Entwined w/ Collective Memories
Collective Memories is an itinerant curatorial project born from a desire to gather with artists from diverse backgrounds and locations. As a performer engaged in this field, the project naturally grew out of my own artistic path, driven by a genuine curiosity to connect with others whose intentions resonate, and to explore our respective works and practices more deeply.
The space envisioned for Collective Memories is not a fixed physical site but a conceptual framework that encourages initiative, dialogue, and exchange among the artists involved. This approach allows the programme to evolve organically, adapting to each specific context while maintaining its core integrity.
In shaping this programme, I sought to address questions that echo my own concerns within the field: How can we broaden access to resources? To what extent can personal integrity remain aligned with one’s artistic practice ? And how might this relationship operate in dialogue with sustainability ?
Ultimately, I hope the project will help cultivate a shared commitment to building together, embracing both the challenges and the possibilities that collective work entails.
Audrey Merilus
COLLECTIVE MEMORIES Entre écritures et imaginaires
Atelier 210
5 & 6 Décembre 2025
Après une première édition à DeSingel en décembre 2023, Collective Memories, vous convie cette fois à une rencontre explorant les frontières mouvantes de l'écriture et de l'imaginaire.
Dans un contexte où le langage façonne et transforme nos perceptions de la réalité, cette curation propose une exploration multidimensionnelle de ces différentes formes. À travers une rencontre entre l'écriture textuelle, performative, visuelle et sonore, cet événement invite à transcender les langages, les faire se mouvoir au-delà de leurs significations apparentes.
Les artistes invité·es, chacun·e avec une approche qui leur est propre, présenteront des œuvres où les formes d’écriture créent de nouveaux espaces où le langage devient un outil de transformation, brouillant les frontières des genres et donnant naissance à des narrations sensorielles, corporelles et poétiques. Chaque œuvre et pratique interroge et façonne une composition pour donner corps à l'invisible et voix à l’indicible.
Audrey Merilus
Audrey Merilus is a French artist of Afro-Caribbean descent based between Brussels and Paris. She has worked with various international productions and artists, including: Gisèle Vienne, Soa Ratsifandrihana, Florentina Holzinger, Maud le Pladec, Michiel Vandevelde, and Rosas for the revival of Drumming.
As an extension of her artistic journey, Audrey’s evolving practice has extended into curation. For the tenth edition of Radiant Nights at DeSingel (Antwerp), she initiated the project COLLECTIVE MEMORIES, a program in which she invited several artists to share their work during two evenings composed of performances, literature, visual arts, textiles, and sound. She’s currently working on the second edition in Atelier 210 in Brussels (5 & 6 December 2025).
Recently, she has taken on the role of dramaturg for Stanley Ollivier’s last work Spine of Desire: Wounds Without Tears, Out of One Skin in Diamonds and Shit (2025). She joined CROWD by Gisèle Vienne, and is a performer of her forthcoming creation Imitation of life.
Beyond her commitment to various artists, she begins her first choreographic project with Moved by the Memories of Affects.
Audrey's ongoing journey merges diverse artistic practices and collaborations, establishing her as a dynamic actor in the international dance and performance scene.