In 2025, NOON collective began developing And now the beginning is somewhere else — a performative installation that will evolve throughout the 2025-2026 season. The first adaptation of the installation takes place at the Zwarte Zaal on the Bijloke campus of KASK & Conservatorium.
Over four days, NOON opens the doors of this immersive installation to the public. During daytime slots, visitors can explore and experience the installation as it is activated by the collective. On Thursday and Friday evenings, the work unfolds as a live performance. The week concludes on Sunday with an extended version of the piece, shaped by the impressions, interactions, and transformations that occurred during the earlier activations.
About And now the beginning is somewhere else
And now the beginning is somewhere else is an immersive, performative installation — a space you are invited to enter, not only physically, but sensorially. Through sound, light, and choreographic elements, a world of interwoven relationships begins to emerge.
You move through an abstract landscape shaped by the logic of foam — a terrain suspended in time, touched by traces of water and petrol. At first, it may seem as if nothing happens here. But beneath the surface, transformation simmers. The installation gently oscillates between stillness and movement, revealing fragments of memory and story, from long ago, or maybe just now.
About NOON collective
NOON is a multidisciplinary collective creating performative installations rooted in questions about other ways of being together. Their work explores encounters between human and non-human forces, shifting bodies, and the search for — or perhaps the emergence of — new forms of symbiosis. Through layered, sensory experiences, NOON invites us to imagine new modes of connection, cohabitation, and transformation. www.nooncollective.be
