Board of directors

Manu Claeys

Manu Claeys is a writer (non-fiction books, essays) and president of the citizens’ association stRaten-generaal, which was awarded the Prize for Democracy in 2010 and co-signed the Covenant for the Future (Toekomstverbond) with the Flemish government, the city of Antwerp and the citizen movements Ringland and Ademloos. He is a member of the Antwerp Climate Council, the board of trustees of Lantis and the neighborhood committee De Ploeg, which saved the monastery in the Ploegstraat from being demolished. In his most recent book Red de democratie!, he outlines how a political narrowing of citizenship to votership has weakened democracy.

Natalie Gielen

Natalie Gielen works for the performance arts platform Etcetera. She's also active as a freelance art critic, author, editor and ‘outside eye’ in the arts. She is co-initiator of the literary collective Letterveld.

Laure Prouvost

Born in 1867, Lieumeconu, France. Lives and works. Here a long list of museums and institutions. A line, interesting things, a coma, a line, a list of residencies and prizes. A selection of solo projects including: an Oma-je in Vienna and Saskatoon and Melbourne, a flying grandma in Oslo, Houston and Tilburg, No more front tears in Basel and Malta, an elastic arm hold in tight in Copenhagen, Deep See Blue Surrounding You in Venice, Toulouse and Lille, a Waiting Room with objects in Minneapolis, a karaoke room in Brussels, a new octopus ink vodka bar for Gregor in Rotterdam, a lobby for love among the artists in the Hague and Luzern... tea bags, and wet floors and tentacles.

Petra Van Brabandt (president)

Petra Van Brabandt is a feminist philosopher and head of research at Sint Lucas Antwerp, where she also teaches semiotics and cultural criticism. Her research focuses on sociopolitical dimensions of art, such as feminism, pornography and decolonisation. Together with Hans Maes, she wrote Art or Pornography? A philosophical exploration.

Anyuta Wiazemsky Snauwaert

Anyuta Wiazemsky Snauwaert is a multidisciplinary artist working in the visual arts, theater, and participatory art sphere. Their works revolve around the theme of intimacy, exploring it from various angles by delving deep into their own psyche, sharing personal experiences until they no longer feel intimate, or creating a sense of intimacy within the works themselves. They work alongside their life partner, Kim Snauwaert, under the name BETWEEN US, emphasising generosity, social involvement, and empathy in their artistic endeavours.

Guy Woueté

Guy Woueté is an artist who sees art not as an end in itself, but an opportunity to observe and critique the times in which we live. Guy's work always contains elements of social criticism, questions of borders, migration and symbols of domination in an age of globalization. Using history as a source of material, Guy mixes registrations of experiences, emotions and feelings in collages, installation, performance, video and photographic work. He also works in sculpture and painting and creates artists' books.