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Today, for every euro of so-called development aid, ten euros are extracted in natural resources from the same countries. So who is taking now?
What do you do for living? I’m dramatising the drama in my life and ignoring the advice that I was given. 
Baby waterwipes and paint. Navigating motherhood in a patriarchal society. 

Queer sex. Me looking at you, looking at me, recognising myself through your eyes. 
Anti-HIV pills I received the morning after I said no with my body instead of my mouth.
‘Fuck all my white friends’ censored. A relationship without a conversation is a colonial script.
Art ‘The most beautiful flowers grow at the edge of a cliff’ FOMU Antwerp, 2023
After not receiving the help I asked for regarding parenthood, I placed a menstrual pad on his work, a act of rebellion from a tired mom.
The circle of generational trauma. Patterns repeating.
Why do his feelings matter more than her needs? In heterosexual couples, 69% of divorces are initiated by women, and this percentage is even higher, around 90% for college-educated women.
I’m a lot, so I can handle a lot and have a lot.
After an emotional breakdown, she enjoyed her stay at the sea.
Dance performance ‘Can you taste the colour of your voice’ FOMU Antwerp, 2023
We are all victims of patriarchy, although men remain the most invisible ones. Would there be so many wars if men bled too? 
Trying to save men, in the hope they will rescue me. 

According to research, a placebo works best when it hurts a little, so does love in a patriarchal society. 
The absence of love isn’t abuse, it's the freedom to move away.
My insecurities want to label what I mean to you.
He called her crazy, and so she started to act like one.
About Coco Candido

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My work is a collection of dreams. It goes beyond being an artist; it’s about living a life close to my heart. It’s about creating a space for everyone who was told they feel too much, ask too much, or too much.

I’m a published writer and multidisciplinary artist born in London and living in Brussels. Since 2019, I have been working as a freelance ghostwriter and copywriter for a wide range of clients. I contributed to Micro Tattoos (Lannoo), a best-selling book in its genre. In my commissioned work, I help translate artists' emotions into words, which they can use in their paintings, songs or installations. I love to translate all that we can feel, but cannot see. 

My dance performance ‘Can you taste the colour of my voice’ has been showcased at FOMU Antwerp and Recyclart (Qommunity festival). One of the films I scripted, ‘Where Do I Belong’, was selected for the Anima Syros International Animation Festival. My artwork, ‘The most beautiful flowers grow at the edge of a cliff’, has been exhibited at Vincen Beeckman’s expo. Words and dance are the red thread running through all my artistic work. It is how I make sense of both myself and the world around me.

As a dance teacher, I created Moving Meditation workshops for people and festivals, including Horst arts & music festival and Paradise City.

In today’s society, white ways are often perceived as better.  We have whitewashing, but blackmailing. Neocolonialism is deeply rooted in our understanding of the arts. It dictates how things should be, rather than allowing us to accept them as they are. In my work, I aim to hold space for both my whiteness and my blackness as a way to create peace between both. At the heart of everything I do lies a quest for freedom.

I’m deeply inspired by other authors and academia, elaborating on my background in Human Ecology (Magna Cum Laude, Free University of Brussels) and Journalism (Thomas More). My strong background in dance (Charleroi Danse, Danscentrum Jette, etc.) allows me to strengthen my connection with other dimensions. 

The possibility of making the impossible possible is what drives me forward in life. I have always been a dreamer. And transforming my dreams into real creations is my favourite part of the human experience. 




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