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Brussels has a lot in common with Athens. They are both capitals of states born in the\u00a019th century, almost simultaneously. They are formed by the same anxiety to enter\u00a0the modern era of national states. Both cities show that the stories we tell don\u2019t\u00a0describe the world, but formulate it.<\/p>\n
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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=”section-title”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”824″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”img_link_large”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”two-col-rich-text”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”825″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”img_link_large”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”rich-text-section”]The production of the \u201cReception\u201d in Brussels began in 2018. After two years of\u00a0discussions, we began research on the initiative of the Center for the Research of the\u00a0Performing Arts (CIFAS) and the support of the House of Spectacle (Maison du\u00a0Spectacle) La Bellone. With the dramaturgy contribution of Camille Louis, an old\u00a0friend and colleague, we have started to scour the streets and memories of this great\u00a0city.<\/p>\n
When looking Brussels side by side with Athens, they offer a privileged point of view, they are on the diagonal edge of Europe and thus surface similarities and differences that mutually lighten both cities. The gaze goes back and forth from Southern to Northern and from Eastern to Western Europe. The themes are many and exciting when you put the one next to the other; the medieval historical depth of the two cities, the entry into Modernity and Nationalism, the almost simultaneous independence of Belgium and Greece, the King of Belgium who almost became the King of Greece, the disappearance of both cities from the symbols that have been associated with them (the Golden Antiquity on the one hand and the institutional project of the European Union on the other), their political angst, urban violence, hidden waters and hidden past, political and cultural gaps, narrative constructions and their implications etc. All these and more are perceived in the streets and buildings and we want to organize and share them with the public.<\/p>\n
We hold meetings with experts and citizens, people we meet by chance and others\u00a0passionate about the War of Ideas. Brussels is magical, full of reasons to think about\u00a0European and global context. The questions remain though; How does one avoid the\u00a0obvious? How does one pass through the current affairs to what gives depth\u00a0transfiguring this airlessness condition of urgency into a prospect of understanding?[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”random-image”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”823″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”img_link_large”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”200 px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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