Mission 2026 - Hetty Helsmoortel

In 2026, Hetty Helsmoortel turned 40. According to average life expectancy, she is now statistically somewhere in the middle. High time to take stock. Because ever since the day she could read, her existence has been filled with science. Collecting stones, drawing robots, trying to build the most stable sandcastles on the beach of Ostend. But will science remain that faithful ally in the second half of her life? What if she gets a diagnosis at 75 for which there is no treatment yet? Will she be angry then, because there was too much dawdling in 2026? Or just grateful for the things that did progress? Will that latest laundry-folding robot, for which the foundation may have been laid in 2026, be a blessing by then? Or just an extra appliance that we have to descale? And will her childlike enthusiasm for the ever-further exploration of space remain intact? Even if the moon might have become a place by then where we have gone to look for as many dreams as raw materials? In Missie 2026, Hetty’s hope, humor, and wonder come together again. She looks at the most remarkable scientific events of 2026 in her own way and hopes to be able to send you back into the world with great enthusiasm and a head full of new insights. concept & performance Hetty Helsmoortel / © KREW Collective hettyhelsmoortel.be