LIBITUM • Plural Artistic Residencies

Ad Lib has partnered with the young ABSL LIBITUM, now in charge of the residency programs Le LAB francophone, Belgium’s LIBITUM, and Libitum’s ATTIC.

LIBITUM is a Belgian non-profit dedicated to artistic creation and the networking of artists. It provides spaces conducive to research, experimentation, and encounters. Through its residencies, it encourages interdisciplinary exchanges, creates bridges between urban and rural environments, and supports projects rooted in reflections on creative processes. LIBITUM brings together artists and committed partners around new and inspiring artistic dialogues.

Here are the 3 residency programs offered by the LIBITUM non-profit:

Le LAB francophone
Le LAB francophone is a residency program set in a rural environment in Gaume, bringing together 8 French-speaking artists each year for 2-day interdisciplinary workshops, spread over a week. It offers a space conducive to exchange and experimentation around writing processes, while highlighting the influence of the territory on artistic creation.

Belgium’s LIBITUM
Originally initiated by Ad Lib, this residency program is now managed by Libitum. Belgium’s LIBITUM welcomes, supports, and brings together Belgian and international artists from all disciplines for a personal research, experimentation, and creation project, in the studio, workshop, or on stage. This multidisciplinary residency program brings together around 60 Belgian and international artists each year in June for 3 weeks in the Torgny area, in the heart of Gaume, Belgium.

Libitum’s ATTIC
Libitum’s ATTIC residencies host a selection of writers-in-residence from September to May for two-week periods, in the heart of Brussels. Reserved for the performing arts, these residencies take place throughout the season in the Ad Lib offices.

The LIBITUM ASBL is currently under development, and a dedicated website for the residencies will soon be available. In the meantime, all information remains accessible here.

For more information about the residencies, feel free to write to the following address: libitumasbl@gmail.com

PAMPA NETWORK • European Network

PAMPA is a European network of producers, agents, and managers in the performing arts aimed at strengthening cooperation between these professions and demystifying them.

Born from a collective initiative, PAMPA is a caring community dedicated to improving working conditions and strengthening connections among performing arts production and distribution professionals.

By fostering cooperation, skill-sharing, and promoting ethical, sustainable, and inclusive practices, PAMPA creates spaces for exchange, builds a shared knowledge base, and advocates for greater recognition and diverse representation of these professions on an international level.

PAMPA works to strengthen the visibility, collaboration, and working conditions of professionals in performing arts production and distribution. The network aims to build a clear and accurate representation of these roles, foster collaborative initiatives, and support the evolution of working practices. It promotes narratives that advocate for fair, sustainable, and inclusive conditions. Through exchange, research, and advocacy, PAMPA organizes meetings, forums, and workshops, while nurturing an international dialogue and a shared knowledge base.

PAMPA RESIDENCY

The first PAMPA Residency will take place from June 11 to 19, bringing together 17 performing arts producers and presenters from across Europe for a unique moment of reflection and exchange in the rural setting of Torgny, Belgium.

Alongside group discussions and exchanges around their professional practices, each participant will lead a workshop on a topic of their choice. This residency offers a caring and supportive space to experiment, share, learn, and recharge. It will conclude with PAMPA’s annual network review — an opportunity to reflect on the past year, strengthen connections, and shape future goals.

For more information, visit:www.pampa-network.org

PRODIFF Collectif • Belgian Network

ProDiff is a Belgian collective bringing together professionals in performing arts production and distribution.

Founded in 2020, it gathers around fifty workers, organized into offices or working independently, active within the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. Together, they support 182 companies and nearly 300 artistic projects.

ProDiff members perform essential but often overlooked roles: producers, tour bookers, production managers, artistic advisors, agents, managers… They work alongside artists from the very first idea of a performance to its final tour. Their expertise — in relationship-building, administration, logistics, technical matters, and artistry — ensures that projects can be created in good conditions, travel, and meet their audiences.

Whether salaried, freelance, permanent, or intermittent workers, members of the collective share a common goal: to keep the performing arts alive and to defend the behind-the-scenes professions that make them possible.

For more information, visit the website: www.prodiffcollectif.eu