ARTIST COACHING
I support artists in their intellectual journeys, guiding them through reading, writing, and research as they develop their critical and creative practices. My coaching is rooted in dialogue, reflection, and deep engagement with original ideas, helping artists articulate their thoughts, sharpen their arguments, and expand their understanding of theory and artistic discourse. Whether navigating institutional structures, exploring radical frameworks, or simply seeking clarity in their work, I provide a space for critical thinking and knowledge-building. This process is not just about learning, but also about reclaiming intellectual agency, fostering curiosity, and cultivating the confidence to engage with complex conversations in meaningful ways.
RESEARCH - PRODUCTIONS - COACHING -
RESEARCH - PRODUCTIONS - COACHING -
Current Coachings:
- Sarah Jawla Huygens - Blqck, a queer aesthetic
- Caroline Maciel de França - VITRINE
Film project: Zwarte Ibis (2024, 18’20)
I directed Black Speaks Back’s latest short film Zwarte Ibis (tr. Black Ibis). This experimental short film portrays a young Black woman’s quest for intimacy in a world where the boundaries between the individual and the collective, the political and the personal, the past and the present, become ever blurrier. This poetic reverie is an afro-surrealistic imagination of contemporary notions of relationships with oneself and with an imagined community, questioning historically and culturally imposed views on Black people’s intimate lives in the diaspora.
Fellowship Racism and Technology Center 2023-ongoing
In 2023, I was awarded a fellowship at the Racism & Technology Center for a project focused on the intersection of racism and technology. Over time, my approach evolved, expanding to examine the role of technology, labor and race. Recently, The project will result in an immersive audio-documentary, for which I work in close collaboration with Chris ‘Ci’ Rickets. The documentary critically explores the tensions between technological advancement and its supposed liberatory potential in a post-work future, with completion planned by the end of 2025.
Black connectivity
How do Blackness, media, and memory intersect? What infrastructures and technologies enable Black people to connect across Belgium and beyond? How does media shape the (re)production of Black identities and cultural memory, and how do Black media practices influence experiences of Blackness across Belgium’s (sub)national borders? Moreover, how are silenced and invisibilized histories remembered and remediated by Black communities?
This dissertation, Black Connectivity, critically examines these questions, addressing the ways Black people in Belgium engage with media to forge connections, sustain cultural memory, and challenge dominant narratives. While discussions about Blackness in Belgium have gained visibility in media, academia, and cultural spaces over the past decade, these themes remain marginal within mainstream Belgian epistemology. Through a combination of theoretical inquiry and empirical research, this study explores how Black media practices resist erasure and create alternative spaces for remembrance and belonging.
My doctoral research was supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) under grant number G002018N and was submitted on October 12, 2022, to Ghent University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor in Communication Science.
Doctoral Advisory Committee:
Dr. Francesca Sobande (Cardiff University)
Dr. Sarah Demart (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Prof. Dr. Kevin Smets (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Prof. Dr. Nadia Fadil (KU Leuven)
Prof. Dr. Stijn Joye (Ghent University)
Printing: University Press, Wachtebeke, Belgium
With support from Black Speaks Back vzw