Jubilee is a platform for artistic research, run by a group of artists and other researchers
Cutting back on culture?
Read a press release issued by De Federatie, Overleg Kunstenorganisaties (oko) and Overleg Cultureel Erfgoedorganisaties (OCE)
Reports have appeared in the press about a possible 10% cut to culture. The Flemish Government has not yet made a decision on this, but negotiations are well underway. Jubilee expresses its concern about this possibility.
Presentation
Archives of dissonance: data environments through the lens of spatial justice
PhD presentation by Louise de Bethune on ‘Archives of dissonance: data environments through the lens of spatial justice’, at KU Leuven
05/10/2026, 14-16h
Artist talk
Faire collecte et Faire collectif
Vincent Meessen will present “Faire collecte et Faire collectif”, an artist talk at the Beaux-Arts in Liège. In French
08/10/2026, 13:30h
Reading Room
Reading Room #53: Notes for an Art School
The ‘art school’ in the title of this Reading Room shall be a prefigurative rather than a literal one: for this fifteenth session Jubilee coordinator Jesse van Winden proposes to read parts of two books, as an occasion to reflect on Jubilee as a learning environment. Notes for an Art School (2006) was part of the research for Manifesta 6. Commons Museums, Pedagogies for Taking Ownership of What is Lost (2024) is Nuraini Juliastuti’s essay about two initiatives in rural Indonesia to rethink infrastructures for collective practice, learning and survival. At Agency’s Practicotheque, Brussels
29/10/2026, 18-21:00h
Artist Residencies
Vincent Meessen in residence at Masereel
In preparation for his participation to Rhizoma Biennale in 2027, Vincent Meessen is on location for an artist residency at Masereel, Kasterlee, BE
21 – 25/09/2026
Vincent Meessen in residence at Agency
Vincent Meessen is one of the six artists invited to activate Agency’s Praticotheque in 2026. The Praticotheque is the space where the List of Things and Kobe Matthys’ library are installed. Meessen will mainly focus on Thing 000782 (Bruits de la nature n.2), in relation with a film work in development
Commoning
Seasonal Work: Learning in Common
Stijn Van Dorpe and Elien Ronse take part in ‘Seasonal Work: Learning in Common’, a commons-based summer school, working process and exhibition at Clublokaal in Breda, running from 2026 to 2027
Recent publications
Who Cleans the Academy? Stories of Relational Resistance
Wie maakt de academie schoon? Verhalen van relationeel verzet (‘Who Cleans the Academy? Stories of Relational Resistance’) is a publication for the art journal Collateral, edited by Stijn Van Dorpe and Sarah Késenne as part of their long-term trajectory with cleaners at LUCA School of Arts, Ghent campus
L’Internationale situationniste. Vies, textes et pratiques
Vincent Meessen contributed an essay titled ‘De la vie quotidienne sous la colonisation à la colonisation de la vie quotidienne’ to this edited book about the Situationist International
Contested and Controversial Heritage
Louise de Bethune contributed a chapter to the book Betwist en beladen erfgoed, published by LeA. In Dutch
Collective research
Eavatea
In partnership with nadine, f.eks and several artists, Jubilee developed a mapping tool for artistic practices. Titled Eavatea, the tool for developing, visualising, archiving and relating practices, it is specifically designed for sharing practices that do not present themselves easily in conventional exhibition contexts: research-based, often in situ, nomadic, collective, ephemeral, interdisciplinary or cross-disciplinary practices. It is currently a working prototype, and is presented during Archipelago of Artistic Practices, a one-year programme of presentations, performances, conversations, walks, and more at nadine, Kunsthal Gent, and M HKA/CKV, from summer 2024 to summer 2025.