Hors Pistes #12
This twelfth edition of Hors Pistes is an invitation to discover the many facets of circus.
After integrating music, dance, performance, visual and digital arts, the circus is now unleashing its inventiveness on set design. The performance space becomes a character in its own right, one that plays with — and toys with — the performers. L’Absolu and Danse Macabre are inseparable from the machinations of their design; the Galactik Ensemble has made the battle with the elements of scenography its trademark ; PLI is a poem for paper ; and the relationship between the performer and the scenographic universe is at the heart of Mérydes. Hors Pistes 2023 explores these new and surprising dramatic compositions.
Les Halles de Schaerbeek
Schaerbeek
Festival
Hors Pistes #12
Bâtard Festival 2023 part one: Magic Cells
Bâtard Festival is coming back soon! For the second year straight, Bâtard Festival is splitting in two. Two smaller editions in size, but twice as much space for celebration and enchanting discoveries. Performances, music and heartfelt encounters around the magical art of dance.
Bâtard Festival is coming back soon! For the second year straight, Bâtard Festival is splitting in two. Two smaller editions in size, but twice as much space for celebration and enchanting discoveries. Performances, music and heartfelt encounters around the magical art of dance.
Bâtard will once again take place in the heart of Brussels in multi-disciplinary space Beursschouwburg, right next to Bourse. A closing party will be held, as tradition goes, in another spot in town, in the new never-used-before-for-a-party location Le 125. Stay tuned for the lineup!
After two 2022 editions organised to the sound of post-heartbreak beats in the spirit of an out of the wilderness comeback Cher-style, Bâtard is now wandering into the realm of magical realism, inspired by the entanglement of everyday life with the ubiquitous magical properties of artistic practices, aboard a cellular spaceship towards planet Earth to deliver 4 cosmic days of hypercellular psychomagic.
Get ready for the first edition of this year: Magic Cells.
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Ainhoa Hernández Escudero, Júlia Vavra, Laurent Delom & Alexandra Sheherazade Salem
Beursschouwburg
Brussels
Show
Bâtard Festival 2023 part one: Magic Cells
Defected Times
Defected Times is Daphné Le Sergent’s first exhibition in Belgium. It presents two sets of works, based on two parallel narratives on traditional film photography and the digital image, two episodes in a fable about memory that has image as its central focus.
"Identifying the raw material that lies behind the representation is not only a way of
considering our images against the distant echo of an economic context but also of
questioning how the gaze travels over the surface of these material forms." Daphné Le Sergent
Daphné Le Sergent
Contretype
Saint-Gilles
Exhibition
Defected Times
Les Équinoxes Festival
La Tricoterie - Link factory
Saint-Gilles
Festival
Les Équinoxes Festival
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF)
The BIFFF, the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, will this year celebrate its 41th anniversary. During the festival, three cinemas will show over a hundred feature films and shorts, and allow you to encounter a truly unique audience.
The BIFFF, the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, will this year celebrate its 41th anniversary. During the festival, three cinemas will show over a hundred feature films and shorts, and allow you to encounter a truly unique audience.
Thanks to the master classes held by prestigious guests, lively debates, exceptional exhibitions, and breathtaking animations, this is not merely a festival you are going to attend. It is an experience like no other… Be prepared!
Brussels Expo
Laeken
Festival
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF)
Nocturnes
Every Thursday evening from 13 April to 18 May between 5pm and 10pm, the Nocturnes will open your eyes to the treasures waiting for you in Brussels’ museums and art centres. During the Nocturnes you’ll get the opportunity to discover the exhibitions and collections of 37 exceptional places in the capital through guided tours, artistic workshops and backstage visits.
Every Thursday evening from 13 April to 18 May between 5pm and 10pm, the Nocturnes will open your eyes to the treasures waiting for you in Brussels’ museums and art centres.
During the Nocturnes you’ll get the opportunity to discover the exhibitions and collections of 37 exceptional places in the capital through guided tours, artistic workshops and backstage visits.
Combine the pleasures: Each Nocturnes evening will be clustered per municipality with additional extra-mural walks that will help you discover the treasures of our city. Each week you can also admire an Art Nouveau jewel.
Whether you visit the museum on your own or with an activity, there is only one price: €5 for a standard ticket or €2.50 for people under 26 years old per museum.
Full programme and tickets on nocturnes.brussels as from 23.03.
Brussels Museums
Brussels
Festival
Nocturnes
The Artwork As A Living System
In media art, Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau are regarded as pioneers of the “Art of Interface.” In 2023 iMAL will welcome a retrospective dedicated to these influencial artists: The Artwork as a Living System.
In media art, Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau are considered pioneers of the "Art of Interface". This Austrian-French artist couple takes inspiration from systems, as we know them from nature, when developing their interactive and visually spectacular installations. Since the early 1990s, they have been working with the most advanced techniques, such as the algorithm or artificial intelligence, while bringing us closer to the secrets of what we call "life".
In 2023, iMAL dedicates a retrospective exhibition to these influential artists: The Artwork As A Living System.
The exhibition is a co-production with ZKM, Karlsruhe (DE) and the OÖ Landes-Kultur, Linz (A).
Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau
iMAL, Center for Digital Cultures and Technology
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Exhibition
The Artwork As A Living System
Mini D Festival
Various places in Brussels
Brussels
Festival
Mini D Festival
TROUBLE#12
The performance get-together in Brussels is back!
Trouble #12, « It’s about time » : it’s the question of time (and especially the time we allow for ourselves, that we give to relationships and to works so that they can resonate) that will be at the heart of the Brussels biennial of performance. To survey notions of historical time, stolen time, out-of-time, time loops, generational differences, protracted periods … or on the contrary, very brief moments. Are you losing your bearings? It is high time that Trouble comes back to trouble you!
TROUBLE has retained the ingredients that previously ensured its success. The get-together, spanning four days has a lot to offer artistically by means of a structured and dense programming, featuring non-standard and un-common formats. Performances using the body as a conduit, but created by artists from the visual arts and contemporary dance, experimental theater, digital arts, music and the night scene ... for an intermingling of artistic families and audiences. Rather than spectacles to consume, TROUBLE focuses on raw live experience, dealing with commitment to self, risk-taking, vulnerability, interactivity. It strikes a balance between local figures and international artists – often discoveries for the Belgian public. A program that proudly gives pride of place to women, to queers, to racialized and minority groups, for a more diverse vision of art, and also a place for emerging artists.
A demanding reflective dimension that nonetheless does not exclude an engaging festive dimension!
Hilal Aydoğdu (BE), Nicola Bertazzoni (IT), Emma Bigé (FR), Tatiana Bohm (BE), Cassils (CA) & SJ Norman (AU), Bénédicte Davin (BE), Ife Day (FR), Olga de Soto (BE), Barbara Salomé Felgenhauer (BE), Chris Korda (US), Cy Lecerf Maulpoix (FR), Gillian Jane Lees & Adam York Gregory (UK), Les gens d’Uterpan (FR), Les sœurs h & Maxime Bodson (BE), A. Livingstone (CA/DE), Emilio Lopez-Menchero (BE), Carole Louis (BE), Monali Meher (IN), Theano Metaxa (GR), Virginia Mastrogiannaki & Alexandros Plomaritis (GR), Benjamin Muzart (BE), Dénètem Touam Bona (FR), Dries Verhoeven (NL) + Fragile ! (Matilde Gazeau Frade, Garance Maillot, Kimia Nasirian, Clémence Péguy)
Studio Thor, Cie Thierry Smits
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Festival
TROUBLE#12
HOPLA! Circus Festival
Various places in Brussels
Brussels
Festival
HOPLA! Circus Festival
Brussels Biennale of Modern Architecture
Korei Guided Tours is organising the Brussels Biennale of Modern Architecture (BBMA) for the 5th time. We focus on post-war heritage and in particular on the legacy of Willy Van Der Meeren. Take part in one of more than 60 activities. Come and discover private houses, school buildings, (repurposed) office buildings... Or enjoy exhibits and a free movie night!
The 5th edition of the BBMA – taking place from 18 to 23 April 2023 – focuses on the post-war heritage and, mainly, on the legacy of Willy Van Der Meeren on the occasion of his centenary. He was not only a committed architect but also one of the most important Belgian furniture designers of the post-war era. Among many other topics, during this BBMA, we have planned a visit to 6 of his buildings, but also numerous iconic office buildings and private residences by fellow architects.
Various places in Brussels
Brussels
Festival
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Brussels Biennale of Modern Architecture
Festival Courants d'airs
2023 edition wants to be more than ever a festival of openness to universality and the ability to adapt to unusual places.
We hope to collect a multitude of original projects, collective creations, multidisciplinary associations for general happiness !
Courants d’airs takes place at Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles and at the heart of the city of Brussels with partner sites : city hall, Brussels Parliament, The Music Village... During the festival, close to 9000 people discover over fifty artistic creations.
This event is a real opportunity to create and approach the professional circuit for young artists.
2023 edition wants to be more than ever a festival of openness to universality and the ability to adapt to unusual places.
We hope to collect a multitude of original projects, collective creations, multidisciplinary associations for general happiness !
Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles
Brussels
Festival
Festival Courants d'airs
Art Brussels
Art Brussels, one of Europe’s most original and established art fairs, organises its 39th edition, gathering over 150 International galleries.
Art Brussels, one of Europe’s most original and established art fairs, organises its 39th edition, gathering over 150 International galleries.
Brussels Expo
Laeken
Fairs and shows
Art Brussels
Mehdi-Georges Lahlou - Candice Breitz - extra
CENTRALE presents the exhibition extra by Mehdi-Georges Lahlou & Candice Breitz at CENTRALE | hall (20.04 > 17.09.2023).
For this exhibition, envisaged as a space of celebration and encounters, Mehdi-Georges Lahlou presents a whole new body of works including sculptures, drawings, engravings, reworked archive photos, as well as installations and videos. At CENTRALE, the artist continues to explore the representation of violence and its consequences on current geopolitical issues. He draws on war archives and ancestral history, as well as on his own experiences, both intimate and fictional. Between the representation of the self and the questioning of the other, Mehdi-Georges Lahlou seeks to understand the role of archives in our collective memory.
“As an artist, I have the privilege of being able to speak out. I want to take advantage of this, to open up the senses and consciences. “ – Mehdi-Georges Lahlou, interviewed by Annick Colonna-Césari, journalist and critic
Mehdi-Georges Lahlou has invited the Berlin-based artist Candice Breitz (1972, Johannesburg) as a guest artist. Born and raised in South Africa during the era of apartheid, Breitz has consistently sought to grapple with whiteness in her work, from early photographic series such as ‘Ghost Series’ (1994), to later installations such as ‘Extra’ (2011) and ‘Whiteface’ (2022). Breitz’s journeys into the violent terrain of whiteness often feature the artist herself and are strikingly auto-ethnographic, offering a compelling counterpoint to Mehdi-Georges Lahlou’s body of work, in which self-portraiture again and again opens onto some of the most urgent political conversations of our times.
The two artists work with (self-)portraits, as well as with images taken from the media or social networks and clichés from popular or ancestral/traditional cultures.
They examine the way in which identity and image are shaped and echo each other, whether within the local and familial microcosm, or within the wider national and international macrocosm.
The exhibition opens up beyond the museum walls with the unveiling of a monumental artwork by Mehdi-Georges Lahlou in Molenbeek at the Vaartkapoen Cultural Centre. Entitled Into the Palms the Birds, it was commissioned by the Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie (Flemish Community Commission).
Mehdi-Georges Lahlou (1983, Sables d’Olonne, France; lives and works in Brussels and Paris) is a multidisciplinary artist exploring performance art, installations, sculpture, photography, drawing. His work focuses namely on gender and cultural identity issues. The artist’s interest lies in the way in which emotions can be triggered by the subject, rather than in the object itself. His work calls upon the five senses as it includes sound creations, spices, and even food items such as couscous. Each element refers to a culture, a cliché, a ritual tradition, thus echoing the world we live in.
With the support of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation
Mehdi-Georges Lahlou ; Candice Breitz
CENTRALE for contemporary art
Brussels
Exhibition
Mehdi-Georges Lahlou - Candice Breitz - extra
Les Nuits Botanique 2023
Probably the best (popular) music event of the year in Brussels.
Ten days of concerts (and after-parties) in every genre with established, up-and-coming, and unheard-of artists – all good. Music and food available outdoors if the weather permits – the first barbecue of the year, you could say.
Botanique
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Festival
Les Nuits Botanique 2023
Brussels Short Film Festival: 26th edition!
Flagey
Ixelles
Cinema
Brussels Short Film Festival: 26th edition!
Hands Up festival
From creativity to culture, discover and connect with art together!
• Expo by Plein de jeu, Rocco Manta, Stacii Samidin, Hamza Seriak, ...
• Gaming
• Jam session
• Short films
• Loop Sessions Brussels
• Performance
• Urban Market
• Dance workshop
• Battle
• After party
check out the programme on instagram.com/handsupevent
Beursschouwburg
Brussels
Festival
Hands Up festival
Balkan Trafik Festival
The Balkan Trafik Festival will be back in the heart of Brussels in open air!
The Balkan Trafik Festival will be back in the heart of Brussels in open air!
All musical worlds - rock, jazz, hip-hop, punk, electro fusion, folk and traditional - will meet in the unique atmosphere of the festival.
On the program: music, dance, street art, photo exhibition, cinema, showcases, debates, wine bar and Balkan cuisine.
And do not miss the Giant Horo, our closing event on the Grand Place in Brussels on Sunday April 30th (FREE)
Discover the program here: https://www.balkantrafik.com/program
Place de Brouckère
Brussels
Festival
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Balkan Trafik Festival
Hangar Festival 2023
Hangar
Braine-L'alleud
Clubbing
Hangar Festival 2023
Horst Festival
Horst blends arts, architecture & music in an immersive three-day festival experience.
An immersive three-day symbiosis of autonomous art, inventive architecture and electronic music is what Horst stands for. Continuously redefining the definition of what a festival can enfold, their vision for 2023 aims to sharpen this definition through a community-driven and more grassroots modus operandi.
Horst blends arts, architecture & music in an immersive three-day festival experience.
An immersive three-day symbiosis of autonomous art, inventive architecture and electronic music is what Horst stands for. Continuously redefining the definition of what a festival can enfold, their vision for 2023 aims to sharpen this definition through a community-driven and more grassroots modus operandi.
This year marks 3 Festival days, a renewed vision on Horst's Art programme, and a year-round programme at Asiat. Being one of the key pillars around which the festival revolves, architecture plays a significant role in both the stage design and the site's scenography in its entirety.
Like every other year, the Festival stages in 2023 will carry temporary and circularity architecture at its core, amplifying ASIAT’s current reality and future potential.
Asiat is the former Arsenal of Instruments and Equipment for Telecommunication, which operated from 1946 to 2008. The terrain housed soldiers who were responsible for the production of components for military telecommunication. Over time Asiat's vast warehouses, efficient barracks and spacious driving courts have been taken over by nature. A recent acquisition by the City of Vilvoorde triggered a partnership with Horst to stimulate the development of Asiat in a longer-term collaboration.
Horst welcomes you on their camp site for three days & nights including a royal brunch in their much-celebrated lush camping atmosphere.
Asiat Park
Vilvoorde
Festival
Horst Festival
Iris Festival
On 6 and 7 May, the Iris Festival is back in its original form! The Brussels-Capital Region is delighted to celebrate its 34th anniversary with concerts and dozens of free activities for the whole family.
On 6 and 7 May, the Iris Festival is back in its original form! The Brussels-Capital Region is delighted to celebrate its 34th anniversary with concerts and dozens of free activities for the whole family.
Parc de Bruxelles et alentours
Brussels
Festival
Iris Festival
Living Room Music Festival 2023
Transvaal Edition (Oudergem)
Small & acoustic concerts at people’s apartments.
On Sunday 8 May, 10 residents will open the doors of their living rooms to host a concert of traditional music from all over the world and make the neighbourhood vibrate. For one afternoon, come and discover musicians from different horizons and meet your neighbours, the spectators and the volunteers present at the festival.
Transvaal Neighborhood
Auderghem
Festival
Living Room Music Festival 2023
StrEat Fest
Tour & Taxis
Brussels
Festival
StrEat Fest
Kunstenfestivaldesarts
During three weeks Kunstenfestivaldesarts invites artists from all over the world and from Belgium to redefine the boundaries of theatre, dance and performance in more than 30 venues in and around Brussels.
During three weeks Kunstenfestivaldesarts invites artists from all over the world and from Belgium to redefine the boundaries of theatre, dance and performance in more than 30 venues in and around Brussels.
Various places in Brussels
Brussels
Festival
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Kunstenfestivaldesarts
Afropolitan
This 6th edition celebrates the creative force of African and Afro-descendant artists, but also their struggle to increase their freedom and widen their scope of action. True to its DNA, the festival offers four days of multidisciplinary events: concerts, films, literary meetings, debates, performances, slam, fashion pop-up, masterclasses and workshops.
This 6th edition celebrates the creative force of African and Afro-descendant artists, but also their struggle to increase their freedom and widen their scope of action. True to its DNA, the festival offers four days of multidisciplinary events: concerts, films, literary meetings, debates, performances, slam, fashion pop-up, masterclasses and workshops. It brings together no less than 50 remarkable artists and intellectuals living in Belgium, Europe or Africa.
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Festival
Afropolitan
