@ Het Bos
AQAF x Merhaba x BelGeo
14/08/2026
18:00 - 02:00
An evening of ritual and joy
We are always in a collective mode. So join us for an evening where AQAF teams up with Merhaba and BelGeo.
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Georgian food, expo, open mics, reimagined rituals, and dancing until late. One evening. All of it.
Line up
18:00–02:00
Expo
Lika Kalioras (BelGeo)
Tender Ruins
18:00
Volxkeuken — Queer Chef Miranda Okujava (BelGeo)
20:00
Performance — Andro Dadiani
20:30
Open Stage — AQAF × Merhaba × BelGeo
21:30
Henna Night Reimagined — Can Bora
22:30
DJ's by Merhaba
Expo - Lika Kalioras
Lika Kalioras is a lesbian refugee from Georgia, living in Antwerp for one year. Through illustration and drawing, she brings queer experience to life visually, rooted in her own journey of migration, identity and freedom. For this event, she is preparing a new series of works that hold both the vulnerability and the strength of queer existence.
Tender Ruins
Alongside the exhibition, a symbolic installation of broken and burned objects. Where Pride in many Western European cities is a celebration, queer visibility in Georgia often means fear, violence and danger. These objects are silent witnesses to hatred and to resistance.
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Een symbolische installatie van gebroken en verbrande objecten. Waar Pride in veel West-Europese steden feest is, betekent queer zichtbaarheid in Georgië vaak angst, geweld en gevaar. Deze objecten zijn stille getuigen van haat én verzet.
18:00 Volxkeuken
Op = OP
20:00 Andro Dadiani
Georgisch multidisciplinair kunstenaar, performer en dichter, in België als politiek vluchteling. Zijn werk beweegt tussen performance, poëzie, fotografie en installatie. Sinds 2017 werkt hij onder pseudoniem en vaak met maskers, want queer zichtbaarheid in Georgië kan nog steeds gevaarlijk zijn.
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Andro Dadiani is a Georgian multidisciplinary artist, performer and poet, currently living in Belgium as a political refugee. His work moves between performance, poetry, photography and installation, exploring identity, migration, queer existence and survival under repression. Since 2017 he has worked under a pseudonym and often with masks, because in Georgia, queer visibility can still be dangerous. His practice is a direct response to that reality.
20:30 Open Mic
Een podium, een microfoon en 6 minuten. Meer hebben jullie niet nodig.
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A stage, a microphone and 6 minutes. That is all you beautiful courageous creatures need.
21:30 Can bora
De Turkse hennanacht, traditioneel een ritueel rond de bruid, wordt opengebroken voor iedereen. Via live storytelling en publieksparticipatie wordt het een viering van liefde en gemeenschap voorbij vaste rollen. Oud ritueel ontmoet queer mogelijkheid.
What if tradition could tell a new story?
Henna Night Reimagined takes the Turkish Henna Night, once a ritual centred on the bride-to-be, and opens it up to everyone. Through live storytelling, spontaneous stage editing and audience participation, the performance becomes a celebration of love, care and community beyond fixed roles and boundaries.
Ancient ritual meets queer possibility. Division gives way to reciprocity.
