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Poetik walk : La roue des poètes (the wheel of poets)

Poetik walk : La roue des poètes (the wheel of poets)

Outdoor

Saturday 19 September
15:00 - 17:30

Price: Gratuit - Gratis - Free Language: French Location: Outdoors

RDV devant les Halles de Schaerbeek

with

Injonge Karangwa, Clémence en flammes, Jonathan Carrier & Antoine Paris

Presentations

“Bruxelles se conte” is a collection published by maelstrÖm reEvolution that combines written and oral storytelling and pays tribute to a city—Brussels—through the voices of its authors, who are its speaking souls....

Four poets, four texts about Brussels. Let us guide you!

“Bruxelles se conte” is a collection published by maelstrÖm reEvolution that combines writing and oral storytelling and pays tribute to a city—Brussels—through the voices of its authors, who are its speaking souls.... Starting at the Halles de Schaerbeek, stop at some of the neighborhood’s well-known and lesser-known spots to discover it from a new perspective—that of poetry and the words of Clémence en flammes, Injonge Karangwa, Jonathan Carrier, and Antoine Paris.

Bruxelles, ville d’atterrissage
se présente comme une victoire saugrenue
où Je, désormais femme nouvelle,
brille mais en cachette.

Elle, Mwijima et ZN cherchent un appart
coincées dans le même corps
avec leurs doubles, leurs triples et leurs potes
Une coloc à Schaerbeek
parce qu’à Ixelles les prix s’envolent.

- Injonge Karangwa, Faits Divers

He writes as naturally as he breathes; his anger finds its way into his pen, his love of life into his pen, his love of justice into his pen—uncompromising, lucid, and powerful. His poetry sustains him, and reading him sustains me. It's a journey into what I usually only glimpse from afar before returning home; it's a direct encounter with the world of the invisible, a street immersion, a immersion in discomfort, a immersion in humanity, a immersion in insurrection. I am filled with admiration, captivated by Jonathan's poetry, which, from its precariousness, manages to play with words, with language—a vast language. A language that allows us to see, to feel.

— Text: Laurence Vielle, on the writing of Jonathan Carrier

This bookleg might be a series of lectures on Brussels given by a guide with little regard for history, accuracy, or reality in general. It might also be a collection of reveries about the city, inspired by images, names, and statistics. Or a compilation of convoluted studies in the alchemical, even charlatan, sense of the word. Or dreamt memories. Or imaginary tales. Or historical chronicles preserved in lost manuscripts. Or a little of all of these at once.

Je veux des femmes enragées
qui mettent à sac des villes entières
je veux des succubes qui égorgent des rois
je veux plus de salopes et de mégères

Clémence en flammes, Rage & Velours

Our speakers

Injonge Karangwa

Injonge Karangwa is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans music, writing, and performance. She is also a researcher in cultural history at KU Leuven, where she is pursuing a Ph.D. focused on the connections between access to cultural heritage, colonial legacies, and the construction of well-being. Her work combines research, writing, and stage performance, with a particular focus on issues of memory, health, and social and cultural justice. In 2025, she published *Faits Divers* with MaelstrÖm ReEvolution as part of the *Bruxelles se conte* collection. This debut work traces the arrival and journey of an African immigrant in Brussels, navigating exile, memory, and self-reinvention. She is also the author of *Amazing Grace*, a play performed notably at the Théâtre de la Parole in Brussels. In May 2026, she presented *Devenues filles de sirène* at the Matrimoniales Festival. Injonge Karangwa is also involved in several curatorial projects in Europe and Africa, including the exhibition *Pursuit of Knowledge* at M Leuven (Belgium, 2025) and *Dissonant Heritage* for the University of Bologna (2026). Throughout her work, she builds bridges between artistic creation, critical research, and lived experiences.

Clemence En Flammes portrait cred Jabjah Prod

Clémence en flammes

Clémence en flammes is a Belgian artist whose slam poetry is wildly feminist, cynically surreal, and undeniably burlesque; it takes you on a journey from one gut-wrenching moment to the next, offering therapeutic catharsis.  Clémence’s art can be heard on radio and television stations, seen on stages in Brussels, in her music video “Être une femme m’a tué,” in her collection “Rage & Velours,” and in the anthology “On ne s’excuse de rien vol. 2.”

Jonathan Carrier

Jonathan Carrier was born on April 10, 1983. After spending 12 years on the streets, he writes about and bears witness to life on the streets. Hope, despair, and anger drove him into the world of activism through the Syndicat des Immenses. Jonathan loves the stage; he created his own poetry performance with his friends Alice, Vic, Rosa, Balthazar, and Sébastien. For nearly three years now, Jonathan has been co-facilitating the “Litanies and Poetry” workshops for the collective Les Morts de la rue. Starting in August 2026, Jonathan will lead writing workshops at the Maison Poème in Saint-Gilles for clients of L’Îlot and other non-profits assisting the homeless. He is the author of three books published by maelstrÖm reEvolution: L’immense jeu, L’immense jeu D’eux et Jamais D’eux Sans Toit (May 2026).

Antoine Paris

Antoine Paris believes in what goes beyond the lines, in what transcends everything, and in hope despite it all. A poet, performer, stand-up comedian, and playwright of improbable one-act plays, he frequents numerous open-mic nights, particularly in Paris. He is the author of several poems published here and there, two short stories, and a collection published by MaelstrOm reEvolution, *Coseries bruxelloises*. In a parallel life that is intertwined with the former, he is a researcher in literary-religious (or religio-literary) studies and has notably edited a book for the general public titled “Controversial Questions About the Early Christians.”