Boogaerdt/VanderSchoot (Suzan Boogaerdt and Bianca van der Schoot) and Jef Van Gestel create work at the intersection of theater, performance, and visual art, where imagination, intuition, and associative experience converge in an exploration of human fluidity.

From a feminist and gender-conscious perspective, Boogaerdt/VanderSchoot investigates how virtual and dream worlds shape human experience. Their installations and performances rarely follow a linear story, instead inviting the audience to wander through layers of movement, image, and sound as a living, immersive artwork. Their work has been presented internationally, from Berlin to Tokyo, and from the Venice Biennale to the Holland Festival. bvds.nl

Jef Van Gestel creates work as a mental playground: physical, visual, playful, and sensitive, imbued with absurdist humor and poetry. In portraits, creatures, and landscapes, he explores vulnerability, conflicting emotions, and the human drive for freedom. His work has been awarded the Ton Lutz Prize, the VSCD Mime Prize, and was selected for the Flanders TheaterFestival. jefvangestel.com