Collectief herman
Biography
We are collective herman, consisting of five artists: Kenneth Cardon, Lois Lumonga Brochez, Daan Idelenburg, Sara Lâm and Milan Vandierendonck. We met several years ago at the conservatory in Antwerp and are currently in transition.
We have always made socially critical work and want to pursue this further in the future. None of us are just actors. We are writers, illustrators, performers, filmmakers and so much more. That's why we want to be more multidisciplinary. We are shaking off the white and binary legacy of drama school by making space for what we really want to make. We are learning to make more and more art from our intuition and our own often little-represented perspective. We are also developing tools to work in an inclusive way.
We are sensitive, spiritual, playful makers and each other's best friends. Love for each other is paramount and therefore our work is intertwined with a great deal of care. We are people first and only then artists and believe this is the only way we can make strong and important art.
Research is always central to our work. How does the subject matter affect us personally? How do we link it to a larger social debate? We don't like working in a result-oriented way and want to get better and better at making artworks that create space for dialogue and authenticity. We don't want to deliver any finalized works of art, but rather create safe spaces to explore and question the material over and over again with the audience.
Research is always central to our work. How does the subject matter affect us personally? How do we link it to a larger social debate? We don't like working in a result-oriented way and want to get better and better at making artworks that create space for dialogue and authenticity. We don't want to deliver any finalized works of art, but rather create safe spaces to explore and question the material over and over again with the audience.
We do not want to merely entertain our audience, but challenge them and encourage self-reflection and awareness. Also by continuing to question ourselves and educate ourselves on issues such as gender, inclusivity, queerness, anti-capitalism, feminism, anti-racism and decolonization we are actively working on this. We incorporate the resulting insights into our work.
We want to see diversity and inclusiveness reflected and accepted as the norm in all structures of society. We therefore strive to apply these values in our public outreach. We want to create artworks that groups less represented in the arts landscape can feel at home in, find solace in, and be encouraged in political engagement.
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