Rotkat en VONK & Zonen

Maria De Cort is a theatre-maker, writer and actress. In 2023, she completed a Master’s degree in Drama at KASK. She is a founding member of the feminist Magdalena Collectief and writes poetry as part of the music project Moenen & Mariken, a collaboration with Robbe Embrechts that combines techno and spoken word. She is also a member of the writers’ collective de Letteristen and has a passion for electronic music, feminist literature and unreliable narrators.

In 2025, she took part in De Buren’s writing residency. She is currently working on a new performance about Joan Didion and Eve Babitz with Magdalena Collectief, as well as on her debut novel.

Anke Verschueren takes her great love, language, with her wherever she goes - from page to stage to podcast. She grew up among the cornfields of the Kempen and now tries, every day, to hear the sound of the sea amid the roar of traffic on Antwerp’s ring road. She holds a Master’s degree in Dutch and a Master’s degree in Word Art, attended a summer writing camp with Das Mag, travelled to Paris with deBuren, and has taken part in writing residencies in Rotterdam and Leeuwarden.

Anke is almost always talking, writing, singing, listening, reading, presenting, moderating, editing or making theatre and thoroughly enjoys every bit of it. Her first solo performance, the poetic DJ performance I’M NOT GONNA WRITE YOU A LOVE SONG, premiered in June 2022.

Brussels-based poet Flor Declercq has published his work in literary magazines including Het Liegend Konijn, Revisor and De Gids. He has been selected for the poetry tour Vers van het Mes and the European project Poetry Unbound. He also writes for the stage, with his theatre texts performed by artists and companies including Jos Verbist, baroque ensemble Il Fondamento, Wim De Wulf, Antigone and Walpurgis. His debut collection will be published by Poëziecentrum in 2027.

Antwerp-based guitarist and composer Jonas Meersmans has developed a distinctive musical language on acoustic guitar, blending cinematic textures with psychedelic fingerpicking. His album Glassman (2024) was presented at Gent Jazz and De Roma. His fourth album, due for release on Rotkat Records in April 2027, takes a different approach: where Glassman centred on the interplay with strings, the new record builds a richer, layered band sound with drums, horns and electric guitars.

Alongside his own work, Jonas is a guitarist with Stef Kamil Carlens & The Swoon, the Nicolas Mortelmans Quartet and Ellen Schoenaerts.

MONOMONO / llIOIIOllIOIIO creates immersive sonic worlds where electro-acoustic textures, classical influences and techno converge. The duo — violinist and sound designer Hester-1 and musician, composer and visual artist Anne van de Star — blends raw and synthetic sounds with hypnotic rhythms, poetic fragments and dark, pulsating walls of sound.

Their work moves freely between electronic composition, multimedia installation and commissions for film, theatre and video games. They have been artists in residence at TRIX (Antwerp), Gold Records Studio (Copenhagen) and Tiyatro İkincikat (Istanbul). Recent performances include a set at techno club Hall during Tallinn Music Week and an appearance at Playtime Festival at Bruges’ Koninklijke Stadsschouwburg.

Shy Dog is the solo project of Belgian musician Noah Melis, who is also a member of Borokov Borokov and Frankie Traandruppel, and formerly of Bed Rugs and the American folk duo Olden Yolk. With Shy Dog, Melis puts songwriting, arranging and production firmly in his own hands, creating a body of work with a sound all its own. Since his first releases, he has developed a distinctive style built around warm melodies, concise song structures and finely layered arrangements.