Simon Allemeersch Belgium
Simon Allemeersch is a theatre maker and member of the collective Lucinda Ra, as well as a researcher at Ghent University. His doctoral research explores housing trajectories in social high-rise buildings, drawing on residents’ lived experiences of mental health care.
Simon Allemeersch is a theatre maker, a member of the collective Lucinda Ra, and a researcher at the Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy at Ghent University. His PhD focuses on the housing trajectories of residents in social high-rise buildings with lived experience in mental health care.
Lucinda Ra is an ad hoc collective of theatre makers, jazz musicians, and visual artists. The collective is known for long-term artistic residencies in contexts where art is far from obvious—such as social housing, child and youth psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, or rural villages. Since four years, Lucinda Ra has been in residence at the Dr. Guislain Museum, working at the crossroads of museum practice, psychiatry, and the neighbourhood. Together with the museum and a wide network of volunteers, they organise the annual PsychoJazz Festival.
Meet the other speakers
Erik Thys
Erik Thys is a psychiatrist, researcher, and visual artist, affiliated with UPC KU Leuven and the Psycho-Social Centre Ixelles. His work spans mental health, creativity, and history, and includes acclaimed books on psychiatric persecution and Nazi collaboration.
Elien Ronse
Elien Ronse is a visual artist working across disciplines including contemporary art, community practice, political activism, and theoretical research. Her work critically examines problematic relational mechanisms in late-capitalist society.
Mike Michiels
Mike Michiels is the coordinator of KAOS. He holds a Master’s degree in Arts from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp and is trained as a mental health nurse.
@ The conference
Simon will be present for the Friday morning conversation "How can artists claim a meaningful place within care settings?", together with Mike Michiels, Erik Thys, & Elien Ronse. Rendez-vous between 11:45 and 12:30.
