On 7 May, Charlotte Lammens and Klaartje Van Loy – brand-new Speaker for the Living – will be heading to the VIERNULVIER Arts Centre in Ghent to present the Zoöp project. Not just in theory: through a workshop, we will also explore what it looks like in practice when an organisation learns to pay attention to other-than-human interests.
What if your organisation worked not just for people, but together with all life? Discover Zoöp: an innovative organisational form in which animals, plants, fungi and ecosystems also have a place in decision-making.
As a Zoöp, you actively work towards ecological regeneration: you strengthen the environment of which you are a part. With the help of an independent Spokesperson for the Living, you learn to incorporate the voice of the more-than-human world into your choices. Through an annual learning cycle, you grow step by step from negative to positive impact.
This gathering will be led by Charlotte Lammens (design researcher at The Zoönomic Institute, LUCA School of Arts) and @Klaartje Van Loy (impact designer, Hero at Timelab and Speaker for the Living). Together, they will open up new ways of seeing and listening, and demonstrate how organisations can evolve towards a regenerative and reciprocal practice.
We will also get hands-on with a thought-provoking empathy exercise; expect a fresh perspective on your own organisation or project and its ecosystem.
“A constant search, unravelling, rearranging, human and other-than-human, together.” – Charlotte Lammens
Date and place:
7 May 2026 from 10.00 am to 11.30 am
in the theatre foyer, VierNulVier, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 23, Ghent
An initiative of
Design for Impact and Twisted Studio
supported by LUCA Continue at LUCA School of Arts