Letter to a Young Alien

In the framework of the Museum Night 2025

Inspired by Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, this performance transposes intimate correspondence into a message addressed to an extraterrestrial recipient, a radically other figure, foreign to our codes and norms. This letter becomes the space for an unlikely exchange, both personal and universal, exploring the shifting boundaries between self and other, childhood and adulthood.

Blending poetry and science fiction, Aline Bouvy interrogates otherness, gender, and bodily transformation, accompanied by a live musical performance by Late Bush. For this piece, she wears a creation by Belgian designer Marie Adam-Leenaerdt, whose garments—infused with the repurposing of everyday objects—open up a space of metamorphosis and strangeness.

Letter to a Young Alien also marks the poetic conclusion of the exhibition Hot Flashes, which ends the following Sunday.

Image © Aline Bouvy