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florence cats is an artist and acupuncturist from Brussels (1985) who uses text, sound, light, color, radio and natural energies...
her work has been presented in ETE78, Brussels Drawing Week, Spazi Aperti (Rome), OCCII (Amsterdam) , Pracht(Leipzig), PAS (Berlin), Atoma (Brussels), Stuk(Leuven), minard theater(Gent), Le passage (Geneva)...
between 2020 and 2021 she curated exhibitions a tryptic of exhibitions around water, sign and transmutation.
She is the co-author of several books with primitive press, including Lavori in corso (2020).
In 2022 she released ‘Ys’ on ediçoes CN , in 2021 ‘Correspondances’ on frissons, and has been a
member of The Asocial Telepathic Ensemble (corvo records, 2022).
She often has collaborated with Joseph Hogan, Clara Levy, Brandon Labelle, Diana Duta, Alle dicu, Bogdana Dima, Mauricio Amarante....
In 2018 she was in residency at the Academia Belgica (Rome) and in 2022 in Q-O2 (Brussels).
In 2023 she has been selected as belgian emerging sound artist by Stuk, Musica and Q-O2.
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> commission
* 'like a telepath' 2023 - radio production with Diana Duta
for Radiophrenia (Glasgow) and Kunst Radio Kunst (Austria)
* 'Washing Machine' 2023 documentary film with Joseph Hogan
GSARA and maison des arts de schaerbeek
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> music
Circular Music - Insub 2023
Ys - edições CN 2022
Asocial Telepathic Ensemble - corvo records 2022
Correspondances - frissons 2021
Mioriza (éole cristal) - 2019
Circé (éole cristal) - 2017
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> book
88 jours - primitive press 2021
LAVORI IN CORSO - primitive press 2020
Hector - primitive press 2019
la Modestie - projection 2019
Nos a(r)mes - 2017
Chi è Lei ?- primitive press 2017
Contre-lame - primitive press 2017
Hôtel du fort - 2016
Auto-stop en Islande - editions lamaindonne 2012
Chats lunatiques - lamaindonne editions 2011
Le trou - 2009
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> residency
Musica Impulse - march 2023
Ateliers Mommen - january 2023
Q-O2 - spetember 2022
Q-O2 - july 2022
Academia Belgica - Belgian Academy of Rome, march - june 2018
La Cure - Marchin cultural center, march - september 2017
Hôtel du Fort - Huy cultural center, august 2016
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> education
urban spaces ENSAV La Cambre - brussels
acupuncture IEATC - paris
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> 2023
ambient focus (claire rousay playlist) BBC radio 6
17/05 live @ STUK, studio Manhattan, Leuven
02-05/05 a choir of noises workshop @ MCCS , brussels
28/04 concert @ PAS, Berlin
27/04 concert @ Pracht, Leipzig
04/04 concert, Left Waves @ minard schouwburg, Gent
31/03, occii, Amsterdam
11/03 impro session @ Zsenne Art lab, adder klank, brussels
04/03 performance for dop-out @ l'enfant sauvage, brussels
06-11/03 residency @ Klankenbos, Musica
14-16/02 recording session of the circular music by jürg frey
04-05/02 training on the sensitive approach of essential oils, Paris
27/01 - 12/03, duo show with joseph charroy + concert @ l'enfant sauvage
26/02 opening
20/01 - concert @ un peu with marine cerisier & mauricio amarante
02-09/01 - residency @ ateliers mommen
08/01 release party Ys
label edições cn
@ ateliers Mommen
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2022
24/11 broadcast for the antwerp radio
We Are Various >>> listen
14/11, the silence here is different than the silence at home, vocal duo concert with bogdana dima (bucarest), living room, brussels
09/11, concert, Atoma, brussels
26/10, piece broadcasted on Lyl Radio>>> streaming
21/10, chapelle st-roch en voliere, organized by Le comptoir du Livre asbl >>> info
transparent music, Liege
17/10 ADDER KLANK, bxl POSTPONED spring 2023
04/10 session du Bourdon, with pierre-michel zaleski
03/10 musical creation for reading-show, compagnie Albertine, Maison Autrique
04/09 - 07/09 ... Circular Music by Jürg Frey @ q-o2 + concert
01/07 - 31/07 .... sound residence @ Q-O2+ post-residency performance
11/07 - 15/07 .... sonic art workshop with teens @ MCCS, maison de la culture Molenbeek
july château de jolimont, in & out performances,Brussels, june
visé 8, group show + performance, Brussels, february
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2021
primitive, group show, LeComptoir, Liege
elle tourne, duo show + performance, ETE 78 (drawing week), Brussels, september
péridion, video & sound installation + performance, Decoster, Brussels, september
ondes & tremblements, concert with David Neaud, centre culturel GC Ten Weyngaert, Brussels, september
élixirs, curation Maison Pelgrims, Brussels, june
capsule sporange, performance for theremin and voicie, Naast Monique, Brussels, may
un signe dans l’espace - curator, Le Maga, Brussels, march
terrain vague- duo show, drawing and sonic installation, StemCell, Brussels, february
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2020
les choses d’ici-bas- groupe show, DuflonRacz, Brussels
la modestie- duo show, drawings,Wallonie-Bruxelles library, Paris
still life- group show, performance, Melissa Ansel galery, Brussels
bleu- performance, la part du feu, Brussels
here come the waves- curating, Project(ion) room, Brussels
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2019
éole cristal- concert, Solvay parc, Brussels
Hector- solo show, la Part du Feu, Brussels
par monts et par vaux- group show, la Fabrique du pont d’Aleyrac, Saint-Pierreviller
roma - duo show, 10-12, Brussels
garage pirate - one night group show, recyclart, Brussels
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2018
vulnerable- duo show, Quai4 galery, Liege
apertura - group show, Belgian Academy, Rome
Spazi Aperti- contemporary art festival, Romanian Academy, Rome
03-06 art residency @ Academia Belgica (belgian academy of Rome)
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2017
éole cristal- performance, bureau de l’étoile, Brussels
Transparence- group show, la part du feu, Brussels
nos a(r)mes- duo show, pavillon des arts, Marchin
chi è Lei ?- duo show, le Maga, Brussels
aléatoire- group show, curators Louise Herlemont & François Goffin, Charleroi
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2016
sept off - sound diffusion, Nice photo festival
dédale - urban biennial of contemporary art, Huy
arbres, group show, la porte Maubec, la Rochelle
solo show, la part du feu, Brussels
mon sexe est une fleur - sound installation, Marchin photo festival
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2015......
drawing group show, centre culturel de Marchin
un temps suspendu, duo show, cosmos cosmos, Brussels
Identities I art outsider & insider - group show, Geel
Ixelles museum, projection around Bernard Villers, Brussels
amor- light festival, Brussels
égarement - quartiers latins library, Brussels