24h DRAWING MARATHON 2025
27+28.2.2025 → 05:00-05:00
From Thursday 27 February to Friday 28 February, everyone is welcome to join our legendary 24-hour DRAWING MARATHON! What began modestly in 2013 has grown into a biennial drawing festival and one of the highlights of our cultural calendar.
Drawing runs as a common thread through our courses. Every two years, we organize the Drawing Marathon throughout the spaces of the Academy. Students, teachers, staff, and the public all find their way to pencil and paper through the eclectic program and unique atmosphere. During the Drawing Marathon, you can experience the art of drawing in all its forms and colors: from traditional life drawing with pencil and paper to interactive digital drawing performances and 3D experiments.
We start as early as 5 AM with a morning ritual by the Academy models. The day unfolds with a variety of performers: bodybuilders, professional fencers, tableaux vivants, a live dissection of human limbs, ballerinas, Indian dancers, artistic pole dancers, musical adventures, and DJ sets.
Everyone is welcome to draw, regardless of experience. Bring your friends and acquaintances and immerse yourself fully in your creativity for 24 hours!
LINE-UP:
| start | end | what | where |
| 5:00 | 5:00 | TEKENMARATHON 2025 | Academy |
| 5:00 | 9:00 | SUNRISE MODELDRAWING with Academy models | Wintertuin |
| 5:00 | 5:00 | SHOULD IT BE A BRICK - Participatory clay sculpting with Nik Naudts | Restaurant |
| 8:30 | 9:30 | MINDFULNESS FOR 24h DRAWING with Lieven Vercauteren | De Lange Zaal |
| 9:00 | 9:30 | INSTALLING OF THE DJ ALTAR - by Mothmeister | Wintertuin |
| 9:15 | 11:00 | INSTALLATION OF MASKS - by 1BA Costume Design | Wintertuin |
| 9:00 | 9:30 | PARADE OF WORLD COSTUMES - by 3BA Fashion | Grote Hal |
| 9:30 | 12:00 | TABLEAUX VIVANTS - by 3BA Costume Design | Tempel |
| 10:00 | 22:00 | THE BIG MURAL with Denie Put | Grote Hal |
| 11:00 | 12:30 | Modeldrawing with MERMAID LELIE | De Lange Zaal |
| 11:00 | 13:00 | LET'S PLAY CHESS XXL | Wintertuin |
| 12:00 | 13:00 | FELT TECHNIQUES with Bernadette & Elena | De Lange Zaal |
| 12:00 | 13:30 | FREE PODIUM with Conservatoire students | Tempel |
| 13:00 | 14:30 | Music by MATI DROME & THE SKULLS | Wintertuin |
| 13:30 | 14:30 | Ballet Performance by Prins Dries Ballerinas | De Lange Zaal |
| 14:00 | 15:00 | MONOTYPE with Manon | De Lange Zaal |
| 14:00 | 16:00 | TABLEAUX VIVANTS - by 3BA Costume Design | Tempel |
| 14:30 | 15:30 | Modeldrawing with Lion Heart Ju-Jitsu Academy | Wintertuin |
| 15:00 | 16:00 | DRAWING WITH CLAY with Grigorios | De Lange Zaal |
| 15:30 | 17:30 | ON AND ON - Performance by Sam Beddegenoodts | De Lange Zaal |
| 16:00 | 20:00 | LIVE ANATOMICAL DISSECTION by Biomab | Wintertuin |
| 16:30 | 17:30 | Music by FEATHERS & MORE | Tempel |
| 17:00 | 18:30 | KARAOKE with Max Rittler | Venushal |
| 17:30 | 18:00 | NAVARASA & SHIVA THANDAVAM - Dance Performance by Supitha | Tempel |
| 18:30 | 20:00 | Music by BRENDA QUEER CHOIR | Tempel |
| 18:30 | 21:30 | DIGITAL DRAWING ACROSS BORDERS by Graphic Design | De Lange Zaal |
| 19:00 | 19:30 | FENCING demonstration by Fencing Academy Wezowski Berchem | De Lange Zaal |
| 19:30 | 20:00 | THE GAP - Performance by Dries van Elke | De Lange Zaal |
| 20:00 | 21:00 | DESIDERATA - Performance by Geert Van Rampelberg | Tempel |
| 20:00 | 21:00 | DANCE IMPROVISATION by Conservatoire students | Everywhere |
| 20:00 | 23:00 | KARAOKE with Max Rittler | Venushal |
| 21:00 | 22:00 | CUTE CLOUDS - Performance by Lucia, Thibaut & Lilith | Tempel |
| 21:00 | 22:00 | Music by CHARL TELOSQA | Wintertuin |
| 22:00 | 23:00 | Modeldrawing with HANNAH STAMINA | Tempel |
| 22:00 | 23:00 | Modeldrawing with MERMAID LELIE | De Lange Zaal |
| 22:00 | 23:00 | Performance by DE WEI, THE ENLIGHTMENT OF SPANK & DE NAR | Wintertuin |
| 23:00 | 1:30 | TABLEAUX VIVANTS - by 3BA Costume Design | Tempel |
| 23:00 | 0:00 | POLE DANCE - Performance by Zita Van Snick | De Lange Zaal |
| 23:15 | 0:00 | Music by SILVER VIRGIN | Wintertuin |
| 0:00 | 2:00 | Performance by CTHULU RISING | Wintertuin |
| 2:00 | 2:20 | POISON HAWAII - Performance by BRANDON WEN & HANTRAX | Tempel |
| 2:00 | 3:00 | DJ set by CPTN THUNDERLIPZ & MOTHMEISTER | Wintertuin |
| 3:00 | 4:00 | DJ set by SEBULBA | Wintertuin |
| 4:00 | 5:00 | CLEANSING & CLEANING RITUAL | |
| 5:00 | THE END |