Since 1998, BolwerK is a moniker of Antwerp based activist and performer Marthe Van Dessel, developed to explore software- and hardware-based thinking as strategies for activism. She creates interfaces, devices, and protocols to investigate questions around the commons and collective identities. Read more about BolwerK and the practice of crystalling here.

This Crystelling Open Lab takes place at Mothers and Daughters, a lesbian bar for lesbians and their friends. Please be respectful of the codes and atmosphere of the space.