{"id":15680,"date":"2025-01-06T15:18:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T15:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circusnext.eu\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=15680"},"modified":"2025-06-05T15:07:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:07:54","slug":"ukbum","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/circusnext.eu\/en\/portfolio\/ukbum\/","title":{"rendered":"!UKBUM!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15680\" class=\"elementor elementor-15680\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66f94fe9 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"66f94fe9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b32394a e-con-full e-flex e-con\" data-id=\"5b32394a\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">!UKBUM!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b8b58f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b8b58f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><em>ARBO<\/em><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40612f2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40612f2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>Jef Kinds \u00b7 Mia Drobec<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5421519a elementor-view-framed elementor-position-left 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>THE PROJECT \/ <\/strong><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW239877679 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW239877679 BCX0\">How can we create connection and find meaning in loneliness? An acrobat invites us into his universe\u2014a metallic cube made up of thousands of lights\u2014where solitude becomes a space for exploration, playfulness, curiosity, and connection. A landscape where every shadow and every shimmer tell its own story.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b3a26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b3a26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>BIO \/ <\/strong><\/span><em>ARBO<\/em> is the creation of Jef Kinds and Mia Drobec.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Jef Kinds is a Belgian artist driven by a passion for innovation in circus arts and using his work to explore social issues. After graduating from Codarts, Jef co-founded !UKBUM! and toured the performance <em>MurMur<\/em> with company Grensgeval across Europe and China. He\u2019s devoted to aerial straps, exploring their duality of softness and roughness.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Mia Drobec is a Croatian creative producer with a decade of experience in embracing different roles. With an MA in Philosophy and Ethics, she loves diving into intellectual depths, asking \u201cwhy\u201d and stare out the window. She\u2019s organised acrobatics festivals, taught movement practices, and co-led creative programs in Berlin. 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