Six Ghent cultural organisations are joining forces, throwing open their doors and taking over the public space. They’ll be showing brand-new work by exciting makers who offer a different perspective on our new world. ‘Night Shift’ brings diverse artists together in the maze of the Ghent Opera for an entire night. Hospitality is central. We want to learn how to come together again in a safe and warm environment. Together with you, the artists, the partners and the team, we’ll make NO(W)WORRIES a place where there is room for hope, happiness, inspiration and anger.
Several projects take place outside the black box, entering the public space or using different formats. Kubra Khademi takes over the streets of Ghent in collaboration with refugees. David Weber-Krebs and Sarah Vanhee release publications that make you look at the future and question the present times. Julian Hetzel asks for our radical trust at the entrance of his parcours where art, society and politics intertwine. Anna Boghiguian opens a new exhibition which observes the human condition through works that are both poetic and political. And there is more than this in the program. Generous, we say.
During Nightshift, organised by Gouvernement and co-created with artists collectives OperaBallet Vlaanderen, Decoratelier Jozef Wouters, Leaving / Living Dakota, Mama’s Open Mic, House of Lux, Zuidpark, Bebe Books and La S Grand Atelier, we invite a diverse mix of artists in a multilayered, safe and experimental space in the maze of the Ghent Opera building.
Hospitality is at the core of NO(W)WORRIES, so let us make this a festival where we learn how to come together again, in a safer and warm environment. We warmly invite you to join us, despite the troubles we’re in. Let’s make NO(W)WORRIES, together with you, the artists, the partners and the staff, a space for hope, joy, inspiration and rage.
With, amongst others, Simon Allemeersch, Salam Atta Sabri, Luanda Casella, Jozefien Mombaerts, Kim Noble, Mohamed Toukabri, Bryana Fritz, Kubra Khademi, David Weber-Krebs and Sarah Vanhee, Julian Hetzel, Anna Boghiguian, Silvia Federici, Bryana Fritz, Laryssa Kim, Luk Perceval, Studium Generale, Sara Leghissa, Decoratelier Jozef Wouters, Leaving / Living Dakota, Mama’s Open Mic, House of Lux, Zuidpark, Bebe Books and La S Grand Atelier.
NO(W)WORRIES is a collaboration between Arts Centre Vooruit, CAMPO, KOPERGIETERY, NTGent, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen and S.M.A.K.. From October 28th until November 7th, in the city of Ghent.
"In loving memory of Frie Leysen"
In loving memory of Frie Leysen
