{"id":12750,"date":"2025-08-22T10:15:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T08:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorethenorth.nl\/?post_type=maker&#038;p=12750"},"modified":"2025-10-14T15:25:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T13:25:53","slug":"francesca-birlogeanu","status":"publish","type":"maker","link":"https:\/\/explorethenorth.nl\/en\/maker\/francesca-birlogeanu\/","title":{"rendered":"Francesca Birlogeanu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Francesca Birlogeanu<\/strong>\u00a0(2002) is studying medicine and writes prose and poetry. In 2022, they participated in the CBK Poetry Slam, and in the summer of 2023, they joined DeBuren\u2019s Writing Residency in Paris. Their poetry has been published in\u00a0<em>Kluger Hans<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Deus ex Machina<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Het Liegend Konijn<\/em>, and on websites such as\u00a0<em>DIG<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Hard\/\/Hoofd<\/em>, as well as performed at events like\u00a0<em>Dans Dichter Dans<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Nijmeegse Po\u00ebzienacht<\/em>, the\u00a0<em>Antwerp Queer Arts Festival<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>TILT Festival<\/em>. In their work, they enjoy exploring corporeality in all its forms and probing the shifting boundaries between sexuality, spirituality, the cognitive, and the sensorial. 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