A work for KANAL before KANAL opens
In September 2026, before its public opening, KANAL–Centre Pompidou hosts Zero Horizon, a new iteration of Miniature by Alexander Schellow and David Weber-Krebs. The project takes place in a museum building in transition, between completion and public activation.
We are looking for twelve participants for a process-based performative work combining workshops, rehearsals, and performative encounters. No prior professional experience in performance is required.
Participants contribute to situated individual and speculative narratives embedded in the architectural and institutional context. A connection to the local context and openness to collaborative work are essential.
The process includes workshop moments in July, followed by rehearsals at the end of August / beginning of September.
The project
Conceived for one spectator at a time, the project unfolds through guided walks, subtle sound environments, fragments of narration, and indeterminate encounters. As visitors move through the building, the boundaries between observation, imagination, and participation blur.
The absence of labels, artworks, or guided paths, renders perception more acute and less directed. Sounds resonate differently in unoccupied rooms; distances feel unstable. The visitor becomes aware of their own movement within a space not yet fully defined socially or symbolically.
Zero Horizon proposes an encounter with a threshold condition of the museum: between construction and use, projection and memory, and what an institution will become — or what it already will have been.
Performers-participants
For each visitor, the work consists of a parcours through selected areas of the building, marked by encounters with performer-participants at specific anchor points. These encounters are spatially structured yet open-ended.
Those performative situations, each practicing its own specific balance between scored and unscripted interaction, are previously developed in workshops with the artists. The twofold process allows for a particular experience of performative intervention, which builds on the framework of the miniature dispositive.
Each performer-participant develops an individual narrative : a speculative projection of possible futures, a personal trajectory, or an imagined relation to the museum and its surroundings, drawn from biographical elements, urban context, or institutional associations. Within such perspective, some elements — texts, gestures, spatial positions — are approached collectively, while leaving space for responsive engagement with each visitor.
Performers are neither guides nor fixed characters, but inhabit an in-between position. Their task is not to explain the work, but to open situations where — in a reciproce game —perception, imagination, and reflection can unfold.
Timeline
- 5 July 2026, 14:00–17:00 — Introduction session with the artists
- 10, 11 & 12 July 2026, 10:00–16:00 — Workshop days dedicated to the development of individual narratives and performative practices
- Late August – early September 2026 — On-site individual and group work at KANAL–Centre Pompidou
- Performance dates: 9–13 September & 16–20 September 2026
Performances will take place between 14:00 and 20:00, with individual shifts of approximately 1.5 to 2 hours per day.
Conditions & practicalities
All workshops, rehearsals, and performances will take place in Brussels, at KANAL–Centre Pompidou and surrounding sites.
Participants are asked to be available for all workshops, working periods, and performance dates.
Compensation
Participants will receive a fee based on an estimated average rate of €27 per hour of active performance time.
Catering will be provided during workshop and rehearsal days.
Fees will be paid through Smart, Amplo, or independent invoicing. Support can be provided if participants are unfamiliar with these systems.
Language
The main working language of the project will be English and French.
Specific language skills are not required. Nevertheless, the project is based in multilingual Brussels, multilingualism will be considered in the selection process, but it is not a determining criterion. Selection will primarily be based on motivation and availability.
Documentation & consent
The project may be documented through photography and/or video recordings. Information regarding documentation, consent, and the possible use of images will be discussed collectively with participants before the rehearsal period begins.
Selection process
Selection will be based on:
- Motivation and connection to the project, including interest in the local context from which the museum emerges and in a process-based way of working.
- Availability for the full process
Prior experience in performance or theatre is not required.
A short interview (online or in person) may be asked.
How to apply
Please fill in the application form : https://forms.gle/kBDDPC2bH5g9zB6z9
- Application deadline: 14 June 2026
- Interviews for pre-selected candidates : 29 June 2026
- Selection announcement: 30 June 2026
