Selected projects

Metrolab

We are currently working on a comprehensive communication strategy for Metrolab including workshop(s), brochure(s), website and video's. To see the new brochure we wrote and designed, click here: French version / English version. / Dutch version. - Metrolab is a Brussels-based, interdisciplinary « community of inquiry » which gathers university researchers (sociologists, urban planners, architects and geographers) to meet with Brussels urban actors (from the ERDF- Brussels policy in particular) WEBSITE IN DEVELOPMENT FOR 2022.
///// metrolab.brussels ///// MLB website (by Variable)

Schmelz Archive

A digital archive of the human lives behind Luxembourg’s industrial history.
///// Schmeltz Achive (online work is in development)/////

RISC RISE

1:30 min video conveying the driving motivation of RISC RISE (Consortium for Comparative Research on Regional Integration and Social Cohesion), and to attract more members to this growing consortium. ///// risc.lu ///// (click here to watch the video on Vimeo)

La Pile

Social media video production around the expo "La Pile" at the Bozar (Brussels), in an on-going collaboration with City Mine(d), a non-profit specialised in urban interventions. Bringing together researchers, citizens, innovators and government, “La Pile" explores the possibility of neighbourhoods becoming energy independent. Video series IN DEVELOPMENT FOR 2021-2022.
///// lapile.org

Black speaks Back

"KREYOLIZATION, Resisting Assimilation Violences in Dutch and Flemish education". A performative documentary created in collaboration with Emma-Lee Amponsah, PhD candidate Ghent University, for the collective Black speaks Back. Presented at the 7th Biennial Afroeuropeans Network conference, "Black In/Visibilities Contested" (Lisbon, July 2019), and at the UCLA conference "On the matter of Blackness in Europe" (Los Angeles, October 2019). ///// (click here to watch the video on Youtube)

Portraits of Resilience

Different iterations of Dr. Sophie Feyder's research include a street exhibition in the township (Wattville, Gauteng, 2013), a formal exhibition in Johannesburg ("Sidetracks", 2014), and the publication of an art book (co-written by Tamsyn Adams, Fourthwall Books, 2017), as well as an art video (selected for Arles photo festival, 2017). In a 3 min trailer, she explains the major arguments of her doctoral thesis in an accessible way.

Property & Democratic Citizenship

(Prof. M.E. Maeckelbergh): Production of short documentaries detailing the findings of the ERC-funded research project exploring the impact of property regimes on experiences of citizenship. The goal will be to disseminate its conclusion to a broad, international audience and create connections between various civil society groups facing similar challenges such as home evictions, escalating debt and social unrest.
We also will be giving video production training for the researchers in the team, who will be recording during their field research. IN DEVELOPMENT

S Jay Levy Fellowship (CUNY)

Two 2 min videos, presenting the fellowship to prospective grantees and partners and encouraging them to apply.

Archeology Mechelen

Video series around the year-long excavation of the cemetery at St Rumbold’s cathedral in Mechelen. Goal was to enthuse residents of the city and spread the word among researchers and historians. 6 episodes, around 5 min each, 2011.

Ghent University Criminology

production of a short video communicating the essential achievements of this renowned department. IN DEVELOPMENT.

Walter Benjamin film project

Johann van Gerwen's personal documentary film project that weaves together Walter Benjamin’s work and the story of his father, who was the founder of 'the international Walter Benjamin Association' until his own untimely death at the age of 42. IN DEVELOPMENT

weaponized Volunteering

(Prof. E.Grassiani and dr. Itamar Shachar): A two-minute video presenting the main arguments of an upcoming special issue on the theme of the military and volunteering.

Why This (working title)

Podcast series Host Sophie Feyder interviews various academics on the deeper motivations behind their research and what the possible links are between academia and social change. IN DEVELOPMENT

Apocalypse series

Series on the concept of the apocalypse. Looked at through the lens of top researchers across the domains of history, climate science, religion… IN DEVELOPMENT