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The conference takes place in Onaffegem, a city imagined and built by the children of Stormkop over the summer — a city that is never finished, always under construction.
We invite speakers and collectives from other cities to share their stories, offering inspiration and lessons from their experiences. Alongside them, local collectives and individuals reflect on their own practices and the challenges they face around space in the city.
Pascal Gielen is a Belgian sociologist and professor at ARIA in Antwerp, known for his research on art, politics, and the commons; through his work on commonism, he explores how shared resources and collective practices can inspire more democratic and sustainable cultural futures.
Bogomir Doringer is a Serbian-born, Amsterdam-based artist, curator, and researcher. Growing up in Belgrade in the 1990s, he experienced the dance floor as a place of escape and resilience, a theme that has shaped much of his artistic and academic work. For more than 15 years, Doringer has explored dance as a political and social phenomenon, looking at how collective movement reflects and responds to the world around us. Through his projects and lectures, he invites audiences to see nightlife not only as culture, but as a form of social choreography with deep political meaning.
Live soundperformance by Palestinian Brussels based SAWT.
Ahmed Eid is a pioneering Palestinian artist blending Arabic rhythms with global sounds to tell stories of struggle, liberation, and hope.
Off stage he’s the driving force behind Palestine Music Space in Ramallah, Palestine. A space for young artists offering free training and recording for the next generation of musicians.
Ahmed joins the festival with a talk on the Palestine Music Space and then takes the stage for an acoustic set.
Radio (z)Onderdak is een creatief atelier voor dak- en thuislozen in Antwerpen. Hier staan muziek, verhalen en kunst centraal als middel om mensen samen te brengen en talenten te versterken. Iedereen is welkom om mee te doen, zonder drempels – zolang je maar iets bijdraagt. Wekelijks hoor je hun uitzending op Radio Centraal, elke woensdag om 20u.
Are we out of space?
We invite a variety of organisations to reflect on space, to talk about the challenges and dreams they have. It will be a mosaic of manifestos and poetic readings of various organisations from the city and beyond.
Organisations and artists including Ercola, Radio Zonder Dak, V23 Free Party, Time Circus, Reclaim the Pride, Pauze, Gerda van Boot Tenace, Tothem, Lieze Kingma, Sudan Solidarity Network and Stormkop.
Throughout the conference, visitors of all ages are invited to take part in hands-on workshops led by Stormkop and Jenny Stieglitz.
Together we’ll explore imagination and connection, from playful experiments to co-creating a miniature cardboard city of the future.
Illustrator and participatory researcher Jenny Stieglitz explores homeliness and human connection, and at the Out of Space festival she invites the audience to co-create a cardboard miniature city of the future shaped by imagination, community, and care.
Sustainable bouquets, freshly scavenged from your beloved bend of the Scheldt. Let’s greenwash plastic together again to put our free spaces among the flowers. A lifetime of joy! No water or care needed. Just the occasional loving word. And everything will be fine with our favorite free spots — as long as we keep scavenging.
STORMKOP picks, startles, and plays continuously with all ages. Will you be startled too?
Once you arrive in cities like Paris, London, or Brussels, you’re flooded with souvenir shops. A tiny Eiffel Tower keychain, snow globes with the Colosseum inside, fridge magnets spelling out the name of your beloved holiday spot…
If we really want to put Onaffegem on the map, it’s high time we start designing our own souvenirs.
So: grab yourself an unfinished piece of tableware (hosted by De Kringwinkel) or a sheet of paper and go wild. Place it in our ONAFFE souvenir shop, and those who buy it will be supporting SAVE THE CHILDREN (in Gaza / Palestine / Congo / Sudan / …).
For young and old artists and playful mess-makers alike.