Kapinga Joséphine Muela Kabeya (born in 1995 in Ostend, living and working in Ghent) is engaged with spirituality, femininity, rituals, and exploring existence. Her work, playful and naive, reflects her quest for a connection with nature, claiming her own place, and justifying her right to exist as a queer woman of color. With a profound reflection on her roots and the call for grounding, she focuses on sharing her own story and healing the earth within the universe she inhabits.

After organizing and exploring experiential moments to understand what community means to her, she dives into a summer of theoretical reflection on what she has done so far. She seeks to live closer to her natural cycles and discover what nature has to offer. What does it mean to be surrounded by nature? Can she hold a nature circle?

For ten days, she delves into what it means to live in harmony with the rhythm of nature and what nature provides, in contrast to the calendar imposed by society. She will primarily write, read, and invite people who offer her a broader perspective on staying true to herself and living with the rituals she has created to start a peaceful day. The foundation of her research can be found in the book ‘Let’s Become Fungal!: Mycelial Learning and the Arts’ by Yasmine Ostendorf-Rodriguez and ‘Urban Tantra, Second Edition: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First Century’ by Barbara Carrellas and Annie Sprinkle.