‘Together’ highlights the individuals at the heart of our creative house and around. As a collective from various backgrounds, Les Passagées focuses on the richness of human interactions, bringing together unique perspectives. Discover our stories here :
ARTIST · FR Charlotte Charbonnel explores the hidden energies within materials and the natural forces of our surroundings. Honored as “Woman to Watch” in 2018, her work has been displayed in renowned institutions like the Palais de Tokyo and MAC VAL, merging art and scientific inquiry to reveal the vibrations of the world.
© Arnaud Robin
POET · BE When she closes her eyes, words gallop like wild ponies. She handles language with a freedom that opens up unexpected worlds. Her texts are lively, colourful bridges that interweave with other artistic disciplines.
© Caroline Dejonghe
PHOTOGRAPHER · FR Her eye has many gazes. Detail is her path. The escape of things, is an art of living, that she captures with poetry, vibration and respect.
© Caroline Dejonghe
PIANIST, COMPOSER · PL Mixing a classical technique with an experimental sound searching, she gives new life to old pianos by making them sound like all different kinds of instruments or electronic samples. She composes and performs her own music for originally prepared grand and upright pianos.
© Caroline Dejonghe
VIDEO ARTIST · FR Sound was in her ears. But it was through the eye that she came to creation. Video, like a belated revelation of worlds in motion. She transforms, distorts and overturns images in search of what resonates from within.
© Caroline Dejonghe
TAIKO DRUMMER · JP Born in Kyoto, she began Taiko at 11 and spent 14 years with the renowned ‘Kodo’ group as a performer, composer, and arranger. In 2008, she founded ‘Cocon,’ a female Taiko project, and has since been active in theater, dance, and fashion in Belgium. A skilled multi-instrumentalist, her solo performances blend improvisation and music for children, drawing from her deep exploration of Japanese music and dance.
© De Centrale Gent
GUEST CHEF · JP Chiho Kanzaki laid her foundations in the kitchen with some of the great brigades, notably at Mauro Colagreco’s Mirazur*** (Menton, France). Over the years, she has sharpened her weapons, learning total respect for the product, a sense of combining flavours rather than confronting them, and the structural precision of harmonies.
© Caroline Dejonghe
SWISS KNIFE · ECU No detail escapes him. Jorge is precision with a pulse — perhaps the finest Swiss Army knife south of the equator. Reliable, methodical, and always a step ahead, he makes complexity look easy and excellence feel effortless.
© Caroline Dejonghe
STORYTELLER · BE A trained actress with a passion for the expressive power of movement, she found her calling in storytelling, captivated by the spoken word and evocative imagery. Embracing oral literature, she explores the creative interplay between words and body, collaborating with artists from diverse disciplines.
© Sergine Laloux