Nele De Gussem & Victor Verhelst

Name: Nele De Gussem & Victor Verhelst — 'The Loom: A Rave for the Introverted'
Start: 2026-05-01T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-01T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Club Wintercircus

'The Loom: A Rave for the Introverted'

Fri 01.05

13:00 - 18:00

Club Wintercircus, Gent

free

'The Loom: A Rave for the Introverted' is an immersive installation in which Nele De Gussem’s intimate electronic music enters into dialogue with the 360° animations by visual artist Victor Verhelst, based on her album “The Loom of Longing” (VIERNULVIER Records).

'A Rave for the Introverted' revolves around the paradoxical situation of being at a party and finding silence within yourself. Introspection amidst exuberance; tranquillity amidst joy. It is as if you are swept away by a rush of light – with your head in the clouds – yet feel just as much magic within your physical self. Wander through a sound bath, surrounded by a mind-bending dream world that makes you feel, for a moment, as though you have stepped into another dimension.

Free entry between 13:00 and 18:00.
Part of the WINTERCIRCUIT programme
in collaboration with Wintercircus and Club Wintercircus

Part of

WINTERCIRCUIT 2026

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Nele De Gussem

Victor Verhelst

Nele De Gussem

Ghent-based singer-songwriter and composer Nele De Gussem (Uma Chine) delivered a sensational album of mystic pop, psychedelic ambiance and pulsating electronica with ‘The Loom’. She has a preoccupation with soundscaping that involves using her sensual voice and electronic/analog instruments as a sort of palette of rich textures. De Gussem has played a vital role in the Belgian alternative scene. In addition to spearheading her project Uma Chine and performing in bands such as BRNS and Future Old People are Wizards, she has composed music for dance and film, exploring contemporary classical, alternative rock, and sound experimentation.

The sought-after Belgian visual artist Victor Verhelst (STROOM) created a unique collage of motion graphics inspired by 1990s computer games for ‘The Loom: A Rave for the Introverted’, which possess an otherworldly allure and a deeply symbiotic relationship with the music. Rarely has the interplay between digital and musical art come together so compellingly. Sounds are transformed into colours; timbres merge with textures and patterns dance to the rhythm of the music.

Both De Gussem and Verhelst share a fascination with the interweaving of analogue media and innovative software and hardware. Verhelst describes his visual language as “Trippy Vegas” – a psychedelic landscape that takes the viewer through a kaleidoscope of colours and patterns, through realms of recognisable and unrecognisable architecture, mythical creatures and structures, all entwined in a rhythm of chaos.