We Were No Longer Afraid, We Ran
“The first time I presented this performance was in 2018, when I walked for hours on this treadmill. The performance was called Is walking a political tool? and I made connections between Emmanuel Macron's new party called 'En marche' and the protests for the French pension law reform. It was 2018, and at the time, I didn't mind spending three hours performing on a treadmill for 0 euros. Between yesterday and today, nothing much has changed except for the name of Macron's party, 'Renaissance'. With Macron, his community manager and his government, we have cynicism in common."
Thus begins, with Fanny Souade Sow's retrospective tale, the performance On n’avait plus peur, on a couru / We Were No Longer Afraid, We Ran (2025), co-created with Nesrine Salem and co-produced by the Triangle-Astérides art center and the Festival Parallèle [...] This preface sets the scene: a performance reimagined and rewritten as a duet, seven years later. The passage of time and the conversational format with Nesrine Salem have inf–ormed the rewriting of the piece.” – Text excerpt by Victorine Grataloup
After two weeks of residency in Moussem, Fanny Souade Sow and Nesrine Salem will present a new phase in their research, in which they are transplanting the initial text, from Marseille to Brussels, into a multilingual work, from one imperial language to another, to reflect on the segregation of European cities from the point of view of African diasporic beings.
practical information
when: March 13th 2026, 20:00 - doors 19:30
where: Moussem Studios - Espace Chimiste, Rue du Chimiste 16 1070 Anderlecht
language: French & English
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We Were No Longer Afraid, We Ran
“The first time I presented this performance was in 2018, when I walked for hours on this treadmill. The performance was called Is walking a political tool? and I made connections between Emmanuel Macron's new party called 'En marche' and the protests for the French pension law reform. It was 2018, and at the time, I didn't mind spending three hours performing on a treadmill for 0 euros. Between yesterday and today, nothing much has changed except for the name of Macron's party, 'Renaissance'. With Macron, his community manager and his government, we have cynicism in common."
Thus begins, with Fanny Souade Sow's retrospective tale, the performance On n’avait plus peur, on a couru / We Were No Longer Afraid, We Ran (2025), co-created with Nesrine Salem and co-produced by the Triangle-Astérides art center and the Festival Parallèle [...] This preface sets the scene: a performance reimagined and rewritten as a duet, seven years later. The passage of time and the conversational format with Nesrine Salem have inf–ormed the rewriting of the piece.” – Text excerpt by Victorine Grataloup
After two weeks of residency in Moussem, Fanny Souade Sow and Nesrine Salem will present a new phase in their research, in which they are transplanting the initial text, from Marseille to Brussels, into a multilingual work, from one imperial language to another, to reflect on the segregation of European cities from the point of view of African diasporic beings.
practical information
when: March 13th 2026, 20:00 - doors 19:30
where: Moussem Studios - Espace Chimiste, Rue du Chimiste 16 1070 Anderlecht
language: French & English
Confirm your attendance with a free admission ticket below!
