CONFESSIONS: Stef Van Looveren's voyage of discovery through identity and popular culture.
In 2022, Antwerp-based visual artist Stef Van Looveren’s first live performance Radical Hope - Eye to Eye premiered at DE SINGEL. It was an overwhelming success, and was subsequently staged at the Münchner Volkstheater and the Sophiensaele in Berlin. Radical Hope was a transgressive performance which sensitively challenged normative views on gender and the body.
For their new live performance, CONFESSIONS, Van Looveren goes solo, working with their body and a variety of emotional and social stages as a means to question and explore the layers of identity construction. Van Looveren’s work cannot be defined under a single heading. Their work fuses video with performance art that activates sculptural installations. Van Looveren’s exploration of the body draws upon a hybrid mixture of diverse elements such as religious iconography, technology, popular culture and BDSM. Their materials of choice include silicone, metal, epoxy and wax, among others, representing figures of passage and transformation. CONFESSIONS is an excellent opportunity to get acquainted with the intense world of Stef Van Looveren.
Technical trigger: some scenes contain strobe lights and loud music. Earplugs will be handed out upon entry.