Summery June
Book Of Landscapes – proposal May 2026
Weaving Place is a participatory, multidisciplinary project aiming to (re)connect people with the unique nature of Donderberg. A collective of four artists with diverse practices in visual art, land-based art, participatory performance, eco-somatics, and embodied research developed a creative program that activates community bonds and ecological awareness fostered by a wild biotope in an urban setting. The project invites everyone, neighbors, passers-by, children, students, elders, into an inclusive space of co-creation with the nature of Donderberg and see it as a body, a memory, a teacher.
Donderberg is a rare ecological and social landscape in Brussels. It is one of the last places in the city that has never been developed, preserving an exceptional biodiversity and offering a living example of how wild nature can coexist within the urban fabric of a large city. It is a place where nature reveals both its strength and its fragility, inviting us into dialogue with her and with one another. In a neighbourhood defined by contrasts in income, background, and ways of living, the site offers a common ground for encounter and shared values. Its secluded setting and quietness invite us to slow down, fostering deeper experiences and connections with human and non-human beings.
Our approach is participatory and low-impact for the site. Our project is an initiative to enhance the accessibility of Donderberg and maintain its wildness. Through artistic presence, we aim to make this balance tangible: opening space for ecological education and awareness, while ensuring the protection of fragile ecosystems.
Donderberg also carries a powerful civic and political significance. The site stands at a decisive threshold, its future still undefined, and has become a topic of debate among both Brussels politicians and residents. Yet this moment of uncertainty is also an opportunity: a time to listen, imagine, and collaboratively explore ideas and possibilities, fostering a deeper understanding of the space—and of each other.
Through creativity and participation, we hope to be a stepping stone in the process of defining the future of Donderberg. We want to create a space for dialogue and reflection where all voices resonate. We believe art can be a tool for social engagement and cohesion and help the city envision a sustainable, inclusive future for this living landscape. We aim to support Brussels objectives for climate adaptation, biodiversity preservation, and inclusive participation.
The project is rooted in the belief that art can awaken care – for ourselves, our communities, and the environments we inhabit. Through artistic interventions, collective rituals, and site-based workshops, we explore the body as an extension of the landscape: a living site where ecological awareness takes form.
Our approach centers on:
Listening before acting
Understanding movement as a way to attune to place
Reciprocity
Collaborating with the land rather than working on it
Inclusion and accessibility
Welcoming neighbours, schools and people of all backgrounds
Low-impact practice
Using minimal infrastructure and reclaimed materials, leaving no trace
Artists
Flavia Anoniazzi
Flavia Antoniazzi is a multidisciplinary artist living in Brussels. She graduated in 2020 in Painting at “Accademia di Belle Arti Pietro Vannucci” in Perugia where she uses different media: painting, installation, performance, body movement and analogical photography. She dedicates herself to performance where the use of the body is essential, developing a language far away from words. In 2021 she graduated in Documentary Photography in Bologna at “Spazio Labo – Centro di fotografia”. In 2023 she attended the Master in Dance and Performance Art at the School of Disobedience in Budapest, and in 2024 she graduated in Multimedia and Technological Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome. She works on themes like life and death, grief, love and nature.
I seek to cultivate a deeper connection with natural spaces through artistic exploration.
Tatiana Gallibus
Tatiana Galibus is a multidisciplinary artist, dancer, and facilitator whose work interweaves somatics, ecology, and collective care. With her Slavic roots and a background in Afro-Caribbean, South Indian, and aquatic movement forms, her practice explores the body as a site of listening, healing, and transformation. Tatiana is the founder of Modus Vivendi: Embodied Earth, an eco-somatic festival in Brussels (2025) that brought together citizens exploring collective care through movement, ritual, and dialogue. Her work is driven by one truth: we are not separate from this planet.
For me, the landscape is not a backdrop but a living being, a partner we engage with through sensory dialogue and artistic practice.
Arnout Vandeputte
Arnout Vandeputte is a Belgian theatre maker and educator who connects ecological questions with social engagement. With the collective Terreurwilg he creates theatre pieces about nature and climate change. Beukenjong (2023), a 1,300 km walking performance carrying a young beech tree from Brussels to Denmark, and Heel de Wereld (2025), a lecture-performance with Steven Vroman, are two of his solo projects. He develops programs on ecology and social engagement and teaches theatre at the Conservatory of Bruges.
I believe creative work can bring people together and reshape how we understand the places we inbabit.
Thula
Thula, born and raised in Zimbabwebased, is living in Brussels. They graduated from ERG (École de Recherche Graphique) in 2024. Their engagement with ecology is rooted in research, experimentation and direct action, exploring ways of living with and honoring the natural world. Knots are central to their practice, both as physical connections and as metaphors for the ties that bind us to each other and to the Earth. Their practices aim to nurture deeper, more sustainable connections with ourselves, with others, and with the ecosystems we belong to.
I believe in weaving resilient communities through shared gardening