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As part of the Belly of the City project, we will invite you to a home in Ixelles, where for two days food becomes a subject of art, architecture and shared experience. The programme includes an exhibition of works by Dawid Misiorny, Aleksandra Nowysz and Aleksandra Wasilkowska, as well as a model of the “The Belly of Warsaw”, a vision of an urban food hub. Pola Sutryk invites you to the performative “A Moldy Feast” in a home vegetable garden. Slavs and Tatars open a pop-up Pickle Bar with performances by Łukasz Jastrubczak and Filipka Rutkowska, and workshops for children led by Ala Savashevich. You can also see Janek Simon selling non-existent fruit at a Brussels market.Registration will begin on October 23.
⬛ Programme
⏹︎ 30 October 2026
⏹︎ New Territories of Foodscapes. International Scientific Conference at ULB
The conference focuses on how contemporary cities are “fed” – spatially, politically and imaginatively. It asks how we can move from a city geared towards consumption to a city-as-organism, in which urban form, infrastructure and public policies recognise food as a key dimension of spatial planning.
Where? ULB La Cambre Horta Faculty of Architecture, Brussels
Free entrance
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⏹︎ A Moldy Feast and Spirit of the Bumblebee musical performance:
Pola Sutryk — A Moldy Feast 2026 (Edible performance, 20 min Herbs from the herbarium of the Polish Catholic Community in Binche, dried nettles, food waste)
“Pickle Bar” presents: “Spirit of the Bumblebee” by Łukasz Jastrubczak, a musical performance
Bringing together artists, thinkers, writers, and performers to explore the limits of the tongue, Pickle Bar offers both an affective space of tasting, swallowing, and vocalization, and a discursive space for research, reflection, and storytelling.
When? 30 October / 19:00-20:00
Where? Ixelles, Brussels. The exact address will be revealed two days before the event.
Participation in the event is free of charge, but the number of places is limited. Registration is mandatory.
Registration link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/qbZQ9Vb4nN
⏹︎ 31 October 2026
⏹︎ Janek Simon ‘Street Vendor’ – performance at a stall in the Place Flagey market
When? 31 October / 10.00–15.00
Free entrance
⏹︎ A walk through the multi-ethnic Abbatoir d’Anderlecht market
When? 31 October / 13.00–14.00
Registration:
⏹︎ Weaving Ancestors: Crafting Straw Figurines with Ala Savashevich workshop for children
In this workshop, participants will explore the ancient Slavic tradition of Dziady — a festival honoring the memory of the deceased, once observed across regions that now include Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, and Ukraine. Rooted in the belief that ancestors guide harvests and protect families, this ritual celebrates the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. Participants will learn about the cultural significance of straw, a material once revered for its connection to the “spirit of the grain” and the cycles of nature. Using simple tools like twine, floral wire, and straw, they will craft their own figurines while discovering traditional weaving techniques inspired by folk art.
When? 31 October / 14:00-15:00
For children aged 9-15
In Polish and French language
Where? Ixelles, Brussels. The exact address will be revealed two days before the event.
Participation in the event is free of charge, but the number of places is limited. Registration is mandatory.
Registration link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/S5y6ivHCnh
⏹︎ Filipka Rutkowska performance "The Iron Lipstick" at Pickle Bar, Ixelles (20 min, ENG)
The Iron Lipstick is a performance combining spoken word and choreography, in which Margaret Thatcher is embodied and reimagined as a queer spectre, despite her anti-gay politics. Inspired by Damian Barr’s memoir Maggie and Me, a queer coming-of-age story set in 1980s Scotland, the work reanimates Thatcher’s iconic speeches to create a political fiction that calls for the abolition of gender in order to imagine a genderless society. Thatcher becomes a costume to be destabilised, multiplied, and re-performed: domination is recast as drag, and power is dismantled through performance. By queering a figure synonymous with oppression, the piece stages a paradoxical intimacy with history’s demons, exposing how they resurface today while opening the possibility of taming and transforming them. The performance incorporates a replica of Thatcher’s costume, recently displayed at a Christie’s auction.
When? 31 October / 17:00–17:20
Where? Ixelles, Brussels. The exact address will be revealed two days before the event.
Participation in the event is free of charge, but the number of places is limited. Registration is mandatory.
Registration link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/7ejVJ86m3G
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The project is co-funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland under the programme Inspiring Culture 2025–2026.
Learn more about the project: https://niaiu.pl/en/dzialalnosc/the-belly-of-the-city/
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Organiser: National Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning of Poland (NIAiU)
Curator: Aleksandra Wasilkowska – Shadow Architecture
Artists: Centrum Centrum, Karolina Jabłońska, Krzysztof Kaczmarek, Agnieszka Kurant, Dawid Misiorny, Aleksandra Nowysz, Janek Simon, Pola Sutryk, Slavs and Tatars, Ala Savashevich, Filipka Rutkowska, Aleksandra Wasilkowska
Partners: Polish Institute in Brussels, Faculty of Architecture La Cambre-Horta, Shadow Architecture, Autoportret, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW)
Media Patronage: Contemporary Lynx
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