Dear King, Please Give Me a House

A one-day event with artistic interventions about the lack of affordable space to live and work in Brussels
04/09/2024, 17-23h

Dear King, Please Give Me a House is a programme of performances, installations, presentations, film and music about the dire state of working and living space in the city at the moment – expensive and getting worse. It’s also about urban development, temporary occupation, public space, gentrification, and all the beauty that is at stake. How can we reclaim the city?

We called out to write letters to the King and Queen about this increasingly problematic situation. These letters are on display for the duration of the event, and we suggest that we then send them to the Royal Palace together.

The one-day event is initiated and organised by Jesse van Winden and Stéphanie Petitjean at Meyboom Artist-Run Spaces on Wednesday 4 September. The artist community of Meyboom needs to leave the building on 15 September due to 253% rent increase.

Participating artists
Mladen Bundalo
Florence Cats
Dirk Elst
Mathieu Hendrickx
Joseph Hogan
Tarek Jnib
Marialena Marouda for Meyboom Artist-Run Spaces
Stéphanie Petitjean
Pierre Toussaint
Jesse van Winden
Elisabeth Woronoff

Practical
Meyboom Artist-Run Spaces
Boulevard Pachécolaan 34
1000 Brussels