title Festival
| Framing is a luxury of the outside eye (podcast)



7 March 2020

Kaaitheater & workspacebrussels : WoWmen! Festival, Brussels
|Between Us, A Number of Contradictions, Ignorances and Oddities (Lecture-Performance)

 

6 March 2020

Kaaitheater & workspacebrussels : WoWmen! Festival, Brussels
 | Female Russian Immigrant I Married For Papers And Turned Into My Muse in Order To Build A Great Career, As A Woman (durational performance / installation)

June 2019

WSB: Working Title Festival
| Between Us (and Everybody Else (installation)

Graduation Show 2019,KASK
|Female Russian Immigrant I Married For Papers And Turned Into My Muse in Order To Build A Great Career, As A Woman (durational performance / installation)

Sep 2018

 Plan B, Bekegem
The Newlyweds (installation)

Aug 2018

 TAZ
Conversation & Wedding

May 2018

Gouvernement Ghent: Semi-Simultaneous 
| The 
Engagement (installation)

Feb 2018

K/nip Collective Brussels
Valentine Day is coming (talks)

Nov 2018
Next Festival: Sacrifice Market

| Selling the Marriage (talks)

July 2017

Het Gouvernement Ghent/De Vooruit : Hoogtij-laagtij Festival
|Between Us : A Conversation (Performance)

April 2017

Croxhapox 
| The proposal

 

CO-PRODUCTIONS AND GRANTS

 

 Workspacebrussels

 BUDA Kortrijk

 WpZimmer Antwerp

De Brakke Grond

Mathilde Horlait - Dapsens price,

Nominated

With the support of the Flemish government

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