{"id":50282,"date":"2025-07-29T01:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T00:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/?p=50282"},"modified":"2025-07-23T12:09:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T11:09:57","slug":"fame-festival-2025-exploring-food-culture-and-empowerment-in-brussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/fr\/2025\/07\/29\/fame-festival-2025-exploring-food-culture-and-empowerment-in-brussels\/","title":{"rendered":"FAME Festival 2025: Exploring Food, Culture, and Empowerment in Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fourth edition of\u00a0FAME \u2013 Festival where Arts Meet Empowerment<\/a>\u00a0will take place from September 11 to 21, 2025, across multiple venues in Brussels. This multidisciplinary and inclusive festival is dedicated to amplifying the voices and productions of women and gender minority artists, with particular care for diversity in sexual orientation, body type, ethnocultural identity, social class, and ability.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Festival Nourished by Food and Dialogue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After previous editions focusing on themes like Opening(s)<\/em>, Heritage(s) and Transmission(s)<\/em>et Futur(e)s<\/em>, this year FAME turns its attention to a universal and vital daily need: food. The 2025 edition will explore our complex relationship with food through shows, talks, workshops, film screenings, tastings, and facilitated discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why food? Alongside language, food is at the heart of every culture\u2014an everyday act, yet deeply political. Through its programming, FAME 2025 invites audiences to reflect on everything from the colonial history of cuisine to gendered perspectives on labor in the kitchen, and from food justice to the social rituals of eating and drinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Highlights from the 2025 Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Eva Dumbia\u2019s \u201cAutophagies\u201d<\/strong>
This multidisciplinary performance intertwines dance, theater, and live cooking to question colonial history and invite us to reflect on the shared stories in our kitchens and on our plates.
Learn more about Autophagies<\/a> (info in French)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kimchi-Making Workshop with Les Kimchieuses Tueuses<\/strong>
More than a culinary experience, this hands-on workshop reexamines notions of labor and collective empowerment through the making of kimchi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conference by Nora Bouazzouni<\/strong>
Journalist and author Nora Bouazzouni will discuss her book Mangez les riches<\/em>, drawing connections between food and class struggle.
About Nora Bouazzouni (Fr)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo\u00fblographie\u201d: A Drinkable Performance<\/strong>
Sara Selma Dolor\u00e8s, Laurent de Sutter, J\u00e9r\u00f4me Colleyn, and Harouna Saou examine alcohol as a means of building resilience against hostility, blending performance and collective tasting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wild Herb Walk with the Authors of \u201cSur la piste des herbes sauvages\u201d<\/strong>
Discover the edible plants and wild herbs of Brussels with the writing and illustration team behind this unique foraging guide, published by CFC Editions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food and Exile: Tasting and Discussion<\/strong>
Activist Thierno Dia and La Voix des Sans-Papiers de Bruxelles will facilitate a conversation and tasting session around food in contexts of exile and migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Queering the Kitchen: Talk by Saul Pandelakis<\/strong>
Author and designer Saul Pandelakis leads a conference titled \u201cCyborg et boniches\u201d, inviting audiences to rethink and queer the kitchen space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And much more to be announced!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Embracing Intersectionality and Inclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

FAME\u2019s mission is to create a space where the work of marginalized voices can be seen, heard, and celebrated\u2014always with careful attention to all forms of diversity, be they in the body, identity, or lived experience. The festival strives to be accessible and welcoming to all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Practical Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n