Spa for Spirits
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Fri 15.0518:30 - 20:30Continuously opende Koer, Gentde Koer (Meibloemstraat 86)
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Sat 16.0516:00 - 18:00Continuously opende Koer, Gentde Koer (Meibloemstraat 86)
For three weeks, the teleported beings of Spa for Spirits* will take up residence at de Koer.
They build islands using whatever the site offers them:
Foraged objects evolve into strange tools.
Herbs from the garden give color to textiles.
Wild yeasts and microbes are captured.
The oven glows.
On May 15 and 16, The Landscape opens to the general public during the BOM festival!
Wander among installations, taste unexpected creations, and join in small rituals where the senses and imagination run away with the mind.
about Spa for Spirits
Since 2021, performers Leonie Buysse and Lili Vanderstraeten have led Spa for Spirits — a wellness center inhabited by otherworldly creatures. Together with artists and experts from various artistic and life domains, they create interactive installations and performances, where individual art practices interweave through collective play, exploration, and wonder.
Participants are invited to step beyond the ordinary and embrace new ways of seeing, thinking, and being by rediscovering everyday activities, loosening them from their monotonous rusty patterns. The peculiar rituals that emerge from this process aim to ground participants in their bodies, reawaken the senses, and grow a more conscious engagement with their surroundings.
By occupying semi-public spaces, we disrupt and queer them from their usual identity and function: a transformative process that engages an unexpected mix of participants—local residents, curious passersby, and communities. Through these collective artistic, sensory-rich, and often non-verbal explorations, the otherworldly hosts of Spa for Spirits strive to reconnect humanity with its fundamental needs.
Credits
Van en met Leonie Buysse, Lili Sels VanBavaerts, het keukenteam van de Koer, Thomas Van Imschoot, Daan Dekeyser, Jonas Baeke, Vincent Vergote en Erro Rasker.
In samenwerking met VIERNULVIER & de Koer.
Landscape of Safe Sensory Insulae is het onderzoek dat Spa for Spirits voert in 2026 in samenwerking Nadine, Recyclart, de Koer, VIERNULVIER, Dr.Guislain Museum en radical_hope_house. Mede mogelijk gemaakt door de steun van de Vlaamse Overheid en de Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommisie.