Meg Stuart | Ricochet Days

Choreographer Meg Stuart and her company Damaged Goods will inhabit S.M.A.K. for a residency of seven weeks. She will cultivate a space for experimentation, gathering and reflection. About Under the banner 'mystery loves company', choreographer Meg Stuart and her company Damaged Goods inhabit S.M.A.K. for a residency from 21 September until 7 November 2026. Together with a diverse group of artists, filmmakers, choreographers and costume designers, Stuart cultivates a space for experimentation, gathering and reflection in close dialogue with the museum's infrastructure. Over the course of seven weeks, Room 1 at S.M.A.K. will be transformed into a collective laboratory. By moving the studio into the public eye, Ricochet Days becomes a living, embodied archive, continually refracting and reactivating Meg Stuart’s ongoing choreographic research. Exhibition spaces open up to movement improvisation, while the museum archive turns into a film set where bodies are tended with the same care as artworks. Cyclical movements form the starting point for the experiments: gestures of assembling and dismantling, rotation and torque, rebounding and return. Bodies and structures move within a shapeshifting environment. Research unfolds through hybrid practices, ongoing performances and open work sessions. With fictional twists, special effects, and sensorial trajectories, the artists alter the museum's choreography, subtly shifting how visitors navigate the building and relate to the artworks. The residency’s energy ricochets beyond the institution: live video transmissions and workshops in the park blur the threshold between inside and outside. The museum's transport truck becomes a vehicle for impromptu performances across Ghent. Ricochet Days is an invitation to witness these artistic processes as they evolve, to step beyond spectatorship, to watch, listen, linger, and converse – in short, to be in company with the artists. Public Moments The residency follows a recurring weekly rhythm, balancing public moments with private working processes. On Wednesdays, the company ventures into the city with the S.M.A.K. truck. Thursdays are dedicated to workshops, and presentations by invited guest artists. Each week concludes with a public showing on Saturday, offering visitors a chance to discover the ongoing research. Beyond these recurring moments, the creative process itself remains a continuous invitation to step in, through open work sessions, impromptu interventions, chance encounters and stray traces. Soon you will find the full public programme on the S.M.A.K. website. Read more Toggle Performance / Live Art Multi-disciplinary