Carolina Van Eps Jimenez

Carolina is danseres, performer, maker en activiste. Ze groeide op in Colombia en leeft sinds enkele jaren in Brussel en Gent. Ze is deel van verschillende artistieke projecten, vaak met een sociaal en politiek engagement.

"The social and political realities of my home country continue to shape the way I see, feel, and create.

What moves me as an artist is the possibility of honoring and activating places—from their tangible presence to their invisible layers of memory. I work to open moments of reflection about care, belonging, and the subtle ways we inhabit and relate to our environments.

My practice is rooted in somatic awareness and contemplative movement, especially qigong and Contact Improvisation (CI). Through CI, I learned to follow the spirals of life that pass through all bodies—sometimes rising toward light, sometimes guiding me into deeper, subterranean spaces where grounding and connection grow. This practice helped me root in my bones and flesh while branching into other bodies, communities, and landscapes.

I work with deceleration as a gesture of psychosocial well-being, a way to slow down enough to sense, listen, and reorient attention.

I guide Travesías Calle_Jeras, a platform of sensitive walks and listening practices that invite people to discover their surroundings with renewed presence. I am also co-founder of the Colombian Collective for Peace, and I have collaborated with the Ministries of Culture and Education in Colombia."